Ecology and sustainable development issues in RF and the US libraries: On comparative analysis of subject digital resources

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bychkova ◽  
◽  
Victor Zverevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Development Education ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
The Us ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Education

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are reviewed from the point of view of libraries. Both Russian and American professional publications cover the issues within their ecological education (EE) and sustainable development education activities which enables to compare them in many aspects. Key groups of relevant sources are determined: publications in professional periodicals, analytical materials on the web-sites of libraries and associations, resources on libraries’ websites, social media, and blogs. Each group of resources is analyzed. The conclusion is made that relevant information sources reflecting similar segments of library activities can be necessarily and possibly determined for further studies.

scholarly journals The Potential of Geographical Indications (GI) to Enhance Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Japan: Overview and Insights from Japan GI Mishima Potato

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 961
Author(s):  
Junko Kimura ◽  
Cyrille Rigolot
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Certification System ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Common Agenda

Geographical indications (GIs) have recently become an important tool for Japanese agricultural policy, particularly after the adoption of a “sui generis” certification system in 2015. In the same year, the United Nations proposed a common agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The present paper addresses the potential of GIs to enhance SDGs in Japan. First, we examine existing knowledge on GI inception, which consists in both government reports and research surveys. We show that these studies mostly focus on SDGs related to economic growth, and on social issues raised by the registration process. Then, as an exploration of potential impacts of GIs on the full set of SDGs, we study the case of Mishima Bareisho Potato GI, on the basis of interviews and participatory observation. From local stakeholders’ point of view, Mishima Potato GI can contribute to at least nine SDGs at all the production, transformation and commercialization stages. The SDG framework is useful to reveal some contributions seldomly considered in GI studies but which matter for local people, for example, the employment of disabled people or nutritional education. Finally, we discuss how these new insights can contribute to the debate on the potential role and limits of GIs for sustainable development in Japan.

scholarly journals The “Walk” towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Does Mandated “Talk” through NonFinancial Disclosure Affect Companies’ Financial Performance?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho-Tan-Phat Phan ◽  
Francesco De Luca ◽  
Lea Iaia
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Nonfinancial Information ◽  
Business Reporting ◽  
Universal Principles ◽  
Lively Debate ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Italian Context

With its Global Compact, the United Nations (UN) called companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, while settling and pursuing the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving SDGs in business reporting is part of the lively debate in the literature about the ability of nonfinancial reporting in providing stakeholders with useful and value-relevant information about companies’ behaviors. This paper intends to address this issue in the aftermath of the recent European Union EU policy (Directive 95/2014/EU) of mandating companies to disclose nonfinancial information (NFI) according to some of the SDGs matters. To this end, the Italian context was analyzed, and main findings provide some early evidence of the absence of association between NFI and financial/market performance. At the same time, the positive association between companies’ Beta factor and size and NFI is supported. This implies that stakeholders still do not appreciate NFI reported according to the new rules and probably that more time is needed to assess the possible advantages of an improved regulation about NFI. However, results show that larger companies and/or companies with higher risk profiles (Beta) have already started to improve their NFI.

scholarly journals Teaching for a Better World. Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals in the Construction of a Change-Maker University

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Zamora-Polo ◽  
Jesús Sánchez-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Practical Consideration ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainability, as a key concept in the education field, has submitted a relevant change during the last years. Thus, there is a growing debate about its meaning. It has undergone a crucial merging of significances from many fields: Ecology, environmental awareness, but also from politics, ethics or even spiritual approaches. All these fields have been co-involved in the building of such subject concept. In this sense, this article addresses the different ways of understanding sustainability as a polyhedral concept and how sustainability can be understood under the umbrella of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Furthermore, it is proposed a conceptual framework to teach this UN Program at Higher Education, contributing to the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students from both a professional and a personal point of view. This framework is applied in a case study—in particular, in a course of Primary Teacher Degree called Didactics of Matter and Energy. This article finishes with practical consideration to build a change-maker University.

scholarly journals Breastfeeding Support Rooms and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Belomo De Souza ◽  
Sonia Isoyama Venancio ◽  
Regina Paula Guimarães Vieira Cavalcante da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Development Goals

Objectives: Breastfeeding support rooms are low-cost interventions that may prolong breastfeeding and improve work performance. Thus, we sought to understand the experiences and perceptions of working women who use breastfeeding support rooms and the potential contribution to sustainable development goals.Methods: Descriptive and exploratory research was conducted through convenience sampling of women working in companies with breastfeeding support rooms in the state of Paraná, Brazil. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied through interviews and online self-completion.Results: Fifty-three women between 28 and 41 years old participated in the study. In addition, 88.7% had graduated from college, and 96% were married. From the women's experiences and perceptions, we identified that breastfeeding support rooms contribute to prolonged breastfeeding, improve physical and emotional well-being, allow women to exercise their professional activities comfortably, contribute to women's professional appreciation for the excellent relationship between employees and employers.Conclusion: In this novel study, we demonstrate how, from a female point of view, breastfeeding support rooms can contribute to 8 of the 17 sustainable development goals and should therefore be encouraged and promoted.

scholarly journals Environmental migration through the prism of United Nations sustainable development goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 01011
Author(s):  
Laura Issova ◽  
Almagul Kulbayeva ◽  
Mara Gubaidullina ◽  
Zhazira Idrysheva ◽  
Zhuldyz Kaipzhan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
Environmental Migration ◽  
Development Goals

The article is devoted to the problems of environmental migration in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals proclaimed by the United Nations at the General Assembly session in 2015. Environmental migration has long been the subject of study by various scientists, where in the need for an integrated attitude to the study of this phenomenon is noted. However, to date, there is no systematic approach to studying the problem of environmental migration: scientists consider this process from the point of view of a specific area of their scientific interests. Most often, the points of view of representatives of natural and social sciences are paradigmatically indicated, sometimes they are opposite in their content. The study of environmental migration through the prism of Sustainable Development Goals provides, in our opinion, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach. The article attempts to systematically investigate the phenomenon of environmental migration using the consequences of the ecological crisis in the Aral Sea region as an example.

scholarly journals Inter-Organizational Collaboration on Projects Supporting Sustainable Development Goals: The Company Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Escher ◽  
Pawel Brzustewicz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Organizational Collaboration ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Business To Business

There is a significant research gap in the theory of the nature of relationships between companies and other organizations (including NGOs) when collaborating on projects to support sustainable development goals. In particular, the company perspective has not yet been analyzed in depth. This paper therefore presents these relationships from the company’s point of view, and particularly in terms of how company representatives describe the roles of each partner in the collaboration and the outcomes it generates for the company. The empirical research is theoretically grounded in the Activities–Resources–Actors (ARA) model developed by Håkansson and Snehota. The study adopted a qualitative approach and was conducted using semi-structured individual in-depth interviews in 18 companies; the companies represented different industries and were involved in different types of projects related to sustainable development goals. The paper contributes to developing the theory in various ways. It contributes to the understanding of processes related to company involvement in sustainable development. It also contributes to the theory of the essence and substance of inter-organizational relationships, and specifically the ARA framework. Moreover, it explains the specificity of such inter-organizational collaborations and identifies to what extent these relationships vary from other types of inter-organizational collaboration, especially from business-to-business relationships. The paper also contributes to the discussion on the role of personal bonds within such inter-organizational relationships. The practical implications relate to the ways in which the activities and resources of a company and its partner may be combined in projects addressing social and/or environmental problems. Therefore, the paper offers guidance to companies and their potential partners interested in undertaking joint sustainability initiatives.

scholarly journals Ranking EU Agricultural Sectors under the Prism of Alternative Widths on Window DEA

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1021
Author(s):  
Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos ◽  
George Vlontzos ◽  
Panos M. Pardalos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Input Use ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Critical Challenge ◽  
Selection Of

Providing food security while preserving natural resources and reducing the use of production factors (land, labor, and capital), is a critical challenge for EU agricultural sectors in the 21st century. Sustainable Development goals adoption has increased the need for eliminating Greenhouse gas emissions across all EU sectors, while production should remain stable or even increase. For this purpose, Window Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been selected as a benchmarking technique, in order to assess input use efficiency of agricultural sectors of EU countries for the 2005–2019 period. Moreover, three-year projections (until 2022) have been calculated in order to acquire future efficiency scores. Emphasis has been given on the selection of alternative window widths, examining their influence on calculating efficiency scores for both projected and actual dataset. From a methodological point of view, this paper aims to highlight the assumption of zero technological change within Window DEA frames and present their differences. At the same time, results indicate that Estonia (1.000), the Netherlands (0.999) and Slovenia (0.999) are the most efficient countries in terms of input use efficiency, while Finland, UK, and Hungary (0.670, 0.755 and 0.771) score the least. Countries of central Europe (Hungary, Czech Rep., Croatia, Slovakia, and Austria) should redesign their agricultural strategies, so as to achieve the nine objectives of the upcoming CAP (2021–2027).

scholarly journals Optimalisasi Pendistribusian dan Pendayagunaan Dana Zakat dalam Pelaksanaan Tujuan Program Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (SDGs)

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Farhan Amymie
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Management System ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
West Java ◽  
Development Goals

Welfare will be minimized. So Zakat is one of the powerful instruments to provide development solutions and economic checks that are fair and wise. If carried out optimally in the collection, organizing zakat must be carried out effectively with professional regulatory and supervisory support. As the purpose of this study, First, To study the management system of zakat funds in Baznas West Java. Second, To Know the Linkages of SDGs to the Purpose of Alms. Third, To Know the Results of the Strategic Plan for the Optimization of Zakat Funds in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in National Baznas West Java Province. The method used in this study is qualitative research, with the type of field research (field research). Data collection is done by interviews, collection and arrangement. While the research subjects were the West Java Baznas Leaders and staff. After the data is obtained then analyzed then the validity of the data is checked by means of data reduction, data presentation, and discussed conclusions. In this study, this study discusses optimization of the utilization and utilization of zakat funds collected, which are taken from: (1) Management system, and (2) Role strengthening strategy. The following results found from this study are: (1) In the Management of Provincial Zakat BAZNAS located in the Capital of the Province needed and zakat through UPZ in the province (2) West Java BAZNAS Distribution and Utilization Strategy is provided with SDGs slice and zakat fulfill the goal of reducing poverty, including what happens in this world and its various derivatives. Some opinions and opinions that appear link one by one from SDGs points to the interpretation of the special zakat work from the point of view of beneficiaries and zakat allocation. Kesejahteraan akan dapat diminimalisir apabila ada distribusi pendapatan dan kekayaan yang merata. Maka Zakat merupakan salah satu instrument ampuh untuk memberikan solusi pembangunan dan pemerataan ekonomi secara adil dan bijaksana. Apabila dilakukan secara optimal dalam penghimpunan, pengorganisasian zakat harus dilakukan secara efektif dengan dukungan regulasi dan aparat yang professional.Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini Pertama, Untuk mengetahui sistem pengelolaan dana zakat di Baznas Jawa Barat. Kedua, Untuk Mengetahui Keterkaitan SDGs dengan Tujuan Zakat.Ketiga, Untuk Mengetahui Hasil dari Rencana Strategis Optimalisasi Pendistribusian Dana Zakat dalam Pencapaian Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) di Baznas Provinsi Jawa Barat..Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif, dengan jenis penelitian lapangan (field research). Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Adapun subjek penelitian adalah para Pimpinan dan staff Baznas Jawa Barat.Setelah data diperoleh kemudian dianalisis kemudian dicek keabsahan data dengan cara reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti membatasi lingkup pengoptimalan distirbusi dan pendayagunaan dana zakat yang diteliti, yaitu diambil dari: (1) Sistem pengelolaan, dan (2) Strategi penguatan peran.Adapun hasil yang ditemukan dari penelitian ini yaitu: (1) Dalam Pengelolaan Zakat BAZNAS Propinsi berkedudukan di Ibukota Provinsi yang bersangkutan dan melakukan pengumpulan zakat melalui UPZ yang ada di provinsi (2) Strategi Penguatan Pendistribusian dan Pendayagunaan BAZNAS Jawa Barat yakni dengan irisan program SDGs dan zakat bertemu dalam sebuah objektif untuk mengurangi kemiskinan termasuk kelaparan yang terjadi di dunia ini dan aneka turunannya. Beberapa pendapat dan pandangan muncul mencoba mengaitkan satu per satu dari poin-poin SDGs dengan interpretasi atas kerja zakat khususnya dari sudut penerima manfaat dan peruntukkan zakat. 

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