Involvement in Renewable Energy in the Organization of the IR 4.0 Era Based on the Maturity of Socially Responsible Strategic Partnership with Customers—An Example of the Food Industry

The purpose of this study is to explain the determinants of the process of investing in renewable energy sources (RES) from the perspective of enterprises, with particular emphasis on the strength of their orientation on such strategic issues as sustainable development, orientation towards innovation, as well as the level of maturity of their partnership with the client. The research method was carried out on a sample of 157 industrial enterprises in the food industry. The research process was conducted with the consideration of making these decisions dependent on the strength of companies’ commitment to several strategic issues: sustainable development, innovation orientation, and the maturity of their partnership with the customer. The results of the data analysis collected during the quantitative research show a strong correlation between the level of openness of the organization of the IR 4.0 era to RES and (a) orientation towards sustainable development, (b) orientation towards intelligence, and (c) maturity of strategic partnering with customers.

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Resonance of Investments in Renewable Energy Sources in Industrial Enterprises in the Food Industry

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13174285 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (17) ◽

pp. 4285 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katarzyna Liczmańska-Kopcewicz ◽

Paula Pypłacz ◽

Agnieszka Wiśniewska

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Brand Equity ◽

Food Industry ◽

Brand Image ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Survey Method ◽

Energy Sources ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Industrial Enterprises

Investments in renewable energy sources are an important direction in the development of modern economies. Motivating organizations to include appropriate investments in their development strategies becomes an essential issue. It seems clear that organizations need to see the long-term benefits of such investments in order to follow this trend. This article presents a thesis that assumes that from the microeconomic perspective, such investments are conducive to the implementation of various goals of the organization, causing the phenomenon of resonance in spheres such as the implementation of the sustainable development strategy, the level of innovation in the organization, brand image, and brand equity. The survey method was carried out on a sample of 143 industrial companies in the food industry in order to verify the hypotheses based on previous examples. Among the most important findings, it should be noted that investments in renewable energy sources make a significant contribution to building the market position of enterprises, in particular, to the level of innovation, creating value in a sustainable enterprise, and achieving goals in the area of creating a positive brand image and brand equity. The findings show that investing in renewable energy is compatible with the organization’s different goals.

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THE GREEN ECONOMY- AN APPROACH FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Knowledge International Journal ◽

10.35120/kij34051289y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 1289-1294

Author(s):

Petya Yordanova – Dinova ◽

Iva Bichurova

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Food Industry ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Arable Land ◽

Well Being ◽

Small Towns ◽

Resource Scarcity ◽

Green Economy ◽

Energy Sources

The proponents of the approach for sustainable development point out that its implementation requires: to halt the destruction of biodiversity; regarding the field of energy consumption – drastically reduce the use of non-renewable energy sources and orient towards renewable energy sources; stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases; achieving high quality of life and well-being; higher air and water quality; usage of safer chemical substances, pesticides and technologies; limitation of noise pollution; creating sustainable models of production and consumption; to use of technologies that conserve resources and the environment; to put national ecosystems under public control; to put on hold the uncontrolled growth of large cities and encourage the creation of small towns near the arable land. The economy itself is not an isolated and self-regulating subsystem, but exactly the opposite; it is embedded in another larger structure - the ecosystem. The idea of an environmentally conscious, competitive, green economy, contributing to sustainable development and resource efficiency - is one of the EU’s and UN’s measures for sustainable development. The term “green economy” was used in the United Nation’s Environment Program in 2011 – an economy that improves people’s well-being and creates social justice, reducing environmental risks and resource scarcity. The green economy helps to resolve the slowdown in economic growth and job losses, as well as the continued deterioration of environmental quality and ecosystem’s degradation. All this defines the green economy as an approach for achieving sustainable development. There are a number of conditions for the Bulgarian food industry to develop competitive advantages in green production, keeping in mind the trends in the introduction and consumption of bio products. In this regard, the main goal of this paper is to explore the opportunities for green specialization and green management of this sector needed to increase the competitiveness and profitability of its employees.

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THE ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN REGIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Tourism and hospitality management ◽

10.20867/thm.15.1.3 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 25-36

Author(s):

Branko Blazevic

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Wind Power ◽

Geothermal Energy ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Biomass Energy ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Regional Tourism ◽

Regional Sustainable Development

In this paper, the author focuses on the fundamental hypothesis that the adoption of a concept of regional sustainable development and the use of renewable energy sources are preconditions to organising an acceptable regional tourism offering based on an eco-philosophy The renewable development of tourism regions is the basic framework for research regarding opportunities for introducing renewable energy sources such as hydro energy, wind power, solar energy, geothermal energy, and biomass energy. The purpose of this paper is to indicate the real opportunities that exist for substituting conventional energy sources with renewable ones and the role of renewables in regional development from economic, environmental and sociological viewpoints. It should also be noted that renewable energy sources have a strong regional importance and can contribute significantly to local employment.

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The Financing of Renewable Energy Sources and the Level of Sustainable Development of Poland’s Provinces in the Area of Environmental Order

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13215591 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (21) ◽

pp. 5591

Author(s):

Piotr Siemiątkowski ◽

Patryk Tomaszewski ◽

Joanna Marszałek-Kawa ◽

Janusz Gierszewski

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Linear Ordering ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Local Administration ◽

Moderate Increase ◽

Statistical Features ◽

Closed Set ◽

The Impact

The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of financing renewable energy sources on the assessment of sustainable development in Poland’s provinces. There are also two detailed objectives: (1) define how Polish policies are being passed on to local authorities; (2) realize a Poland’s provinces ranking, taking into account the indicators of sustainable development, thanks to the taxonomic measure of development in the area of environmental order. This study deals with the taxonomic assessment of local sustainable development in the local administration units of Poland. To this end, the methods of linear ordering were applied for the assessment of the level of objects differentiation with the use of a closed set of statistical features. The presented analysis proved that the taxonomic distances between synthetic measures for particular provinces are considerable. The highest values of the integrated measure in 2018 were obtained by the following provinces: Podlaskie, Subcarpathian and Lubusz. It is noteworthy to point to the big changes in the ranking between 2018 and 2016. The cluster analysis showed some progress in achieving the goals of sustainable development. The group of provinces with an average level of sustainable development in 2018 included six provinces compared to two provinces in 2016. Removing one indicator from the integrated measure (the financing of renewable energy sources (RES)) led to a moderate increase in the integrated measure across all the provinces. This implies that, on average, the financing of renewable energy sources exerts increasingly smaller impacts on the level of sustainable development in Poland.

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Strategic Aspects of Economic and Energy Policy of Ukraine in the Context of Sustainable Development

Business Inform ◽

10.32983/2222-4459-2021-1-65-76 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (516) ◽

pp. 65-76

Author(s):

O. V. Klymchuk ◽

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S. V. Kozlovskyi ◽

R. V. Lavrov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Saving ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

The State ◽

Energy Industry ◽

Energy Sources ◽

High Tech ◽

The World

The article is aimed at developing strategic directions and introducing regulatory measures for the formation of Ukraine’s energy policy on the principles of energy saving and the development of renewable energy industry. On the basis of scientific works, the main organizational-economic vectors of energy industry sector development are systematized, which are associated with the formation of a favorable socio-political climate regarding the priority of using renewable energy sources in the fuel and energy complex; development of effective methods of both the State-based and the market-based regulation by the world community; coordination of the strategy of sustainable development of the world economy. It is determined that the energy saving policy should be based on a flexible combination of the State-based regulation and the market environment for the formation of the most acceptable stimulation mechanisms in the specific economic and political situations, which allows for the greatest economic benefit. It has been found out that the implementation of energy saving processes is impossible without the mass use of renewable energy carriers, which are a universal resource for processing to the right types of energy, are marked by energy independence related to obtaining economic benefits and contribute to the creation of an ecological friendly environment. In the perspective, the energy saving processes, the transition of the national economy to wide implementation in the production of high-tech technologies and the use of renewable energy sources should become the determining factors of Ukraine’s energy strategy.

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Modern Trends in the Development of Renewable Energy: the Experience of the EU and Leading Countries of the World

Mechanism of an economic regulation ◽

10.21272/mer.2020.89.09 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 117-133

Author(s):

L.Hr. Melnyk ◽

O.N. Derykolenko ◽

Yu.O. Mazin ◽

O.I. Matsenko ◽

V.S. Piven

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Global Economy ◽

Alternative Energy ◽

Power Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Alternative Energy Sources ◽

The World ◽

The Eu

Energy security and independence is one of the key points in sustainable development. In modern conditions of rapid growth and development of technologies, more and more attention is paid to finding practical solutions for environmentally friendly and inexpensive energy production. For a long time, scientists from various fields of scientific activity around the world have been engaged in the development and use of alternative energy sources. The share of renewable energy sources in the generation of electricity around the world is growing steadily, which indicates an increase in the use of energy obtained from alternative sources, such as, for example, wind and sun. These trends testify to the desire of consumers to abandon the use of fossil energy sources and nuclear power plants as much as possible in order to ensure further sister development. Under the current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for electricity worldwide has decreased, however, as the study shows, this pandemic has not affected the development of renewable energy. The article analyzes modern trends in the development of renewable energy, taking into account the experience of the EU countries and leading countries of the world in this area. As a result, it was concluded that in modern conditions, to achieve sustainable development, transformation processes are needed in such an important area as energy. Various processes in the global economy, which contributed to the intensive development of alternative energy sources, served as a powerful impetus for such changes. Many countries have made significant progress in the development of renewable energy.

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Towards Smart Green Cities: Analysis of Integrated Renewable Energy Use in Smart Cities

Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment ◽

10.13052/spee1048-5236.4015 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Natalia Vukovic ◽

Ulyana Koriugina ◽

Daria Illarionova ◽

Daria Pankratova ◽

Polina Kiseleva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Use ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Green Energy ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Research Findings ◽

Effective Development ◽

Green Cities

This study aims to estimate and explore the experience of introducing renewable energy use in the context of the world’s smart cities. In this regard, the study points out that the use of green energy is an important part of sustainable development. Environmental problems are a matter of global concern. Hence sustainable development is one of the approaches to end the harmful anthropogenic impact. The work includes quantitative assessment methods, for example, statistics, quantitative analysis, analogy, and synthesis. As a result, the analysis confirms that the effective development of a smart green city is impossible without the introduction of several renewable energy sources, the integrated use of which will reduce the likelihood of problems with the city’s energy supply. Likewise, the outcome accentuates that the desire to fully switch to renewable energy sources (RES) can be accompanied by several problems as the creation of RES technologies does not always take the risk of abnormal situations into account. In conclusion, the research findings are recommended to be taken into consideration by researchers in the field of smart and sustainable cities development, as well as urbanists and economists for designing future smart green cities based on renewable energy sources.

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Consumption of combustible minerals in the context of the targets of sustainable development of Ukraine and global environment changes

Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals ◽

10.15407/ggcm2021.03-04.109 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3-4 (185-186) ◽

pp. 109-125

Author(s):

Myroslav Podolskyy ◽

Dmytro Bryk ◽

Lesia Kulchytska-Zhyhailo ◽

Oleh Gvozdevych

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Natural Gas ◽

Power Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Energy Resource ◽

Fuel Oil ◽

Energy Sources ◽

The European Union

An analysis of Ukraine’s sustainable development targets, in particular in the field of energy, resource management and environmental protection, are presented. It is shown that regional energetic is a determining factor for achieving the aims of sustainable development. Changes in the natural environment in Ukraine due to external (global) and internal (local) factors that are intertwined and overlapped can cause threats to socio-economic development. It is proved that in the areas of mining and industrial activity a multiple increase in emissions of pollutants into the environment are observed. The comparison confirmed the overall compliance of the structure of consumption of primary energy resources (solid fossil fuels, natural gas, nuclear fuel, oil and petroleum products, renewable energy sources) in Ukraine and in the European Union, shows a steaby trend to reduce the share of solid fuels and natural gas and increasing the shares of energy from renewable sources. For example, in Ukraine the shares in the production and cost of electricity in 2018 was: the nuclear power plants – 54.33 % and in the cost – 26.60 %, the thermal power – 35.95 and 59.52 %, the renewable energy sources – 9.6 and 13.88 %. The energy component must be given priority, as it is crucial for achieving of all other goals of sustainable development and harmonization of socio-economic progress. The paper systematizes the indicators of regional energy efficiency and proposes a dynamic model for the transition to sustainable energy development of the region.

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Green Development

Sustainable Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3817-2.ch034 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 771-804

Author(s):

Bülent Doğru ◽

Hikmet Gülçin Beken

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Current Status ◽

Energy Sources ◽

General Tendency ◽

Development Models ◽

Green Development ◽

Production Techniques

The focus of this chapter is to assess green or sustainable development concept because of its increased importance throughout the world. Droughts, environmental degradation, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions are important problems that the humankind have been facing since the Industrial Revolution. Renewable energy sources can be used to overcome these problems. The general tendency of modern-day societies is to transform traditional production techniques and development models to new renewable energy sources and also move towards to sustainable development path. Therefore, this study tries to explain current status of Norway, China and Turkey in terms of their renewable energy sources and policy implementations.

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