scholarly journals Automobiles and Socioeconomic Sustainability

Transfers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Newman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Bottom Line

This article argues for the establishment of a Mobility Bill of Rights. That the current car system is not sustainable in environmental terms has been much discussed in academic circles and is increasingly accepted in wider society, as reflected by governmental attempts at reform. The current trend for remodeling this car system largely involves the substitution of petrol/diesel for potentially more ecologically sound methods of powering the vehicles such as electricity. Attempts to reach environmental sustainability in this manner do little to impact social or economic sustainability and thus will fail to address the triple bottom line. Rather, reliance on automobiles in the present vein may continue trends for mobility-related exclusion. To tackle this, we need a debate on how the transport needs of ordinary people can be met.

scholarly journals From Shipbreaking Literature to Sustainability Framework for Developing Country Recycling: a Review (Part 2)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sm Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Sustainability Framework

Shipbreaking research has not been in the forefront until the last decade in which environmental and occupational hazards have been highlighted while economic sustainability and contextual conditions were not equally considered. The adoption of a triple bottom line approach across core business issues (environmental impacts, workplace safety ) as well as peripheral stakeholders expectation (environmental sustainability focus) has been retarded due to the less attention on the latter. Based on the findings of the 128 review papers, the study suggests that organizational learning and economic sustainability needs to prioritize through the formation of strange alliance among the stakeholders. The study argues that the dialogue and discussion on the peripheral stakeholders (NGOs, yard managers, national and international policy organizations) would lead to a more sustainable shipbreaking industry in the south Asian regions.

scholarly journals A triple bottom line construct and reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils M. Høgevold ◽  
Göran Svensson ◽  
H.B. Klopper ◽  
Beverly Wagner ◽  
Juan Carlos Sosa Valera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
A Company

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to test a Triple Bottom Line (TBL)-construct as well as to describe the TBL-reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks. This study explores how linking these seemingly disparate pillars of sustainability may be facilitated through a TBL construct. The notion of sustainable business practices has been evolving and is increasingly understood to encompass considerations of economic viability, as well as environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Design/methodology/approach – The research is quantitative in nature, exploring and analysing how companies in different Norwegian industries implement and manage sustainable business practices based on TBL. The survey results are reported here. Findings – The relevance of TBL to different aspects of sustainable business practices is outlined. The study generally supports the view that a heightened propensity for sustainable business practices ensures that organisations are better equipped for meeting the challenge of integrating TBL in companies and their business networks. Research limitations/implications – The study tested a construct of TBL in the context of sustainable business practices. It may be incorporated in further research in relation to other constructs. Suggestions for further research are proposed. Practical implications – Useful for practitioners to get insights into TBL-reasons for implementing business-sustainable practices in companies and their business networks. It may also be valuable to assess the general status of business-sustainable practices in a company and their business networks. Originality/value – Linking two traditionally separate and encapsulated areas of research, namely, the area of business sustainable practices and the area of TBL. The current study has contributed to a TBL-construct in relation to other constructs in measurement and structural models. It has also contributed to provide insights of priority into the main reasons to implement the elements of TBL within companies and their business networks.

Residence Block Design Methods Based on the Concept of Sustainable Development – A Case Study of Residence Block Design of Wuhan

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 199-202
Author(s):  
Shan Hu ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Douady Clément Noël
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Residential District ◽  
Block Planning

The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into three constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability and sociopolitical sustainability. This paper uses the case study of Wuhan Shouyi area residential block urban design, discusses the concept of sustainable development of residential block urban design. In the current trend of residential district design, this paper may be able to lead to some better residential block planning design.

scholarly journals Environmental sustainability in supply chains

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Φώτιος Μισόπουλος
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Purposive Sampling

Η κλιματική αλλαγή που εντείνεται με την πάροδο του χρόνου και οι επιδράσεις αυτής στην ανθρωπότητα και τον πλανήτη, ανάγκασαν τις κυβερνήσεις πολλών χωρών να αντιδράσουν κατόπιν της έντονης κριτικής διαφόρων κοινωνικο-πολιτικών φορέων και να ενσκήψουν πάνω στο πρόβλημα. Από την κίνηση αυτή δε θα μπορούσε να απουσιάσει και η ακαδημαική κοινότητα, η οποία με ενδελεχή και συντονισμένη έρευνα καταβάλει κάθε δυνατή προσπάθεια για να μειώσει και να περιορίσει τις επιδράσεις αυτής της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Η κύρια αιτία της εντοπίζεται στις δραστηριότητες των επιχειρήσεων που συμβάλουν τα μέγιστα στο φαινόμενο του θερμοκηπίου. Η παρούσα διατριβή εξετάζει διάφoρους παράγοντες που άπτονται του θέματος και καταβάλει προσπάθεια ώστε να συνδράμει στην αντιμετώπιση του φαινομένου. Υπό το πρίσμα δύο θεωριών, Triple Bottom Line και Institutional Theory, εξετάζει τις απόψεις επαγγελματιών του κατασκευαστικού κλάδου ως προς τις ενέργειες των εταιρειών τους για να συμβάλουν σε πρακτικές περιβαλλοντικής βιωσιμότητας. Ο λόγος που επιλέχθηκε ο κατασκευαστικός κλάδος είναι διότι ο κλάδος αυτός χαρακτηρίζεται ως ο πλέον ρυπογόνος. Για την καλύτερη κατανόηση των λεπτομερειών και ιδιαιτεροτήτων του κλάδου, διερευνήθηκε το επίπεδο κάλυψης του θέματος από την υπάρχουσα ακαδημαική βιβλιογραφία που εστιάζει στον κατασκευαστικό κλάδο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας. Η συστηματική ανάσκοπηση κατέδειξε ότι μέχρι σήμερα η ακαδημαική έρευνα εστιάζει κυρίως σε ενεργειακά θέματα των κτιριακών εγκαταστάσεων και οικοδομικών υλικών και πολύ λιγότερο σε θέματα που αφορούν στην εφοδιαστική αλυσίδα των εταιρειών. Βασιζόμενος στα αποτελέσματα της συστηματικής ανασκόπησης αλλά και στη γενικότερη βιβλιογραφία των συντελεστών πράσινων εφοδιαστικών αλυσίδων, ο συγγραφέας προχώρησε στη διενέργεια ποιοτικής έρευνας ώστε να συλλέξει εις βάθος πληροφορίες για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο σκέφτονται και ενεργούν οι επιχειρήσεις στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία και στην Ελλάδα. Οι συνεντεύξεις με εικοσιεπτά ειδικούς του χώρου, ανέδειξαν ότι οι θεσμικές πιέσεις που ασκούνται στις επιχειρήσεις κατηγοριοποιούνται ως ρυθμιστικές πιέσεις, απαιτήσεις των πελατών, πιέσεις ενδιαφερομένων μερών, εξωτερική εικόνα ή φήμη της εταιρείας και τέλος, οι πιέσεις από τον ανταγωνισμό. Οι εξωτερικές αυτές πιέσεις δημιουργούν εσωτερικές αντιδράσεις για την υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων περιβαλλοντικών πρακτικών. Σύμφωνα με τις αντιλήψεις των συμμετεχόντων στην έρευνα, οι βασικοί παράγοντες που συμβάλουν προς αυτήν την κατεύθυνση είναι η υποστήριξη της ανώτατης διοίκησης, οικομικοί παράγοντες, τα συστήματα περιβαλλοντικής διαχείρισης και η χρήση λογισμικού στην μέτρηση αποτυπώματος άνθρακα, καθώς και εκπαίδευση και κατάρτιση του προσωπικού των επιχειρήσεων. Η έρευνα ολοκληρώθηκε με τη μελέτη περίπτωσης μίας ελληνικής μικρομεσαίας κατασκευαστικής εταιρείας, όπου με την χρήση ενός συστήματος υποστήριξης λήψης αποφάσεων, διερευνήθηκε αρχικά η μέτρηση αποτυπώματος άνθρακα της εταιρείας και κατόπιν η εφικτότητα μείωσής του μέσω παρεμβάσεων στην παραγωγική διαδικασία αλλά και στην εφοδιαστική της αλυσίδα. Η παρούσα έρευνα παρέχει θεωρητική και πρακτική συνεισφορά. Η θεωρητική συμβολή είναι διτή. Αρχικά μέσω του θεωρητικού μοντέλου που αναπτύσει βασιζόμενο στις θεσμικές πιέσεις που ασκούνται στις επιχειρήσεις, στοχεύοντας στην υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων περιβαλλοντικών πρακτικών εκ μέρους των. Η δεύτερη συνεισφορά είναι στο χώρο της φιλοσοφικής (phenomenological constructivism) και μεθοδολογικής προσέγγισης (mixed purposive sampling) της έρευνας που χρησιμοποιείται για πρώτη φορά συνδιαστικά στο συγκεκριμένο ερευνητικό πεδίο. Η πρακτική συνεισφορά της έρευνας είναι η ανάδειξη των ενδο-επιχειρησιακών παραγόντων που οδηγούν στην υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων πρακτικών, στο χώρο του κατασκευαστικού κλάδου.

Validating a triple bottom line construct and reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Padin ◽  
Carlos Ferro ◽  
Beverly Wagner ◽  
Juan Carlos Sosa Valera ◽  
Nils M. Høgevold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to validate a triple bottom line (TBL) construct, as well as to describe the TBL reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks. Design/methodology/approach This study reports on the validation of a TBL construct, in a Spanish context, of a study originally conducted in Norway. In this validation study, 230 companies were selected for participation. A total of 89 usable questionnaires were returned, generating a response rate of 38.5 per cent. Findings The empirical findings indicate major similarities and minor differences between organizations in Spain and Norway across two studies. By extension, the empirical findings appear to be valid and reliable across contexts and through time. Research limitations/implications This study explains the structural properties of the main reasons for business sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and business sustainability efforts in companies and the supply chains or business networks. Practical implications Business sustainability efforts need to be assessed in a systematic manner, and the validated TBL construct offers a foundation for doing this, though it needs to be complemented with other elements and details in connection with business sustainability. Originality/value Business sustainability efforts have been evolving over time and are increasingly seen to consider economic viability, as well as environmental sustainability and social responsibility. This study deals with how these elements of TBL are interrelated with respect to business sustainability.

scholarly journals Triple Bottom-line Business Model. Case study on the organic food retailing

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Galeano Revert ◽  
José P. García-Sabater ◽  
Cristóbal Miralles Insa
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Food Retailing ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Responsible Consumption

<p class="Abstract">The present work aims to analyse and identify a triple bottom-line business model of food retailing, in order to show a sustainable, replicable and non-scalable model in the agri-food sector, and to facilitate the development of a feasible market for small size producers-sellers. The methodology used for the business model identification analyses and relates elements and strategies, providing a design graphic for the model, as well as evaluating each triple sustainability dimension. All this following a protocol derived from the methodology of case study research. The case study shows a sustainable, replicable and non-scalable business model that emerges from a strategy defined by a responsible consumption group from a university. Using digital technology for the distribution and sale of products, and sharing capacity with a WISE, a business model is achieved that shortens the food products commercialization channel between producers and consumers, improving economic, social and environmental sustainability. The application of this methodology provides a tool that facilitates the replicability of sustainable business models in the agri-food business context, and allows identifying the level of their sustainability. The incorporation of this business model can contribute to the development of a triple bottom-line food market, whose purpose is to improve the survival of small size producers-sellers given the increasing centralization and globalization of the agri-food economy distribution.</p>

scholarly journals Triple Bottom Line: Evidence from aviation sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
ISHA GUPTA ◽  
Nandita Mishra ◽  
Deepak Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Therapeutic Benefit ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Brand Perception ◽  
And Performance

In COVID-19 outbreak both the therapeutic benefit of slow economic activity on the skies and the planet, as well as the horrendous sufferings of our fellow countrymen emerged. They strike many people miserably sedated and anxious to do something to secure the future. The civil aviation is one of the worst hit sectors affected by coronavirus-induced lockdowns; revenue generation has been lowered as traffic demand has been halted in both domestic and international sectors, sending a strong signal that there is a need for a sustainability strategy. This chapter focuses on how the Triple Bottom Line approach can help the aviation sector in achieving sustainability even in times of pandemic. The TBL approach has three dimensions- people, planet and performance through which success of the business has been measured. For companies that are wary of valuing social/ environmental sustainability equally with economic efficiency, Southwest Airlines is the perfect example. The critical point is that the COVID-19 crisis has provided some complex perspectives that can encourage to rebuild sustainably. The focus should be on rewarding creation of value rather than extraction of value, through promoting sustainable growth in innovation and reducing the carbon footprint. The airlines need to take help from analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to meet customer expectations that are transformed after pandemic. Waiving, adjust and cancel fees and allowing convenient rebooking would help boost brand perception, feedback of customers and eliminate any confusion for those who wish to book future travel.

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