scholarly journals Corporate Sustainability Performance: An Approach to Effective Sustainable Community Development or Not? A Case Study of the Luanshya Copper Mine in Zambia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inonge Mutale ◽  
Isabel B. Franco ◽  
Masinja Jewette
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Local Context ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Corporate Sustainability Performance

Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP) is being promoted as a way in which corporations in the extractive industry can contribute to poverty eradication in developing resource regions. As such, the international debate on CSP has moved from whether companies ought to do it or not, to the extent to which it can contribute to sustainable development. Corporations worldwide have therefore reshaped their frameworks, rules, and business models to accommodate CSP. This article evaluates whether, through the implementation of CSP, companies are able to contribute to the sustainable development of host communities in developing countries. Against this backdrop, there exists a knowledge gap in Zambia as to what the actual contributions of CSP are towards sustainable community development. Through literature review and community data analysis, the results revealed that there was a mismatch in priorities between CSP and the expectations of community members. Findings show that CSP focused mostly on haphazard donations, an approach that has been proven to be unsustainable. Finally, CSP had little or negligible impact on most selected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In view of these findings, the study suggests adopting sustainability frameworks that are tailored to the local context. Furthermore, formulation of CSP initiatives should take a triangular approach of communication that is inclusive of all stakeholders.

scholarly journals Sustainable Community Development

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2003 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickie E. Swisher ◽  
Sandra Rezola ◽  
James Sterns
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This document explores the idea of sustainable community development and what this type of development can do to improve the quality of life within communities. This document examines what sustainable development entails and provides examples of the threats to quality of life that traditional approaches to development can generate. This document outlines six steps to a more sustainable approach to community development. This document is FCS7213-Eng, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611. First published: September 2003. FCS7213/CD021: Sustainable Community Development (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Larry Coben, Building Futures, Saving Pasts – Sustainable Development and Heritage Preservation the SPI Way

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Larry Coben
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Residential Development ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
The Press

Archaeological sites are disappearing at a rapidly accelerating rate. While destruction by ISIS and looting get all the press, the primary causes of cultural heritage loss are economic: commercial and residential development and encroachment, mining, energy, agriculture and looting to name a few. If the source of the problem is economic, so must the solutions be. In this talk, I discuss what types of economic solutions are most likely to succeed and which are destined to fail. I will describe why smaller scale projects incorporating women’s empowerment and sustainable community development actually work, and why large scale projects divorced from business reality rarely do. Successful programs allow communities to build their futures and save their pasts.

Research on Eco-Sustainable Community Development in the International Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 1737-1741
Author(s):  
Zhong Hua Zhang ◽  
Pei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Community Planning ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community

with the in-depth development of urbanization, how to construct urban communities of sustainable development has become an indispensable element in the competition among modem cities, which is also a fundamental issue China has to consider for accelerating the development process of its future urbanization. This paper, based on international perspective and by summing up the experience of the development of sustainable communities abroad, explores methods and models of sustainable community planning, so as to provide theoretical and practical references to the sustainable community development of China.

scholarly journals Two-Lenses Model to Unfold Sustainability Innovations: A Tool Proposal from Sustainable Business Model and Performance Constructs

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 556
Author(s):  
Sandra Naomi Morioka ◽  
Maria Holgado ◽  
Steve Evans ◽  
Marly M. Carvalho ◽  
Paulo Rotella Junior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Stakeholder Satisfaction ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Stakeholder Orientation ◽  
Corporate Sustainability Performance

This research combines corporate sustainability performance and sustainable business model concepts to improve the corporate sustainability of organizations. The main objective of this article is to propose and apply a tool to identify sustainable innovation opportunities through a structured brainstorming process while providing a systemic business perspective and a strong multi-stakeholder orientation. The present qualitative research was carried out in two phases. The first phase consisted of a critical analysis of literature that enabled the proposition of the Two-Lenses Model (2LM) for sustainability innovation. The corporate sustainability performance lens encompasses strategic drivers, business processes, capabilities, stakeholders’ satisfaction and contributions. The sustainable business models lens considers value proposition, value creation and delivery system and value capture and sharing. The second phase consists of applying the 2LM in two industrial cases. The results show that the proposed model has the potential to trigger the identification of opportunities through two mechanisms: misalignments between performance dimensions and gaps in stakeholder satisfaction. Further research opportunities lie on deepening into these findings and investigating the implementation process for the identified innovation opportunities.

scholarly journals Local Development Plan: An Avenue for University-Local Government-Community Collaboration for Sustainable Community Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Thakur Prasad Bhatta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
The University

Sustainable development has been one of the top priorities in the present world. Community development programmes are considered important in achieving sustainability. Universities or educational institutions often talk about, and collaborate with community for its development. However, there is less attention to an institutional mechanism to include local government in the collaboration of university and community for designing and implementing sustainable community development programmes.  This paper advances a model of tripartite collaboration between the university, local government and community in promoting sustainable community development through a local development plan.  Drawing upon the thematic reviews of selective literature in the field of sustainable development, community development, university- community collaboration, and policies and practices of local development plan in Nepal, this paper, from the perspective of social dimensions of sustainable development, argues that the local development plan can be an avenue for collaboration between the university, local government and community for sustainable community development.

scholarly journals Determination of Economic Indicators in the Context of Corporate Sustainability Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Pavláková Dočekalová ◽  
Alena Kocmanová ◽  
Jiří Koleňák
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability Performance ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
The Impact

This article is focused on determination of the most significant economic indicators influencing corporate sustainability performance. Corporate sustainability performance is a multidimensional concept based on the original idea of sustainable development, replacing the traditional understanding of corporate performance only as capital appreciation for owners (shareholders). Compared to the original concept of sustainable development which consists of environmental, social and economic performance, the so-called triple-bottom-line, it is broaden to the responsibilities and the impact of Corporate Governance on the corporate performance. The basic set of economic indicators has been constructed from a synthesis of resources developed by international organizations (Global Reporting Initiative, International Federation of Accountants) and research among manufacturing companies in the Czech Republic. The basic set of twenty-five key indicators is divided into seven groups: Costs, Investments, Economic Results, Asset and financial resources utilization, Suppliers reliability, Penalties and RandD expenses. Basic set of indicators was presented to 23 top-managers who quantified the potential effect of each indicator to the success and sustainability of their companies. Through the methods of descriptive statistics knowledge of the particularities of each indicator was obtained. Correlation analysis and factor analysis were applied in order to eliminate information duplicity and dimensionality reduction. The result is a reduction in the number of economic indicators, so that the loss of information on the influence of the original indicators on the corporate sustainability is minimized. Corporate sustainability indicators are a tool for measuring and managing progress towards sustainability goals and environmental, social and economic impacts.

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