scholarly journals Sieben Jahre EIT RawMaterials Regional Center in Leoben – Rohstoffforschung im Kontext Globaler Entwicklung

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Feiel ◽  
Hanno Bertignoll
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Wird Eine ◽  
Regional Center ◽  
European Institute ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
European University ◽  
Innovation Community

ZusammenfassungDas Resources Innovation Center Leoben (RIC Leoben) an der Montanuniversität bündelt heute die internationalen Beteiligungen der Institution im Bereich der Nachhaltigkeit in Rohstoffforschung und Ausbildung. Das RIC geht zurück auf das Jahr 2015, wo es als Regional Center des EIT RawMaterials, einer Knowledge & Innovation Community des European Institute for Innovation and Technology, einem europäischen Netzwerk aus mittlerweile rund 300 Partnern des Rohstoffsektors, gegründet wurde. Besonders in den Bereichen Bildung, Sustainable Exploration & Mining, Technological Innovation und Recycling sowie der strategischen Weiterentwicklung und Mitgestaltung der Community ist die Montanuniversität durch das RIC hier tätig. 2017 wurden die Aktivitäten um die Mitgliedschaft in der EIT Climate-KIC, einer weiteren Knowledge & Innovation Community, erweitert, in der die Themen Urban Transitions und Sustainable Production Systems vorangetrieben werden, um die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels zu begrenzen und eine klimaresiliente Gesellschaft zu fördern. Ein zusätzlicher Bereich im Portfolio des RIC Leoben sind die Sustainable Development Goals der Vereinten Nationen, zu denen durch vielerlei Initiativen beigetragen wird. Eine Schlüsselaktivität in diesem Bereich ist die Implementierung ebendieser im österreichischen Hochschulsektor durch ein gemeinsames Netzwerk aller österreichischen Universitäten und die Übernahme einer Patenschaft für SDG 12. Die Aktivitäten des RIC haben auch zur inhaltlichen Gestaltung der European University on Responsible Consumption and Production beigetragen, die erfolgreich im Lead aus dem RIC heraus gegründet wurde. Ebenso bündelt das RIC die Wasserstoff- und Kohlenstoffaktivitäten der Universität. Allen Arbeiten im Resources Innovation Center Leoben ist eines gemein: Sie sind thematisch verknüpft und ergänzen sich. Die Resultate zielen alle auf nachhaltige Innovation im Ressourcenbereich für eine bessere Zukunft ab.

scholarly journals A New Face of Mining Engineer—International Curricula to Sustainable Development and Green Deal (A Case Study of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1393
Author(s):  
Karolina Adach-Pawelus ◽  
Anna Gogolewska ◽  
Justyna Górniak-Zimroz ◽  
Barbara Kiełczawa ◽  
Joanna Krupa-Kurzynowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mining Engineer ◽  
European Institute ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Development Goals

The mining industry in the world has undergone a major metamorphosis in recent years. These changes have forced higher education to modify the curricula in a thorough way to meet the mining entrepreneurs’ needs. The paper’s scope is to answer the research question—how to attract students and implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in higher education in mining engineering? Based on the case of international cooperation carried out at the Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) within the framework of educational projects co-financed by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities Raw Materials (EIT RM), the authors prove that the idea of sustainable development can be introduced into the system of teaching mining specialists at every level of their higher education (engineering and master’s studies), through developing their new competencies, introducing new subjects taking into account innovative solutions and technologies, or placing great emphasis on environmental and social aspects. Examples of new curricula show a good way to change into the new face of a mining engineer.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETING IN THE CONTEXT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
S. Bunko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
World Community ◽  
Environmental Marketing ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Republic

The article is devoted to the analysis of the inclusion of the Republic of Belarus in the processes of achieving the goals of sustainable development adopted by the world community. Environmental marketing is seen as a tool to achieve sustainable development goals in the area of responsible consumption. The essence of environmental marketing at the level of organizations and at the state level is determined. Directions for the development of environmental marketing in the Republic of Belarus have been identified in order to reduce the volume of non-decomposable waste and waste that cannot be recycled, including due to improper collection.

The Consumer Role for Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 325-341
Author(s):  
Seda Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship

The term sustainable consumption is not only a behavior type in marketing and a just consumption behavior, it is more than this. Sustainable or responsible consumption behavior can change the world. Sustainable consumption concept has been investigated widely in the literature and factors that effecting sustainable consumption or being a green consumer has been investigated recently, too. But the relationship between sustainable development and consumer behavior isn't investigated sufficiently. After 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set up, responsibilities and roles have been an important issue to achieve sustainable development in the long term. In this point, this study aims to investigate the consumer role for sustainable development goals through sustainable consumption patterns and trends.

The Consumer Role for Sustainable Development

2022 ◽  
pp. 872-888
Author(s):  
Seda Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship

The term sustainable consumption is not only a behavior type in marketing and a just consumption behavior, it is more than this. Sustainable or responsible consumption behavior can change the world. Sustainable consumption concept has been investigated widely in the literature and factors that effecting sustainable consumption or being a green consumer has been investigated recently, too. But the relationship between sustainable development and consumer behavior isn't investigated sufficiently. After 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set up, responsibilities and roles have been an important issue to achieve sustainable development in the long term. In this point, this study aims to investigate the consumer role for sustainable development goals through sustainable consumption patterns and trends.

scholarly journals Investigating South Africa’s Fresh Peach and Nectarine Value Proposition: Measuring Progress on Achieving Sustainable Consumption in Exports

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2615
Author(s):  
Chiedza Zvirurami Tsvakirai ◽  
Teboho Jeremiah Mosikari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have shone a spotlight on the importance of adaption to climate change. However, progress in achieving SDG 12 which calls for, “responsible consumption and production” has been stalled by the unavailability of indicators that adequately capture and motivate increased responsible consumption. To fill this gap, this article presents an alternative indicator that makes use of cultivar characteristics and uses South African fresh peach and nectarine exports as a focus area. Principal component analysis is used to extract and summarize the product value propositions identified in composite indices that were constructed by weighting the proportional use of cultivars in exports between 1956 and 2017. The indices acquired from the analysis were found to measure the provisions for sustainable consumption, good-quality fruit and off-peak fruit supply. The study’s results show that progress was found in the provisions for sustainable consumption and this was mainly driven by improvements in cultivars’ climate change adaptability. However, the last two decades have been characterized by years of successive lower readings on this index. Improvements in fruit quality index were found to be attained at the expense of farm enterprise productivity. The study concludes that strategies be developed to encourage the use of cultivars that promote responsible consumption as, if left uninfluenced, market forces will spur unsustainable production.

scholarly journals Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor): Potential and Challenges to Promote Circular Economy

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2568
Author(s):  
Roberta Moruzzo ◽  
Francesco Riccioli ◽  
Salomon Espinosa Diaz ◽  
Chiara Secci ◽  
Giulio Poli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Tenebrio Molitor ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
By Products

Over the last few years, the concept of Circular Economy (CE) has received a lot of attention due to its potential contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially by reconciling economic growth with the protection of the environment through its grow-make-use-restore approach. The use of insects in circular production systems has been a good example of this concept as insects can transform a wide range of organic waste and by-products into nutritious feedstuffs, which then go back into the production cycle. This paper explores the potential of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) in circular production systems by reviewing their use and applicability in several industries such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food, etc. Despite the high versatility of this insect and its potential as a substitute source of nutrients and other valuable components, there are still many legislative and behavioural challenges that hinder its adoption and acceptance.

Disrupting Development? A Situated Perspective on Technology and Innovation in Global Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 146499342110183
Author(s):  
Adam Moe Fejerskov ◽  
Dane Fetterer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Situated Perspective ◽  
Radical Technologies

This article analyses the growing ubiquity of radical technologies and disruptive methodologies in global development. Accelerated by the broad nature of the Sustainable Development Goals, disruption and its related notions of innovation and technology have gradually made it to the centre of attention in development, shaping public and private actors and interventions alike. The article employs a situated analysis of disruption in development to show that as the concept is moving into the field of global development, its meaning and practice is continually—and even contradictorily—reconstructed in constant negotiation with its possible effects. We argue that, beyond a simple buzzword, disruption is employed strategically by different by actors to pursue certain political goals, revealing current movements and lines of discord in the field of global development. While emerging actors use it to challenge the legitimacy of existing donors, more traditional or established actors employ it with a view to remaining relevant in the field, pushing back against the challenge from emerging ones. These interpretative struggles thus are not just isolated ones determining the legitimacy of individual actors but are important for the way they set markers for what development is today, who can legitimately contribute to it and the purposes for which development is pursued.

scholarly journals Development of an Interdisciplinary Master of Forestry Program Focused on Forest Management in a Changing Climate

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Helge Walentowski ◽  
Bettina Kietz ◽  
Jürgen Horsch ◽  
Thomas Linkugel ◽  
Wolfgang Viöl
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forests

Concerted efforts are required to achieve the essential UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. This concept paper is focused on the development of a new Master of Forestry (MF) degree program at our University of Applied Sciences (UAS). With this move, we want to outline how capacity building and valuable synergy effects can be obtained from close cooperation in teaching and research, in order to educate our scientifically trained and practice-oriented forestry students in applying new management responses to natural disturbance impacts and sustainable use of terrestrial natural resources for forest resource-dependent communities. Specifically, we show how the emergent issues of global warming and the associated increased vulnerability of temperate deciduous forests can be tackled. Actions to overcome knowledge transfer barriers will provide sound solutions for SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 15 (life on land), and SDG 17 (partnerships to achieve the goal). Focusing on the Global Sustainable Development Goals can trigger intra and inter-faculty processes of cooperation, exchange programs, and optimized interfaces of previously separated disciplines that complement each other perfectly to form a knowledge hub.

scholarly journals Sustainability Orientation and Focus in Logistics and Supply Chains

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3280
Author(s):  
Sebastjan Lazar ◽  
Dorota Klimecka-Tatar ◽  
Matevz Obrecht
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable development, logistics, and supply chain are being combined into three increasingly connected and topical global research areas. Therefore, this paper’s novelty identifies and defines the priorities of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable development dimensions in supply-chain- and logistics-management-related studies in the last decade. Knowing logistics and supply chain sustainability focus and orientation is valuable information for researchers and managers to adapt and mitigate their business logistics according to the forecasted trends. The paper provides a systematic and comprehensive review of the literature and is based on 116 scientific papers published between 2010 and 2020 in 73 international journals in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The study defines focus with integrating environmental, social, and economic sustainability for logistics- and supply-chain-related studies. It emphasizes primary and secondary links of investigated studies with 17 United Nations sustainable development goals. The bibliometric analysis also examined keyword relations. One of the main contributions is that economic sustainability was identified as the most represented one-dimensional sustainability focus. It was revealed that supply chain studies integrated all three sustainability dimensions more frequently (50.60%) than logistics studies, which were equally related to studying two- or three-dimensions of sustainability (39.39%). The most significant findings are also that studies were identified to be oriented primarily towards “responsible consumption and production”, “industry, innovation, and infrastructure” and “affordable and clean energy” and secondary especially on “sustainable cities and communities”.

scholarly journals Animal Welfare and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals—Broadening Students’ Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3328
Author(s):  
Gabriela Olmos Antillón ◽  
Håkan Tunón ◽  
Daiana de Oliveira ◽  
Michael Jones ◽  
Anna Wallenbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Doctoral Training ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

The mutually beneficial relationships between improving animal welfare (AW) and achieving the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) were further explored and compared to previous work. This was done in the context of a doctoral training course where students selected at least six SDGs and reasoned around their impact on AW and vice versa. Then, students rated the strength of the SDG—AW links. Lastly, students engaged in an assessment exercise. Students reported an overall mutually beneficial relationship between AW and all SDGs, yet with significant differences in strength for SDGs 4, 11, 10, 12 and 13 to that previously found by experts. Students considered SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production the most promising way to integrate AW targets. This study further supports the positive role of AW in the success of the UN’s strategy. Still, the magnitude of the anticipated impacts is modified by stakeholder, context and experience.

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