Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Post-global Economy

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Development Goals

An Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Wetland Losses

In 2015, the United Nations set up 17 sustainable development goals to transform the world. Sustainable supply chains play a key role in achieving these goals. In this article, the authors propose an interactive platform with communication systems and technologies to empower sustainable development participants actively engaging in managing sustainable supply chains and international soft landings. Specifically, this article illustrates how to develop an interactive “Flying High, Landing Soft” platform of wetland entrepreneurship to address the growing global problem of wetland losses. The interactive platform, grounded in the theory of digital nervous systems and equipped with social interaction technologies, and allows student entrepreneurs to participate in exploring and developing business solutions to maintain a healthy wetland and have positive impact on global sustainability development.

Innovative Perspectives on an Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up

The United Nations set up 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 to transform our world. Sustainable supply chains play a key role in achieving the global goals. In this chapter, the authors propose an innovative platform with interactive communication systems and technologies to empower sustainable development participants actively engaging in managing sustainable supply chains and developing global entrepreneurship through international soft landings. Specifically, they illustrate how to develop an interactive platform of “Flying High, Landing Soft” for wetland innovation and entrepreneurship to address the growing global problem of wetland losses. The interactive platform, grounded in the theories of strategic entrepreneurship, distributed cognition, digital nervous systems, and equipped with social interaction technologies, allows student entrepreneurs to participate in exploring and developing innovative solutions and business ventures to help build and maintain healthy wetlands to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Strategies for tropical forest protection and sustainable supply chains: challenges and opportunities for alignment with the UN sustainable development goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1637-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Delabre ◽  
Anthony Alexander ◽  
Camila Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
State Actors

Abstract Governance for sustainable development increasingly involves diverse stakeholder groups, with the promise of enhanced legitimacy and effectiveness in decision-making and implementation. The UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) emphasise the important role of multiple (non-state) actors, including businesses and non-governmental organisations, including in efforts to ensure the sustainability of supply chains, and to reduce tropical deforestation and forest degradation. This paper critically analyses sustainability strategies to examine how the UN SDG agendas related to ‘sustainable supply chains’ and ‘tropical forest protection’ are framed and enacted by two contrasting non-state actors: (1) Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV), an NGO in Brazil working to address deforestation, including by supporting farmers to produce commodities, and (2) Unilever, a global consumer goods manufacturer and major buyer of such commodities. By identifying areas of variability in the discursive techniques used by ICV and Unilever, we unearth particular power dynamics that can shape the processes and outcomes of sustainability strategies. This paper finds that the two organisations use diverse strategies at different levels of governance, both participate actively in multi-stakeholder forums to advance their organisations’ goals, but have divergent framings of ‘sustainability’. Despite being considered ‘non-state’ actors, the strategies of the two organisations examined both reflect, and influence, the structural effects of the state in the implementation of non-state organisations’ strategies, and progress towards the SDGs. Although there is alignment of certain strategies related to tropical forest protection, in some cases, there is a risk that more sustainable, alternative approaches to governing forests and supply chains may be excluded.

scholarly journals Green Tourism in the Context of Sustainable Development and the Challenges Posed by the Global Economic Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
T. O. Zinchuk ◽  
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T. V. Usiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Face ◽  
Green Tourism ◽  
Development Goals

The articles aims to substantiate the socio-economic, environmental, historical and cultural role played by green tourism and its contribution to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals based on current innovative trends and capabilities of tourism in the face of challenges posed by the ongoing crisis in global economy caused by the latest pandemic. The objectives of the research were to detail the theoretical, methodological and applied approaches to the development of green tourism, which is a market sector providing travel services. The definition of green tourism has been made more profound through connecting it with the Sustainable Development Goals, which is rather logical. The motivating factors for the development of green tourism have been analyzed taking into account the model of multifunctionality in agriculture and its importance in rural development policy. The nature of changes in the green tourism sector has been identified with respect to the peculiarities of the current global situation, when a pandemic is restraining the world tourism intensity, on the one hand, and is stimulating local tourism, on the other. It is worth adding that local tourism is mostly green and focused on the conservation of the environmental and natural resources, as well as sustainment of mostly rural areas. The research carried out shows that green tourism can become a driving force for economic growth in rural areas, a motivator for employment, a factor in preserving rural culture and traditions in a particular area. At the same time, the results of the research prove the existence of a link between green tourism and national economic, environmental, socio-cultural, intellectual, energy security due to the most typical development priorities of such tourism. On analyzing the experience of the countries that suffered the pandemic most, we have found some prospects for green tourism development. It is a new system of partnership between the state, business and civil society which can become an additional incentive to preserve the potential of green tourism. Thus, strategic guidelines for green tourism development based on institutional priorities, with the current economic crisis challenges in mind, have been designed.

scholarly journals Implementation of sustainable development goals: The role for business academics

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Leanne Christ ◽  
Roger Leonard Burritt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Modern Slavery ◽  
Development Goals

Achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is a Grand Challenge, especially for business academics who have a responsibility to work with businesses regarding their management and contributions. Two main challenges are examined in the article: the need for academics to work together towards holistic solutions to SDG problems, and the need for stronger engagement to reduce the distance between academics and practitioners/ practice. It then develops a framework that considers the knowledge-generation and application roles business academics face in addressing groups of insiders and outsiders. Finally, the use of the framework is demonstrated via a case study of modern slavery in corporate supply chains. JEL Classification: M14, Q01

scholarly journals Contribution of Biomass Supply Chains for Bioenergy to Sustainable Development Goals

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
M. Jean Blair ◽  
Bruno Gagnon ◽  
Andrew Klain ◽  
Biljana Kulišić
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Biomass Supply ◽  
Development Goals

This work evaluates the relationships between bioenergy and related biomass supply chains and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using Nilsson et al. (2016) seven-point scoring framework, the relationships between biomass supply for bioenergy and the SDGs were evaluated based on existing synthesis papers, modeling studies and empirical analyses, and expert knowledge. To complement this, contributions to SDG targets of 37 best practice case studies from around the world were documented. In reviewing these case studies, it was found that when supply chains are implemented appropriately and integrated with existing systems, they can have overwhelmingly positive contributions. Beyond directly contributing to SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), at least half of all case studies supported progress toward SDGs 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and 12 (Responsible Production and Consumption); however, the ways in which supply chains contributed often differed. Agricultural biomass supply chains (energy crops and residues) were most likely to contribute to SDGs 2 (Zero Hunger) and 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), while waste and forest supply chains were most likely to contribute to SDG 15 (Life on Land). The development of bioenergy systems in rural and indigenous communities also indirectly supports societal SDGs such as SDGs 1 (No Poverty), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Inequality), and 10 (Reduced Inequalities). This work informs how SDGs can be used as a normative framework to guide the implementation of sustainable biomass supply chains, whether it is used for bioenergy or the broader bioeconomy. Recommendations for key stakeholders and topics for future work are also proposed.

scholarly journals Digitalization of the Economy in the Context of the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: An Overview of Key Expert Reports in 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Alexander Maltsev ◽  
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Vera Maltseva ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Digital Inequality ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Regulatory Capacity ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Intergovernmental Policy

This review examines the key 2019 expert reports on the digitalization of the global economy in the context of the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Noting the beneficial overall impact of digitalization on the implementation of the key SDGs in relation to reduced poverty and misery, and increased social equality and ecological balance, the authors of the reports focus on the challenges that digitalization poses. Among the most important are: the threat of increasing social inequality as a result of the new international division of labour, the hyper-concentration of the digital market, the growing digital inequality, the threat to information security, and the weakening of the regulatory capacity of the state. The authors of the reports note that digitalization is a controversial process that can both help to achieve the SDGs and unwittingly hinder their implementation. In order for digitalization to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, targeted and coordinated intergovernmental policy involving national and business stakeholders is important.

ARTS AND CRAFTS AND UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Bogna Gudowska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

The purpose of this article is to show the links between arts and crafts and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations. The UN aims to cover the most important challenges that humanity and the global economy must face in the nearest future, such as poverty, hunger, health, access to education, climate change or sustainable development. According to the author, arts and crafts, although it is a narrow field listed within the group of cultural and creative industries, can contribute to achieving the goals of the UN, positively influencing, among others on employment, fair trade and ethical production.

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