Planetary demands: Redefining sustainable development and sustainable entrepreneurship

Hummels, Harry; Argyrou, Aikaterini

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123804

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“…The notion of sustainable development was introduced into the World Commission on Environment and Development's political agenda through its report, also called the Brundtland report (Axon & Darton, 2021;Hummels & Argyrou, 2021;Sneddon et al, 2006;Zaccai, 2012). The report does not provide a precise definition of sustainable development.…”

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COVID-19 and Sustainability in Higher Education

Munna

2021

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Sustainability is a lifestyle designed for permanence. Sustainability is the comparatively simpler idea, which can be explained in purely descriptive terms as the capacity of any given system to exist and reproduce on a long-term basis. The development adds a value judgment by implying the desired evolution of human society. Sustainability in Higher Education calls us to new sets of relationships-with our students, with each other, with what we learn, and with ourselves. In this reflective review the researcher has attempted to reveal some common facts relating to COVID-19 and sustainability in the higher education.

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COVID-19 and Sustainability in Higher Education

Munna

2021

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“…In the academic sphere, a broadly conceived implementation of education promoting sustainable development can be mentioned (O'Flaherty & Liddy, 2018), which is absolutely necessary (Wiek et al, 2012). Over decades, several researchers such as Fischer et al (2017), Hummels & Argyrou (2021), Missimer (2017), and Rauter et al (2017) have agreed that the term 'sustainable development' is unclear and ambiguous. According to Hummels & Argyrou (2021), sustainable development can be seen, at best, as development meeting contemporary needs, corresponding planetary boundaries, and not jeopardising the capability of future generations to meet their needs without crossing the planetary boundaries.…”

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“…Over decades, several researchers such as Fischer et al (2017), Hummels & Argyrou (2021), Missimer (2017), and Rauter et al (2017) have agreed that the term 'sustainable development' is unclear and ambiguous. According to Hummels & Argyrou (2021), sustainable development can be seen, at best, as development meeting contemporary needs, corresponding planetary boundaries, and not jeopardising the capability of future generations to meet their needs without crossing the planetary boundaries. Hák et al (2016) warn that given the high number of goals that come under sustainable development, numerous indicators can be expected, and they suggest a solution consisting of a larger set of indicators and a small set of key indicators that meet certain criteria, such as intelligibility, timeliness, and scope.…”

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“…As documented by Hummels & Argyrou (2021), one way to overcome the dichotomy between the contemporary needs of today and the needs of the future generations and tension between discourses is sustainable business. Some authors (Kolk & Van Tulder, 2010) consider corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a key contribution of society to sustainable development.…”

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Implementation of Voluntary Instruments by Czech Enterprises to Meet Sustainability and Competitive Growth

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Urbancová²

2021

JOC

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A responsible business reflects the fundamental values of a society and is important for all enterprises. It can improve their economic, environmental, and social characteristics from a short- and long-term perspective through innovative products and services, new capabilities, and stakeholder involvement. This study aims to identify the common convergent factors of voluntary instruments in management systems to achieve sustainable business and competitive growth. There are several tools aimed at achieving sustainability and competitiveness, an important component of which is the subject of this study: the voluntary approach. To determine the key factors of this approach, we used the online questionnaire technique of data collection (n = 183). We also conducted exploratory analysis with factors estimated by the principal components and orthogonal rotation using the varimax method. Relevant driving forces are identified in the development of the business models of sustainability and competitiveness, including the integration of quality, environment and occupational safety and health management systems, the environmental profile of the organisation for economic and social affairs, voluntary reporting of environmental activities, and evaluation of environmental impacts. These factors make a significant contribution towards improving environmental sustainability while ensuring competitive business. The ability to move quickly and successfully to these business models is an important source of sustainable competitive advantage.

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“…Observed across the planet, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main representative of GHGs emissions that come from human activities during combustions of fossil resources such as petroleum, natural gas, or coal for heating and transport (Abeydeera, Mesthrige, and Samarasinghalage 2019). The issue of atmosphere degradation relates to the redefinition of methods of access to resources, of risk sharing, of the ability to integrate the environmental issue for groups operating in multiple environments (natural, social, institutional, political, administrative, expertise), interacting and evolving (Hummels and Argyrou 2021). The main propeller of global change is the increase in human needs (Bush et al 2018).…”

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An Impulse of Human Activities to Carbon Dioxide Gas Emissions in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region

2021

JESD

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It is complicated to determine with exactitude the share of responsibility of the various sources of pollution for Africa. This intricacy emphasizes that pollution is not always considered a major risk for the continent. The existing data are still too few and often too imprecise to assess the extent of pollution on the continent. Sub-Saharan Africa is challenged by increasing pollution reinforced by a lack of politics and goodwill to formulate and implement good practices to deal with climate change issues. This paper highlight trends in carbon emissions due to agricultural land, energy use, agriculture-forestry and fisheries (value adds), real gross domestic product, and industry and construction based on their importance to the productive capacity of SSA. The output from the proposed study of causality between variables using the impulse response functions and the forecast error decomposition revealed this: the rise in agriculture/forestry, and fisheries, and energy use has positive shocks on CO2 emissions. The carbon emissions growth in the SSA does not necessarily reckon on agricultural land, industry construction or manufactural construction, and real gross domestic product.

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Planetary demands: Redefining sustainable development and sustainable entrepreneurship

Cited by 124 publications

References 65 publications

COVID-19 and Sustainability in Higher Education

COVID-19 and Sustainability in Higher Education

Implementation of Voluntary Instruments by Czech Enterprises to Meet Sustainability and Competitive Growth

An Impulse of Human Activities to Carbon Dioxide Gas Emissions in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region

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