A Way to Boost the Impact of Business on 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Co-creation With Non-profits for Social Innovation

The evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility is forcing firms to adopt a new business approach based on combining competitiveness improvement with societal well-being. This evolution is materialized in the adoption of socially innovative practices to solve complex social problems, where collaboration is a key to confront them. And it is that, considering the existence of huge social and environmental challenges, independent actions undertaken by each of the societal actors with only their own resources reveal clearly insufficient to address them. Thus, a way firms can encourage the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is done by partnering with stakeholders, and particularly by developing the strategies of co-creation with non-profits. This study assesses the effects of business-non-profit value co-creation on both the organizational performance of the partners, and the social results linked to the SDGs. The methodology used to study the existence of these relationships is known as structural equations modeling (SEM) analysis. The results derived from a quantitative-based research with 205 Spanish non-profits show a positive effect of co-creation on indicators at the micro- (individuals), meso- (both the organizations), and macro-(society) levels. Furthermore, positive indicators at the micro- and macro-levels have a positive influence on the performance of the partners.

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SOCIAL INNOVATION: CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences ◽

10.18540/jcecvl6iss3pp0326-0332 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 0326-0332

Author(s):

Yohani Dominik dos Figueiredo ◽

Márcia Aparecida Prim ◽

Gertrudes Aparecida Dandolini

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Well Being ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Political Leaders ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Innovation Characteristics ◽

Development Goals

Social innovation and sustainable development are topics of research interest for political leaders and civil society players, as well as for scholars from different disciplinary fields. They are presented as an effective, efficient, and sustainable solution to social problems generated by the present. In this sense, this research aims to identify characteristics of social innovation that are associated with sustainable development, from a narrative review of the literature. As a result, it was possible to identify characteristics such as improving quality of life and well-being, social change, innovative nature, among others, which are directly linked to the constructs of sustainable development. Special attention should be paid to the Sustainable Development Goals, which go hand in hand with social innovation actions as a way to reverse the situation of environmental degradation and social indigence.

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PENGARUH ROLE OVERLOAD TERHADAP BURNOUT DENGAN KECERDASAN SPIRITUAL SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI: STUDI EMPIRIS PADA MAHASISWA S1 AKUNTANSI

Jurnal Akuntansi Bisnis ◽

10.30813/jab.v11i2.1386 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Budi Hartono Kusuma

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Private University ◽

Well Being ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Spiritual Intelligence ◽

Role Overload ◽

Development Goals

ABSTRACT: One of the items of Sustainable Development Goals is health and well-being. Burnout is a condition of psychological stress syndrome that will adversely affect overall health. This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the positive influence of role overload on burnout. This study also wants to prove the role of spiritual intelligence as a moderating variable. Respondents in this study are undergraduate students of accounting program at a private university in Tangerang area. This research has proved the positive influence of role overload on burnout. The role of spiritual intelligence as a moderating variable that weakens the positive influence of role overload on burnout has also successfully been proven through this research. Keyword : Role overload, burnout, spiritual quotient, sustainable development goals ABSTRAK: Salah satu butir dari Sustainable Development Goals adalah kesehatan dan kesejahteraan. Burnout adalah kondisi sindrom stres psikologis yang akan mempengaruhi kesehatan secara keseluruhan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan bukti empiris mengenai pengaruh positif role overload terhadap burnout. Penelitian ini juga ingin membuktikan peran kecerdasan spiritual sebagai variabel moderasi. Responden dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa program studi S1 akuntansi pada sebuah universitas swasta di wilayah Tangerang. Penelitian ini telah membuktikan pengaruh positif dari role overload terhadap burnout. Peran kecerdasan spiritual sebagai variabel moderasi yang melemahkan pengaruh positif role overload terhadap burnout juga telah berhasil dibuktikan melalui penelitian ini. Kata kunci: Role overload, burnout, kecerdasan spiritual, sustainable development goals.

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Moving forward to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: How do we secure sustainable investments for family planning?

Gates Open Research ◽

10.12688/gatesopenres.13013.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 1531

Author(s):

Gifty Addico ◽

Jennie Greaney ◽

Yann Lacayo

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Family Planning ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

National Level ◽

Health Sector ◽

Well Being ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact ◽

Sustainable Financing

Evidence demonstrates how rights-based family planning (FP) brings transformational benefits to women, families, communities and countries. Investing in FP is not only a human rights issue, but also a key catalytic factor for countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable and equitable access to FP has a tremendous socioeconomic impact and boosts synergistic efforts to reduce poverty, achieve food security and improved nutrition, save lives and improve health and well-being, improve women’s and girls’ education, advance gender equality and empowerment, mitigate the effects of access to water and sanitation, reduce the impact on health of climate change, and contribute to economic growth and social inclusion. Nevertheless, while the benefits are realized across many other sectors, the burden of financing for FP is born predominantly by the health sector. Although there have been several attempts to integrate FP into other sectors’ initiatives, the results have not yet been fully systematized or scaled up. This open letter calls for a new approach to broaden the attention of different sectors to invest in FP as a catalytic intervention to achieve the SDGs. Using the UNFPA Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Financing for Family Planning, we will highlight elements to be considered by development actors in shaping national, regional and global actions. By exploring new funding sources and mechanisms to increase investments in FP, maximizing efficiency, and overall, revamping FP beyond the health sector, we intend to expand the reach of the discussions across non-traditional actors, underscoring the need to increase efforts towards guaranteeing universal health access for all as a main contributor to achieve the 2030 agenda. Further, we will detail experiences of how UNFPA and development partners have incorporated innovative approaches to secure sustainable financing for FP at the national level providing concrete examples on how to proceed in this area.

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Impacts Generated by a Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Can Lead to Conflicts between Sustainable Development Goals: A Review of Key Lessons Learned in Madagascar

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187471 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7471 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carole Brunet ◽

Oumarou Savadogo ◽

Pierre Baptiste ◽

Michel A Bouchard ◽

Jean Chrysostome Rakotoary ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Solar Power ◽

Local Level ◽

Well Being ◽

Endogenous Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

In a context of energy transition towards renewable energies, this case study situated in Madagascar allows us to verify the extent to which an on-grid photovoltaic solar power plant represents a vector for sustainable development. The article proposes a model for assessing sustainability from a qualitative multi-criteria perspective. This analysis fits into the theoretical question of the science of sustainability by challenging the theory of endogenous development. The innovation of this research is based on the use of a qualitative approach to a technological issue filling a literature gap in the major issue of the effective sustainability of renewable energy (particularly in the context of an island state). The study emphasizes that the plant can only represent a vector for sustainable development with the collaboration of the concerned parties, which implies considering the electrification needs at the local level. The article confirms that the impacts generated by the power plant can lead to conflicts between different sustainable development goals. Theoretically, the study emphasizes that the evaluation of the sustainability of solar power plants should follow a process that: (i) uses a preferably qualitative methodology likely to understand the local conditions of the communities in which they are established; (ii) identifies dissociated indicators while taking into account the context; and (iii) analyzes the possible negative interactions between the impact areas by highlighting the key areas linked to land management and the well-being of women within a poverty reduction approach.

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SDGs + Synergies: Design, Access + Aftercare in Global Public Health

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.332 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

D Cesario ◽

S Maswime

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

New York ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Well Being ◽

Global Surgery ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

Abstract As Citizens of the World, in 2020 we have been challenged to frankly + swiftly evaluate public health crises, social injustice + their intrinsic link to our global economies. This starkly pivotal year marks a decade to the deadline to fulfill the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs are oft-considered the world's best plan towards building a better world for people and our planet. Adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, the SDGs are an international call-to-action to promote prosperity while protecting the environment. In light of the UN's 17th goal of Partnership, we wanted to amplify the interconnections between the specialties of architecture + health. This particular goal seeks to strengthen the means of implementation + revitalize the global collaboration for sustainable development. As an Architect specializing in Healthcare at SOM's New York office, Founder of WALLEN + daub + the Head of Global Surgery at University of Cape Town, we are approaching sustained well-being from our respective professions. We each serve different geographic markets towards the best outcomes. We pondered the codependency of space + care in creating a healing experience for patients. Global surgery + international healthcare architecture are rooted in serving others. Therefore, we are continuously considering the role of the professional in creating spatial infrastructure as a component of service delivery for care by clinicians. Progress is evident, but slow. The last Annual SDSN Report found that the best performing city is only making 68% progress toward full achievement of all seventeen SDGs. Of all largely-populated US cities, two-thirds are less than halfway there. As we work globally towards more equitable, healthy + resilient communities (#11), we must further investigate the impact and implementation of the other goals, namely: health + well-being (#3), access to sanitation (#6), + industry, innovation + infrastructure (#9). Key messages UN SDGs + public health care (sustainable care + design). Patient Well-being: Collaboration through sustainable development goals, design + care.

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Universities as the Engine of Transformational Sustainability in Delivering Against the Sustainable Development Goals: Livitabng Labs for Sustainability

10.20944/preprints201810.0665.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wendy M. Purcell ◽

Heather A. Henriksen ◽

Jack D. Spengler

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

First Case ◽

Development Goals

Universities can do more to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), working with faculty, staff and students as well as their wider stakeholder community and alumni body. They play a critical role in helping shape new ways for the world, educating global citizens and delivering knowledge and innovation into society – universities can be engines of societal transformation. Here, using a case study approach, different ways of strategizing sustainability in a university setting are explored with an example from the UK, Europe and USA. The first case is a public UK university that adopted enterprise and sustainability as its academic mission to secure differentiation in a disrupted and increasingly marketized global higher education sector which then became a source of inspiration for change in regional businesses and the local community. The second case study is a business sector-led sustainability-driven transformation working with a private university in Bulgaria to catalyze economic regeneration and social innovation. Finally, the case of Harvard’s Office for Sustainability engagement program is given to show how this approach connects faculty and students with institutional sustainability plans and external partners.  Each case is a living lab, positioning sustainability as an intentional strategy. Leadership at all levels, and by students, was key to success in acting with purpose. Partnerships within and with universities can help accelerate delivery of the SDGs, with higher education making a fuller contribution to sustaining the economic, cultural and intellectual well-being of our global communities. 

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Sensitivity of Greek Organisations in Sustainability Issues

Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.3390/engproc2021009004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

Alexandros Chrysos-Anestis ◽

Charisios Achillas ◽

Dimitrios Folinas ◽

Dimitrios Aidonis ◽

Michael Chrissos Anestis

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Well Being ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Development Goals ◽

Industry Sectors ◽

The Impact

Recently, the world has been faced with a variety of environmental, social, and economic problems. The effects of climate change and the lack of resources are constantly intensifying, while at the same time the impact of industrial production has become an international issue. Undoubtedly, this global paradigm and these relevant social and economic challenges require joint efforts at an international level. During the past few decades, a number of companies in Greece have undertaken initiatives towards sustainable development (SD) by adopting “green” practices. This work presents the findings of a survey that has been conducted in 2020, which investigates the extent of business contribution to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Research was based on the analysis of sustainability reporting published by Greek companies. The key findings of the survey show that issues related to environmental protection, societal well-being, and citizens’ quality of life have attracted an increasing level of awareness in the Greek industry sectors. Issues such as climate change, as well as sustainable production and consumption, are becoming topics within companies’ day-to-day agenda.

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United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the Most Important Utilitarian Values. Social Security Approach

Polish Political Science Yearbook ◽

10.15804/ppsy202146 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Pawel Gromek ◽

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Tadeusz Kęsoń ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Security ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Human Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Good Health ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Development Goals ◽

Zero Hunger

2030 Agenda constitutes a comprehensive framework for sustainable development. Nevertheless, not all sustainable development goals properly match the most important utilitarian values (human life and health). It is especially noticeable in terms of disasters and crises, which commonly determine social security. The research objective is to indicate the placement of the values in the particular goals. The systematic literature review indicates 47 information sources. That enables an in-depth analysis of the goals and social security specification elements, highlighting the direct or indirect character of relevant relations. The gaps can be identified considering the social character of the goals, characteristic hazards, danger to human life, and health and urgency of the response. In most cases, the relations between the goals and the values are indirect. They can be improved with a potentially positive influence on sustainable development in all circumstances (including the most dangerous ones). The goals specification states many references for the improvement in a synergistic way respecting the most important utilitarian values, especially in zero hunger, good health and well-being, sustainable cities and communities, climate action, partnership for the goals.

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Engendering a Sense of Belonging to Support Student Well-Being during COVID-19: A Focus on Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132312944 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (23) ◽

pp. 12944

Author(s):

Sylvan Blignaut ◽

Gary Pheiffer ◽

Lesley Le Grange ◽

Suriamurthee Maistry ◽

Labby Ramrathan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

South African ◽

Degree Completion ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Identification ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a plethora of inequalities in South Africa. These inequalities have had a direct impact on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 3 (good health and well-being) and SDG 4 (quality education) were the focus of this article. This article investigated how students enrolled at a South African residential university perceived the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their well-being, their success in completing their studies and their future career prospects. A quantitative survey research design was followed. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire from 537 students in a South African university. Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 27 was used to analyze the data. The results indicated direct influences on student well-being from concerns that arose from COVID-19 about future job concerns, degree completion, social support and belonging. The relationship between concerns about degree completion was moderated by a sense of belonging (social identification) but not by social support. The study has significant implications for how higher education institution governors and academics might consider reconceptualizing notions of student support, beyond the narrow, technical and basic curriculum support for degree completion, towards the affective and social as it relates to creating conditions for students to identify with and experience a profound sense of belonging.

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Sustainable Development Goals Against Covid-19: The Performance Of Brazilian Cities In Sdgs 3 And 6 And Their Reflection On The Pandemic

GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY ◽

10.24057/2071-9388-2020-188 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 9-16

Author(s):

Felipe R. Da Silva ◽

Samuel F. Câmara ◽

Francisco R. Pinto ◽

Marcelo Soares ◽

Michael B. Viana ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Well Being ◽

Good Health ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this article is to understand the relationship between two of the Sustainable Development Goals (UN Agenda 2030) – Good health and well-being (SDG 3) and Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) – and the statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic (number of cases and deaths) in Brazilian cities. To analyze this relationship, we used secondary data from public organizations on the SDG panorama by city and conducted a moderated regression analysis. The sample was composed of 649 cities with a population exceeding 50 thousand inhabitants. The results show that the higher were the indicators used to measure SDGs, the lower was the number of cases and deaths from the disease. We have also proved that cities’ population density and their distance from the pandemic epicenter moderate this relationship, since a higher level of these moderation variables increases the impact of a lower level of SDGs 3 and 6 coverage in society on the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19. Thus, the efficient and effective investment to reach SDGs 3 and 6 is directly associated with cities’ ability to successfully deal with infectious diseases and the resulting number of deaths. As for its contribution, this research innovates by establishing a model for analyzing the impact of compliance with SDGs on cities’ performance in their fight against COVID-19, which may also suit other nations.

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