The Role of Anthropology in the Global Sustainability Movement: Maintaining the Small While Transforming the Large

Deteriorated living conditions of the world endangers humanity's survival and the peace in the world. Human beings whose living conditions have been deteriorated in a way that they cannot fulfil their primary needs (based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs) can look for different options (including war) to have access to the scarce resources vital for their survival. Peace can be sustained through sustainability. For this reason, global leadership initiatives on sustainability are required for the proactive conflict resolution and for the proactive peace building among the countries. This chapter aims to introduce the global sustainability leadership as a key for the peace in the word. With this aim, the chapter covers the following topics: need for sustainability and sustainable development; role of the sustainability in the peace of the world; ways of enhancing sustainability performance of the world; and need for the global leadership initiatives for sustainability movement and role of the global leadership in the proactive conflict resolution and peace building.

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Editorial: The Role of Global Food Banks as an Alternative, Non-Profit Business Model: Advancing Peace, Alleviating Food Insecurity and Contributing to Global Sustainability

Business Peace and Sustainable Development ◽

10.9774/tandf.8757.2017.ju.00002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (9) ◽

pp. 3-6

Author(s):

H. Eric Schockman ◽

Christopher Rebstock

Keyword(s):

Food Insecurity ◽

Business Model ◽

Food Banks ◽

Non Profit ◽

Global Sustainability ◽

Global Food

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Interview with John Elkington

Sustentabilidade: Diálogos Interdisciplinares ◽

10.24220/2675-7885v2e2021a5422 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Diego de Melo Conti

Keyword(s):

Multinational Companies ◽

Keynote Speaker ◽

Global Sustainability ◽

Advisory Boards ◽

Sustainability Movement

John Elkington, Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans, is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to boards and advisory boards. John tackles some of the world's most challenging problems, helping key actors move from the responsibility agenda through resilience to regeneration. He has inspired a number of Volans’ inquiries, including Project Breakthrough, Tomorrow’s Capitalism Inquiry and the Green Swans Observatory. He has worked with an A-to-Z of businesses worldwide, now helping the Volans team guide multinational companies to transform towards a regenerative future

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Business Sustainability - A Study of Most Sustainable Corporations

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development ◽

10.5296/emsd.v8i2.14790 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

Mahesh G. Dalvi ◽

Anju Singh ◽

Paravastu Rambabu ◽

Nagesh N. Murthy ◽

Nachiket Gosavi

Keyword(s):

Good Governance ◽

Business Leaders ◽

Key Factors ◽

Global Sustainability ◽

Sustainability Performance ◽

World Economic ◽

Sustainability Initiatives ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Sustainability Indices

‘G100’ is the list of most sustainable 100 corporations out of thousands of global leading corporations. G100 corporations are acknowledged every year during the world economic forum. The focus of the study is to identify the key factors which support these corporations to get listed in G100 and to check the relationship of these factors with superior sustainability performance. Literature review enabled us to understand the different motives and factors influencing the drive of sustainability. These are categorized as operational and strategic drivers based on their nature. Multiple regression analysis carried out to check the correlation between the Sustainability drivers and, the repeat performance in G100 by these corporations. Findings helped us conclude that Sustainability initiatives have a motive of an operational benefit and it is also considered as a strategic driver by adding social and environmental dimension in the core purpose of the organization. A positive correlation is confirmed between corporations adopting sustainability as a strategic driver and their performance in G100. Year on year continual improvement is observed in the average scores of G100 corporations and it confirms the contribution of global sustainability indices in helping overall sustainable development.Proposed model adoption may help corporations to drive their sustainability programs and as a result, perform better in G100 with consistency. This study provides insights into sustainability champions and business leaders to understand the role of sustainability drivers. Business leaders can achieve superior sustainability performance in global sustainability indices using the findings of this study. It will also ensure the good governance of sustainability initiatives.

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