Green Purchase Behaviour among Students in Higher Learning Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-56
Author(s):  
Anushia Chelvarayan ◽  
S. Thayalan Sandrasegaran ◽  
Yeo Sook Fern
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Minimal Damage ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Increasing Temperature ◽  
Learning Institutions

For the past few decades, because of the environmental hazards, green purchase has been subject to wide ranges of studies. Subsequently, understanding the intellectual structure of the green purchase behaviour is increasingly becoming important. As we progress towards globalisation, environmental issue in the form of climate change such as increasing temperature, increasing sea level and decreasing land ice sheets continues to create apprehensions among the global communities. One of the primary reasons contributing to such situation is the purchase of high carbon products and services by the consumers. However, in recent years, global consumers have been placing greater focus on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are associated with responsible consumption and production as well as climate action. As such, producers and suppliers are motivated to accentuate on the production of goods and services that are environmentally friendly to cater to the increasing green purchase behaviour. Green purchase behaviour refers to the acquisition of products and services that are environmentally friendly, causing minimal damage to the ecosystem (Ritter et al., 2015). Keywords: Green Purchase Behaviour, Green Marketing, Green Products and Services, Students

scholarly journals Reimagining Our Menu for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-246
Author(s):  
Adam Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Zero Hunger

AbstractThis chapter examines the pivotal role of food in realising the ambitions of the global agendas of climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapter advocates for a reduction in red (mammal) meat consumption and provides evidence that doing so will directly contribute to the achievement of seven of the 17 SDGs: Goal 2) Zero hunger; Goal 3) Good health and wellbeing; Goal 6) Clean water and sanitation; Goal 12) Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13) Climate action; Goal 14) Life below water, and Goal 15) Life on land. The chapter plots out a path to improved global sustainability, with greater societal resilience through changes in global food consumption choices. Citing the EAT-Lancet Commission, the chapter proposes that government policies and subsidies will need to be redirected away from harmful agricultural practices and towards ones that are better for our health, for our environment and for our economies.

scholarly journals Development of an Interdisciplinary Master of Forestry Program Focused on Forest Management in a Changing Climate

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Helge Walentowski ◽  
Bettina Kietz ◽  
Jürgen Horsch ◽  
Thomas Linkugel ◽  
Wolfgang Viöl
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forests

Concerted efforts are required to achieve the essential UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. This concept paper is focused on the development of a new Master of Forestry (MF) degree program at our University of Applied Sciences (UAS). With this move, we want to outline how capacity building and valuable synergy effects can be obtained from close cooperation in teaching and research, in order to educate our scientifically trained and practice-oriented forestry students in applying new management responses to natural disturbance impacts and sustainable use of terrestrial natural resources for forest resource-dependent communities. Specifically, we show how the emergent issues of global warming and the associated increased vulnerability of temperate deciduous forests can be tackled. Actions to overcome knowledge transfer barriers will provide sound solutions for SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 15 (life on land), and SDG 17 (partnerships to achieve the goal). Focusing on the Global Sustainable Development Goals can trigger intra and inter-faculty processes of cooperation, exchange programs, and optimized interfaces of previously separated disciplines that complement each other perfectly to form a knowledge hub.

scholarly journals Compact Spiral Asymmetric encryption Distributed Ledger –Secured and authentication Mobile Payment System in Higher Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (08) ◽  
pp. 567-582
Author(s):  
B Sravani ◽  
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Dr S Pradeep ◽  
A Damodar ◽  
K Kumar Swamy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Asymmetric Encryption ◽  
Student Fees ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Learning Institutions

Looking at the higher learning institutions, there is no question that the current methods for paying student fees are inefficient, inconvenient, and wasteful of time. In addition, the rise in the number of students studying in higher learning institutions has led to long frustrating queues and overcrowding in most financial institutions during payment of student fees. This paper sought to design and implement a secure block chain-based payment system for higher learning institutions in developing countries. Students are to use the proposed payment system to pay tuition fees and other student fees to their respective higher educational institution. In addition, students are to use the proposed payment to pay for goods and services provided by the institution and other merchants in the institution’s premises. In this study, object oriented software development methodology was used to implement the proposed payment system. The proposed system consists of a mobile e-wallet, RESTful API, and blockchain as the core component of the API.

scholarly journals Industrial revolution 4.0: Universiti Malaysia Sabah perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
D Kamarudin D Mudin ◽  
Siew Eng How ◽  
Md Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Pungut Ibrahim ◽  
Marcus Jopony
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
University Industry ◽  
United Nation ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Industrial Revolution 4.0 or IR 4.0 is getting the attention of Higher Learning Institutions throughout the world. In the case of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), “transformation towards University/Industry 4.0” has been identified as one of the nine key result areas (KRAs) in the Strategic Plan 2018-2020. The transformation framework focusses on three areas namely Teaching and Learning 4.0, Smart Eco-UMS 4.0 and Research 4.0. Various initiatives have been planned for each area, some of which are currently being implemented. Previously, under the Strategic Plan 2013-2017, UMS gave great attention on developing and promoting UMS as an eco-campus in line with UMS aspiration to be the reference of eco-campus or green campus in the region. This will be further enhanced under Smart Eco-UMS 4.0 in line with the United Nation sustainable development goals. One of the related initiatives is Smart Energy. Through the initiatives under the UMS Ecocampus Plan 2013-2017, a total reduction of 44.50 % in energy consumption was recorded between 2014-2017 compared to 2013 and with 29 % reduction in carbon footprint from 2014-2017. The commitment towards an ecocampus has significant impacts on lowering energy usage and reducing carbon footprint. We believe that the smart energy initiative will further contribute to another level of energy saving and carbon footprint reduction towards reducing the impacts of climate change.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BRAND OF ENTERPRISE AT THE MARKET OF CLEANSERS OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Ternova ◽  
Alexey Verinikin ◽  
Οlexandra Yevtushenko
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Current State ◽  
Consumer Benefits ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
General Scientific

The object of the research is the assessment of the economic and ecological brand of the enterprise for the introduction of environmentally friendly detergents on the Ukrainian market. One of the most problematic areas is the formation of responsible consumption, or smart consumption. Responsible consumption is ranked 12 on the list of 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations. Responsible consumption forms social consciousness regarding the consumption of environmentally friendly washing products, which is the basis for assessing the ecological brand of an enterprise on the Ukrainian market. The analysis of the current state of the market for environmentally friendly detergents in Ukraine is carried out. The main characteristics of the assessment of quality, safety, environmental assessment, the formation of the competitiveness of detergents in business processes have been determined. In the course of the research, general scientific and special research methods were used. The stages of modeling the process of stimulating environmentally friendly production at the public level have been determined, which, in contrast to the existing ones, provides for the use of financial and economic incentives. These stages include planning the development and introduction into production of new synthetic detergents. And also the development of an ecological strategy for the manufacture of environmentally friendly Synthetic Detergents of the enterprise, which includes marketing research, determination of consumer benefits, positioning of the enterprise brand in the Ukrainian market, justification of expanding the range of Synthetic Detergents, planning the promotion of Synthetic Detergents. To implement them, a SWOT analysis method is proposed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the company «DE LA MARK» LLC. Thanks to this method, it is possible to qualitatively control monitoring of the needs and likings of consumers. In comparison with similar known methods, the proposed approaches make it possible to modify the production and management of a given enterprise.

scholarly journals Relations between UN Sustainable Development Goals and societal security. Part 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 139-166
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Kęsoń ◽  
Paweł Gromek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
General Survival ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable development goals constitute the main measures of risk-oriented sustainable development. The article presents the results of a literature study on the relationship between these objectives and universal security, which indeed refers to the most important utilitarian values. In the second part, attention is drawn to seven goals: ‘accessible and clean energy’, ‘economic growth and decent work’, ‘innovation, industry, infrastructure’, ‘less inequality’, ‘sustainable cities and communities’, ‘responsible consumption and production’, and ‘climate action’. As a result of the review of the Web of Science® Data Collection database, 46 articles were selected to serve as a basis for a literature survey. In the second part of the presentation of obtained research results, we proved that issues related to general survival and social development indirectly shape universal security in sustainable development, especially in the contexts of threats to human life and health, their social nature, promptness in responding to threats, and characteristics of threats. All identified relationships can be used to improve the link between universal security and sustainable development, increasing the potential to protect core utilitarian values in light of contemporary global development strategies.

scholarly journals Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Fonseca ◽  
José Pedro Domingues ◽  
Alina Mihaela Dima
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health And Well Being

Sustainable development addresses humanity’s aspiration for a better life while observing the limitations imposed by nature. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim to foster the organizational operationalization and integration of sustainability and, therefore, to address the current and forthcoming stakeholder needs and ensure a better and sustainable future for all, balancing the economic, social, and environmental development. However, it is not entirely clear which are the mutual relationships among the 17 SDGs and this study aims to tackle this research gap. The results of the correlation confirm that Poverty elimination (SDG1) and Good health and well-being (SDG3) have synergetic relationships with most of the other goals. SDG7 (Affordable and clean energy) has significant relationships with other SDGs (e.g., SDG1 (No poverty), SDG2 (Zero hunger), SDG3 (Good health and well-being), SDG8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG13 (Climate action)). However, there is a moderate negative correlation with SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production), which emphasizes the need to improve energy efficiency, increase the share of clean and renewable energies and improve sustainable consumption patterns worldwide. There is also confirmation that SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production) is the goal strongly associated with trade-offs. To sum up, this research suggests that change towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals offers many opportunities for reinforcing rather than inhibiting itself. However, some SDGs show no significant correlation with other SDGs (e.g., SDG13 (Climate action) and SDG17 (Partnerships for the goals), which highlights the need for future research.

scholarly journals Needs of lifelong learning for professionalisation of industrial workers: Opportunities and challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Zarina Kassim ◽  
Nor Aishah Buang ◽  
Lilia Halim
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Human Resource Department ◽  
The Government ◽  
Learning Institutions

Only 23% of Malaysian workforce has tertiary education compared to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries such as Singapore and Finland that have tertiary education with an average of 28% and around 35%, respectively. This study investigates perceived needs lifelong learning programmes for professionalisation among the workers. A survey was conducted on workers from the industries. Most of the workers felt that lifelong learning programmes provide personal satisfaction. In terms of perceived needs, workers from higher positions in industries need lifelong learning programmes to get better positions and better salaries as compared to those with lower positions in industries to get better job and education. Both groups have different preferences for means of learning whether face-to-face or online learning. The implications are that the government has to change their policy in terms of requirement for these companies to register with the Human Resource Department Fund so that their workers be subsidised for attending lifelong learning programmes and to encourage the participation of public higher learning institutions for providing online and weekend lifelong learning programmes to the workers.

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