Organizing matters: how ‘the social dimension’ gets lost in sustainability projects

Vifell, Åsa Casula; Soneryd, Linda

doi:10.1002/sd.461

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“…However, achieving a balance between these three pillars is the need of the hour [81]. The social pillar has not received as much attention as the other two dimensions-ecological and economic [1,[82][83][84][85][86][87]. Therefore, it is important to explore the role of organizations that organize the sustainability projects in shaping the balance between the pillars [88,89].…”

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How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability

2016

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There is a need to develop an understanding of how frugal innovation promotes social sustainability. The objective of this paper is to find the connections between the two concepts of social sustainability and frugal innovation, by reviewing the existing literature concerning both fields. This paper presents a framework that identifies essential themes of social sustainability and explores them through frugal innovation. The framework builds on the important themes of social sustainability and shows their relevance in practice through frugal innovation. The notion of frugal innovation can be viewed as an approach towards realizing social sustainability and fulfilling the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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Section: What Is Social Sustainability?mentioning

confidence: 99%

How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability

2016

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“…However, some studies argue that research is significantly more prolific on the environmental side while the social side of the TBL still remains neglected (Pullman et al, 2009;Cuthill, 2010;Silvestre, 2015a). This is because many studies focus exclusively on the environmental dimension and ignore the social dimension of business operations (Boström, 2012;Vifell & Soneryd, 2012), which has given rise to related concepts such as green supply chains and green operations (Zhu & Sarkis, 2004;Hsu et al, 2013). Although we recognize the importance of these constructs for the evolution of the sustainable supply chain management discourse, in this paper it is argued that these constructs are incomplete because they miss an important part of the puzzle: the social dimension.…”

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Sustainable supply chain management: current debate and future directions

Silvestre

2016

Gest. Prod.

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Resumo: Esse artigo é um research brief da literatura de gestão sustentável de cadeias de suprimento, o qual cobre alguns elementos-chave do discurso atual da literatura e das tendências de direções futuras. Este artigo destaca o crescimento desta área de pesquisa e reforça a importância da consideração integral das três dimensões-chaveAbstract: This paper is a research brief on sustainable supply chain management and covers some of the key elements of literature's past debate and trends for future directions. It highlights the growth of this research area and reinforces the importance of a full consideration of all three key dimensions of sustainability when managing sustainable supply chains, i.e., the financial, environmental and social dimensions. Therefore, supply chain decision makers need to unequivocally assess the impact of their decisions on the financial, environmental and social performances of their supply chains. This paper also argues that risks and opportunities are the key drivers for supply chain decision makers to adopt sustainability within their operations, and that barriers to sustainability adoption exist. This research highlights that, depending on the focus adopted, supply chains can evolve and shift from more traditional to more sustainable approaches over time. The paper concludes with some promising avenues for future investigation.

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“…Some initiatives integrate the themes (BODEA et al, 2010;JONES, 2006;TURLEA et al, 2010;VIFELL;SONERYD, 2012), but much is still needed to develop tools, techniques and methodologies (SINGH et al, 2011), which are of simple application in the context of routine in the function of project management (CARVALHO; RABECHINI JUNIOR, 2011).…”

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An exploratory study of sustainability evaluation in project management

Martens¹,

Carvalho²

2013

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Despite the increasing diffusion of project management, it is still incipient the discussion of issues related to sustainability in environmental, social and economic dimensions. This study aims to assess the integration of sustainability into project management. Was used as methodological approach an exploratory research through ex-post fact study conducted in two projects in the food service companies. Data were gathered through project documents and semi-structured interview with projects'stakeholders. As results are presented the evaluation tool of sustainability in projects, as well its practical application. It concludes that the pilot tool proposed presents a systematic logic with applicability for assessing sustainability in the context of project management. Finally, the results show a limited use of sustainability concepts in project management and which still the economic dimension overlaps the environmental and social dimensions.

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Organizing matters: how ‘the social dimension’ gets lost in sustainability projects

Cited by 102 publications

References 15 publications

How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability

How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability

Sustainable supply chain management: current debate and future directions

An exploratory study of sustainability evaluation in project management

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