Strategies for regenerative business

2020 ◽  
pp. 147612702097922
Author(s):  
Tobias Hahn ◽  
Maja Tampe
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Escalating ecological degeneration and mounting social challenges highlight the need to rethink the current way of doing business. Human and business activities rely on functioning social-ecological systems but tend to take these for granted. Extant research on business sustainability has acknowledged the relevance of sustainability concerns for business strategy and organizing. Yet, dominant conceptualizations of business sustainability remain focused on the organization and its business case, in the quest to find strategies that translate less harmful social and environmental practices into competitive advantages. Only few scholars have gone beyond such a commercial logic and adopted a systems approach to derive business strategies from the logic of social-ecological systems. In this article, we propose that taking a systems approach means to conceptualize business sustainability in terms of regenerative business, that is, businesses that enhance, and thrive through, the health of social-ecological systems in a co-evolutionary process. As our main contribution, we develop the restore-preserve-enhance scale for regenerative business strategies reflecting a continuum of strategies for regeneration. These strategies follow from two main principles and related criteria for a systems-based level of aspiration and an adaptive management approach to regeneration. By doing so, we fundamentally shift the focus away from a business logic to a systems logic. Importantly, we offer concrete strategies for organizations to contribute to life-supporting conditions in social-ecological systems.

A Social–Ecological Systems Approach to Assessing Conservation and Fisheries Outcomes in Fijian Locally Managed Marine Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1096-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy D. Jupiter ◽  
Graham Epstein ◽  
Natalie C. Ban ◽  
Sangeeta Mangubhai ◽  
Margaret Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Marine Areas

Social-Ecological Systems in Local Fisheries Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-314
Author(s):  
George O. Tsobanoglou ◽  
Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Local Conservation ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Systems Framework

Even though the study of the commons has been expanding rapidly in the past years, and there have been multiple cases of successful local conservation initiatives, still, significant gaps in knowledge remain. The Social-Ecological Systems framework attempts to analyse the linkages between the “human system” (society) and the “natural system” (ecosystems). In every conservation attempt, the interactions and feedback between the two systems become evident. By examining thoroughly this relationship through the SES lens, we can develop a deep and holistic understanding of the processes that should be taken into consideration before the implementation of conservation actions. This study, through the exploration of the fisheries management procedures in Japan, attempts to develop an understanding of how the adoption of the Social-Ecological Systems approach could promote local development in the insular periphery of the developed world, in countries like Greece, where public participation in the decision-making processes is limited.

scholarly journals A social-ecological systems approach for environmental management

2016 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arika Virapongse ◽  
Samantha Brooks ◽  
Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf ◽  
Morgan Zedalis ◽  
Jim Gosz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Social-Ecological Systems in Local Fisheries Communities

2017 ◽  
pp. 306-316
Author(s):  
George O. Tsobanoglou ◽  
Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Local Conservation ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Systems Framework

Even though the study of the commons has been expanding rapidly in the past years, and there have been multiple cases of successful local conservation initiatives, still, significant gaps in knowledge remain. The Social-Ecological Systems framework attempts to analyse the linkages between the “human system” (society) and the “natural system” (ecosystems). In every conservation attempt, the interactions and feedback between the two systems become evident. By examining thoroughly this relationship through the SES lens, we can develop a deep and holistic understanding of the processes that should be taken into consideration before the implementation of conservation actions. This study, through the exploration of the fisheries management procedures in Japan, attempts to develop an understanding of how the adoption of the Social-Ecological Systems approach could promote local development in the insular periphery of the developed world, in countries like Greece, where public participation in the decision-making processes is limited.

scholarly journals Perception and Representation of the Resource Nexus at the Interface between Society and the Natural Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Giampietro
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Metabolic Pattern ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Resource Flows ◽  
Relational Analysis ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Eu

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the resource nexus. This has created the co-existence of different understandings and uses of the concept. In this regard, experiences in the EU H2020 project ‘Moving towards adaptive governance in complexity: Informing nexus security’ are consistent with findings reported in the literature: (i) The inconvenient message of the nexus is difficult to get across, it being incompatible with the currently dominant rosy narratives about sustainability. Indeed, from a historic perspective, the nexus can be seen as a revival of the ideological fight between cornucopians and neo-Malthusians; (ii) Silo structures in existing institutions are a problem for the governance of the nexus, and so is the resulting reductionist strategy of addressing and fixing one issue at the time; (iii) Scientific inquiry is currently not providing the quality inputs needed for a meaningful discussion of the resource nexus. Entanglement of resource flows is rooted in the complex metabolic pattern of social-ecological systems, the analysis of which requires a complex systems approach and relational analysis. Contemporary reductionist models simply make the nexus invisible to the analyst.

scholarly journals Applying a Social–Ecological Systems Approach to Understanding Local Marine Management Trajectories in Northern Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3904
Author(s):  
Kennedy Osuka ◽  
Sérgio Rosendo ◽  
Michael Riddell ◽  
Jeremy Huet ◽  
Mario Daide ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Cumulative Score ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Resource System

This study applied the social–ecological systems framework (SESF) to six fishing communities in northern Mozambique where marine resource management is being implemented through the Our Sea Our Life project. Data on 11 variables and 27 indicators were organised using the SESF to represent the key system dimensions (Governance system, Actors, Resource units and Resource system). Variables within each dimension were weighed to a cumulative score of one. High scores (> 0.50) for Governance system occurred where communities had fisheries management rules and good knowledge of fishing gear regulations. High scores for Actors were evident in communities with few migrant fishers and high participation in village savings and loans associations. Elevated scores of the Resource units occurred where fishers targeted a variety of fish taxa. A healthy Resource system was found in communities neighbouring highly productive and resilient reefs, characterised by high fish biomass and diversity. The status of social and ecological conditions coupled with initial levels of project support and quality of technical support were linked with project achievements. Application of the SESF is therefore valuable in understanding interdependent linkages between social and environmental conditions to inform the design of localised management interventions for social–ecological sustainability.

scholarly journals A social-ecological systems approach for the assessment of ecosystem services from beef production in the Canadian prairie

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 101172
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Pogue ◽  
Roland Kröbel ◽  
H. Henry Janzen ◽  
Aklilu W. Alemu ◽  
Karen A. Beauchemin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Canadian Prairie ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological
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