scholarly journals Engaging with the Sustainable Development Goals by going beyond Modernity: An ethical evaluation within a worldview framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert J. M. de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Real World ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ethical Evaluation ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Development Goals

Non-technical summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets are an important achievement. They largely reflect the worldview of Modernity, with its emphasis on scientific and planning rationality and emancipatory ideals. This worldview is no longer evident and dominant, and it is time to systematically explore complementing worldviews. Explicit use of worldviews, as sets of values and beliefs, and ethics enriches the interpretation and implementation of the SDGs. This facilitates the engagement of citizens in their real-world diversity and the development of respect for and empathy and cooperation with people holding other values, beliefs and morals. Dialogue around ‘the middle road’ can give guidance to just, fair and sustainable development pathways.

scholarly journals Transformation Capital: The Challenge of Designing and Testing a New Investment Logic for the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (MAYO 2020) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Dominic Hofstetter
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Real World ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Technical Systems

The most tangible and pressing problems of the 21st century are complex systemic issues. Addressing them requires deep structural changes within the socio-technical systems that constitute modern civilization. As financial capital is an important lever of change in such systems, the way in which we deploy capital affects our ability to accomplish the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The problem is that today’s capital markets operate under a set of axioms, paradigms, and structures that make them ill-suited to fuel systemic transformations. There is thus a need for an investment logic that deploys capital with a different intent and mindset and with different methodologies, structures, capabilities, and decision-making frameworks. Residing at the intersection of systems thinking and finance practice, Transformation Capital is such a logic. This article introduces Transformation Capital and discusses how it can be tested through real-world prototyping.

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