Benchmarking corporate water reporting in emerging economies: the case of Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Annita Bunclark ◽  
Gregory J. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Normative Issues

Purpose This paper aims to develop a framework to examine corporate water reporting (CWR) that considers the context in emerging economies and determine if and how companies are addressing the distinct water-related challenges and opportunities that they face in any given location. Design/methodology/approach This study combines a concise profile of the context of water resources management in Peru with a review of CWR guidelines and thematic content analysis of water information in sustainability reports for 34 companies operating in Peru. These data are then used to inform the development of a CWR typology via the use of a cluster analysis complemented by within-case and cross-case qualitative analysis of companies. Findings This study highlights the incomplete nature of most CWR practices of companies in Peru, with an emphasis on internal firm operations. Where companies do provide information on water risk and stakeholder engagement, there is insufficient detail to provide a clear picture of contributions to sustainable water management at the local level. The main drivers for CWR in Peru appear to be pressure from international markets, regulation and other normative issues. Practical implications The findings indicate that companies need to place more emphasis on the local context when reporting on water risks and activities, which could be achieved through the use of CWR frameworks that integrate both international and sectoral CWR guidelines, along with indicators related to good water governance, water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery and the sustainable development goals, as together they provide a more comprehensive reflection of the broader challenges and opportunities related to corporate water management. Originality/value This paper presents the first framework specifically developed to evaluate CWR practices with consideration of the context of an emerging economy.

Exploring mining multinational resettlements and corporate social responsibility in emerging economies: the case of the company VALE, SA in Mozambique

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constâncio A. Machanguana ◽  
Idalina Dias Sardinha
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the scientific and societal debates about the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and particularly on the resettlements’ processes as part of extractive multinational companies (MNCs)’s commitments where the host country is an emerging extractive economy. Design/methodology/approach It is an exploratory study based on the analysis of secondary data, few interviews and on-site observation and deals with the description of the assessment of VALE, SA resettlement processes and assumed CSR practices of VALE, SA, an MNC operating in the Moatize district, Tete province in Mozambique. Findings The MNC assumes resettlement processes to be part of the CSR arena and reveals that VALE, SA follows a reactive poor approach as to CSR. The weak institutional context in Mozambique is like others described in the literature. The empirical data together with the sense of an ethical responsibility approach associated with resettlement processes and the paradigm shift in aid for trade as to development supported by the MNC’s CSR leads to the conclusion that resettlement can be considered part of the CSR of a mining MNC. Research limitations/implications The difficult access to key informants of the resettled communities, local government and little interest in interview participation by VALE, SA, showed a current lack of confidence and communication limitations by the company as to this issue. Practical implications The failure of VALE, SA and other mining companies to meet their resettlement responsibilities and the inability of government supervision, requires local and national, as well as social and scientific communication processes and debate on this issue to be maintained on an ongoing basis during the mining life cycle to guaranty accomplishments of CSR. Social implications The controversy over whether mining MNCs will benefit Africa’s emerging economies as to their socio-economic development will continue until MNCs commit themselves and act to be economically, legally and ethically responsible for contributing to the sustainable development of the countries where they operate. Originality/value This paper contributes to the debate on whether CSR frames the resettlement process based on literature review and key stakeholder views.

Gender and water governance in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Mexican Women ◽  
Educational Equality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Complicating Factors ◽  
And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at how water management reflects patriarchal considerations or gender biases that inflict a penalty upon Mexican women and enumerates recommendations that can both ameliorate water management across Mexico. Design/methodology/approach Peer-reviewed scholarly materials, carefully vetted for empirical worth, for the clarity and soundness of their research methodologies, and for their capacity to account for confounding or complicating factors, are reviewed. Special attention is given to studies, found in academic databases such as EBSCOHost, conducted in the years 2013–2018. Findings The Mexican state has finally made some progress in recognizing the hurdles women face in attaining educational equality, but there is not yet the universal application and comity that would ensure appropriate levels of representation in all communities. Mexico will have to do more to compel local actors to give greater credence to the voices of women. Research limitations/implications There is a need for further primary research to more comprehensively capture what actions women are taking to carve out a large policy-making space for themselves in a country that has only quite recently begun to realize the contributions women can make to forward-looking water governance policy. Originality/value The uneasy confluence between water governance and gender within the Mexican context is an area of growing concern to those interested in how water management systems and protocols shape broader social justice and equality developments across Mexico.

Commonplace and common language: Kentucky's district mission statements

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-340
Author(s):  
W. Kyle Ingle ◽  
Terra Greenwell ◽  
Justin Woods
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sequential Procedures ◽  
And Mathematics

PurposeWe sought to identify codes and themes in the mission statements of Kentucky's school districts and examine the relationship between district characteristics and the mission statements.Design/methodology/approachWe undertook a mixed methods design, specifically, a sequential transformative strategy with a theoretical lens overlaying the sequential procedures and guiding the analysis.FindingsAnalysis revealed a range of 1–7 codes per mission statement and a mean of 3.05. Generic student success and individual attention represented the most frequently occurring codes in the mission statements. Chi-square tests of bivariate association yielded no significant differences between districts by locale. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the percentage of students in the district scoring proficient or distinguished in both reading and mathematics was associated significantly (p < 0.05) with the theme of student support.Research limitationsAlthough we cannot establish causation between mission statements content and student outcomes or vice-versa, district mission statement remain a visible and public expression of why an organization exists that should guide actions and decision-making, whether instructional, financial or otherwise.Practical implicationsOur study revealed shared institutional language within mission statements across Kentucky's school district, largely without regard to local context. Our analysis suggests that federal and state policy makers are influencing mission statements more so than those at the local level.Originality/valueOur analysis provides further evidence that suggests that federal and state policy makers are influencing mission statements more so than those at the local level.

“Doing good” while serving customers

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip T. Roundy
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Social entrepreneurship represents an unconventional, but increasingly prevalent, activity in developed and emerging economies. Social entrepreneurs devise novel business models that blend business and social missions with the aim of (co-)producing value with two primary stakeholder groups, beneficiaries and customers. Although interactions between social entrepreneurs and their beneficiaries are well-studied, the relationship between social ventures and consumers has received almost no extended attention. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative, partially-inductive approach based on interviews with 40 social entrepreneurs, a study of how social entrepreneurs market their ventures to consumers was conducted. Findings Findings reveal the ways in which marketing is relevant for social entrepreneurs, the unique challenges and opportunities entrepreneurs face in their interactions with customers, and the tactics entrepreneurs use to understand and educate their consumers. Originality/value The study’s findings contribute to work on social entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship and marketing interface and have practical implications for social entrepreneurs.

Challenges for integrated water resources governance in Brasilia metropolitan area

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando Macedo Bessa ◽  
Marcelo Facchina
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the reasons behind the difficulties in implementing proper participatory environmental and water governance systems in the metropolitan region of Brasilia, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – This work is a result of a the qualitative analysis of documents and reports of local participatory arenas in Brasilia, and is complemented by a set of 13 interviews held between November 2009 and March 2010 with a variety of actors involved in the promotion of sustainability in the region. Findings – The findings reveal that impediments to the good performance of environmental governance in the Federal District are a consequence to two main factors: institutional framework poorly transferred from the national level and incompatibility between the set of regulations and local electoral power dynamics. Research limitations/implications – As a consequence of the deliberate choice of one specific case, the conclusions of this paper may erroneously overemphasize the perils of participatory local governance rather than its potentials. Practical implications – By identifying a series of mechanisms that threaten positive partnerships between governments and civil society at the local level, this work serves as an important tool for public managers and civil society to engage in more fruitful partnerships. Originality/value – The paper provides a power-based analysis of a case of ineffectiveness of participatory mechanisms. In doing so, it also demonstrates that policy planning must be analysed from a variety of perspectives, and often involve coalitions that cut across the traditional state-society divide. The identification of the mechanisms behind the creation of these obstacles constitutes the originality and value of this paper.

scholarly journals Utilization of maternal health services in rural Thawang, Rolpa district of Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahirul Hushen ◽  
Arpaporn Powwattana ◽  
Chockchai Munsawaengsub ◽  
Sukhontha Siri
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Maternal Health Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis study aimed to identify the proportion and factors influencing the use of maternal health services (MHS) in rural Thawang, Rolpa, Nepal.Design/methodology/approachThis was a community-based cross-sectional study conducted among 417 mothers who had given birth in the previous two years. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was applied to identify associations and predictors.FindingsThe results showed that the use of maternal health services was 50.8%. Adjusting for all other factors in the final model, age group 25–30 years (AOR: 2.30; 95% CI: 1.199–4.422), spouse communication (AOR: 7.31; 95% CI: 2.574–20.791), high accessibility (AOR: 2.552, 95% CI: 1.402–4.643) and high affordability (AOR: 10.89; 95% CI: 4.66–25.445) were significant predictors.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a community-based cross-sectional study, and hence cannot establish causal relationships. The research was conducted in a limited rural area mid-Western Nepal, and this may limit the generalization of results to other settings of the country.Practical implicationsThis research supports to local level government and district health authority to develop and implement need based action to increase maternal health service in the local context.Originality/valueUnderutilization of maternal health services is the result of socioeconomic dynamics, poor access to health services and other physical developments. To increase utilization of maternal health services in rural areas, there is a need to tackle the root cause of health inequality such as reducing poverty, increasing female education, involving women in employment and increasing access to health as a priority development agenda by government authorities. This research supports local level government and district health authorities to develop and implement needs-based action to increase MHS in the local context.

Between water stewardship and independent global water certification: learning from smallholder rice farmers, Karonga, Malawi

Waterlines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Rochelle H. Holm ◽  
Alice Ngulube Magombo
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Train The Trainer ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Rice Farmers

Cooperation and locally driven water management are at the forefront of food production water management for smallholder farmers in low-income countries. The aim of this paper was to critically reflect on the experiences of 5,819 smallholder rice farmers in Karonga District, Malawi, who were members of a farmers’ organization that achieved improved water stewardship, but could not achieve Alliance for Water Stewardship certification within a three-year project. The data for this paper were obtained through farmer and stakeholder interviews. The partnership attempted to bring together four parties: academics, farmers, local government, and a non-governmental organization. The farmers were trained by combining stewardship and certification topics through a train-the-trainer approach. The farmers’ organization primarily focuses on agribusiness; therefore, they did not have any water-related data or detailed farm boundaries from the large and dispersed group of farmers and could not obtain a collective water permit. Understanding water governance was difficult for many farmers. Furthermore, moving from stewardship to certification presented some financial challenges. Critical thinking and questioning are required, along with a deeper understanding of the local context, logistical hindrances, priorities, alternatives, culture, and science, to evaluate how projects are designed and partially succeed or fail from the perspective of low-income farmers in the Global South.

ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING IN A TRANSBOUNDARY CONTEXT: PRINCIPLES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE DENMARK-SWEDEN ØRESUND FIXED LINK

2000 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 529-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
WARWICK GULLETT
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Policy Objectives

It is now possible to identify projects or activities in many countries whose policy objectives of promoting "sustainable development" have been achieved. The philosophy underlying the "sustainable development" concept captures misgivings about the nature of development and about social and technological ability to avoid further deterioration of the environment. Although many of the advances in environmental law and theory have occurred in international forums, implementation of sustainable development principles is less evident at the international than at the local level. The is due, in large part, to the difficulties created by multiple jurisdictions and the increased complexity of regional or global environmental problems. This paper considers the challenges and opportunities that exist for improving the implementation of the precautionary principle as a sustainability objective at the international level. It concentrates upon approval processes for development projects with potential cross-border environmental effects. A case study is provided of the decision making process for the Øresund Fixed Link between Denmark and Sweden.

Collaboration between housing, health and social care

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Tim Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Housing Association ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Housing Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
East Midlands ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Purpose Comment on the contribution that housing can make to delivering better health and wellbeing outcomes. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is threefold: summarise recent evidence that makes the case for housing in helping to address health and social care issues; comment on the challenges and opportunities of partnership working; and describe examples of interesting and innovative local joint provision. Design/methodology/approach Draws on the author’s briefing papers on housing, health and social care for housing quality network, which is a national housing consultancy organisation as well as the author’s role as Chairperson of East Midlands Housing Care and Support, which is a regional housing association. Findings Collaboration between housing, health and social care is making slow progress at the national level in England. This is despite an ever-increasing evidence base highlighting that good housing can help to address issues, such as delayed discharges. Nevertheless, there are an increasing number of interesting examples of successful local initiatives on housing, health and adult social care. The way forward is to facilitate joint working at a local level. Originality/value Focusses on the success of examples of local joint working between housing, health and social care to achieve better outcomes for vulnerable people.

Sustainable Water Resources Management: Issues and Principles of Water Governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reniko Gondo ◽  
Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Okavango Delta ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Water Resources

In the recent times, there is an increased awareness about the importance of water management as population growth, new technologies, increased food consumption, land use and economic activities, among others, continue to exacerbate competition among water users in their bid to access natural resources. Thus, water governance encompasses the allocation and management of aquatic resources within the context of a multilayered, competing demand for water resources. Employing a critical review of relevant literature and guided by the legal pluralism conceptual framework and situated within the Dublin water management principles, this article examines key principles and pertinent issues in sustainable water resources management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana; the delta is widely recognized as a wetland of international significance. Findings reveal that demographic and socio-economic factors such as age, education, religion, culture, gender and income play significant roles in household water management decision making. The results also show that although the water legislative environment in Botswana is characterized by outdated Water Acts, efforts and commitment from the government are underway to revise these Acts. This article argues that whilst water research scholars and policymakers continue to make advocacy for water governance at different levels, the local-level water governance needs to be accorded more priority in rural areas in Botswana.

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