Halal-Tayyiban and Sustainable Development Goals

The purpose of this SWOT analysis study is to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in incorporating the concept of Halal-Tayyiban alongside the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Food and agricultural system are a common thread linking all the 17 SDGs hence this study will focus on the global food industry. The concept of Halal-Tayyiban (clean and pure), takes into account protection of health, food safety, animal rights, the environment, social justice and welfare in the food production, fair business practices and ethics. It is seen as a more comprehensive system that aims to accomplish international standards compliance, making it universally acceptable. Tayyiban therefore can be a selling point for businesses giving the Halal industry a long-term strategic advantage. This study also seeks to recommend strategies to leverage on the strengths and opportunities and resolve the weaknesses as well as overcoming the threats.

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Halal-Tayyiban and Sustainable Development Goals

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management ◽

10.4018/ijabim.20220801oa10 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 0-0

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Animal Rights ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

International Standards ◽

Agricultural System ◽

Business Practices ◽

Health Food ◽

Standards Compliance ◽

Development Goals

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Russian experience in assessing informal employment indicators and their compliance with SDG indicators

Statistical Journal of the IAOS ◽

10.3233/sji-190602 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Elena Zarova ◽

Dr Konstantin Laykam ◽

Elvira Dubravskaya ◽

Sergey Musikhin

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

International Standards ◽

Informal Employment ◽

Formal Sector ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The One ◽

Main Components

This article describes on the one hand statistical methods for assessing informal employment based on the requirements as set by international standards. On the other hand it describes the potential of integrating various data sources to generate informal employment statistics. With as example official statistics of the Russian Federation, the authors show the features of applying the requirements of international standards. Methods are proposed for assessing informal employment in the formal sector of the economy, i.e. in enterprises that submit employment reports to the National Statistical Office. This phenomenon appears in the employment situation of many countries. However, there is no uniformity between countries in how they evaluate the application of the international standards in such assessment exercises. A theoretical model of informal employment is developed and validated based on statistical data published by international organizations. The validation focuses on assessing the causal relationships between informal employment indicators and the main components of the sustainable development goals. This analysis contributes to coordinated decisions on regulating informal employment and ensuring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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AI and Big Data Standardization: Contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Journal of ICT Standardization ◽

10.13052/jicts2245-800x.821 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ray Walshe ◽

Kevin Casey ◽

Jane Kernan ◽

Donal Fitzpatrick

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Big Data ◽

United Nations ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

International Standards ◽

Information Communication Technologies ◽

Information Communication ◽

Development Goals

Emerging Technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and 5G communications are innovation accelerators creating new products, processes and industries by disrupting the Information Communication Technologies status quo. International Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) and Standard Setting Organisations (SSOs) develop and evolve consensus documents of the state of the art and publish these international agreements as Standards. In this document the authors present uses cases where some of these emerging technologies can contribute significantly to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Editor's Note

Regions & Cohesion ◽

10.3167/reco.2018.080101 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. v-vi

Author(s):

Harlan Koff ◽

Carmen Maganda

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Regional Integration ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Water Security ◽

Health Food ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Passionate Debate

The following question was asked during the 2017 International Conference of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) on “Integrated and Coherent Sustainable Development”: “If forced to choose one of the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] to prioritize, which would it be?” Of course, this provocation elicited numerous responses, and passionate debate as each of the SDGs is worthy and the policy community supporting sustainable development is heterogeneous, including stakeholders who are implicated in discussions on the environment, human rights, public health, food security, water security, gender equality, and so on. None of the responses forwarded can be considered “wrong.”

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PRE-DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS: METHODOLOGY APPLIED IN A PROPOSAL ORIENTED TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS ISSN 2179-3565 ◽

10.23925/2179-3565.2021v12i1p116-134 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 116-134

Author(s):

Eloiza Kohlbeck ◽

Amanda Melo ◽

Alexandre Borges Fagundes ◽

Delcio Pereira ◽

Fernanda Hänsch Beuren ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Product Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Development Process ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Product Development Process ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals

In a context of growing customer needs and requirements and worsening environmental issues, the Product Development Process must adapt to these circumstances, promoting measures that enable sustainable development, thus maintaining balance and synergy in the environmental, social and economic spheres. For this, it is essential to carry out the pre-development of business proposals. In this context, adopting a holistic approach that interrelates various areas of literature, brings together contributions in order to lead society to a resilient and resource-efficient environment. Thus, this research promotes the interrelationship between the Product Development Process and the Sustainable Development Goals and aims to realize the pre-development of a product under the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). To meet the proposed objective, the methodology adopted consists of the adaptation of a pre-development model, selected through bibliographic analysis. The results of this research present the pre-development of a product willing to meet the goals of SDG 6 (drinking water and sanitation) and SDG 7 (accessible and clean energy). It highlights the use of tools to structure and ensure the assertiveness of the proposal, such as IDEF0, SWOT analysis and FMEA.

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The assessment algorithm for sustainable development goals in the Hukiv, Dereluy, and Vyzhenka river basin systems of Chernivtsi oblast

Present Environment and Sustainable Development ◽

10.15551/pesd2021152019 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 235-244

Author(s):

Serhii Kyryliuk

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

River Basin ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Practical Importance ◽

Reference Conditions ◽

Modern Human ◽

Small Rivers ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals

The study deals with an integral assessment of hydromorphological and geoecological conditions of the Hukiv (flatland type of river), Dereluy (foothill type of river), and Vyzhenka (mountainous type of river) river basin systems (Figure 1). The indicators characterizing the river basin in the best way as a holistic system, the channel, floodplain, and watershed altogether, in natural reference conditions and in terms of human economic activity are addressed. The assessment hydromorphological test and geoecological monitoring of small rivers (SWOT-analysis) in accordance with the developed universal algorithm for hydromorphological assessment of small river basins for the sustainable development goals are generated and fulfilled. Interpretation maps for the sustainable development of the Hukiv, Dereluy and Vyzhenka rivers are created. The practical importance and relevance concerns the potential application of the proposed monitoring and the algorithm to solve methodological and applied problems related to the functioning of the systems “basin–river–human” and “basin–river–riverbed” in terms of modern human activity and needs; the need to modify consumer-type stereotypes for the use of natural resources, as well as to provide recommendations for enhancing the resource-efficient and sustainable activities in basin systems and small rivers.

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ILO Centenary Anniversary and Development of Work Statistics

Voprosy statistiki ◽

10.34023/2313-6383-2019-26-12-73-82 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (12) ◽

pp. 73-82

Author(s):

A. A. Tkachenko

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

World Bank ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Working Poor ◽

International Standards ◽

Labor Organization ◽

International Labor Organization ◽

Decent Work ◽

International Labor ◽

Development Goals

The article addresses methodological issues of labour statistics in the context of ongoing work of international organizations, first of all the International Labor Organization (ILO), as well as eff orts of national governments on implementing the system of indicators to monitor progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper shows conceptual approaches of the oldest international organization (that is the ILO) to the development of its statistical base in the 21st century and focusing its activities on the Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN General Assembly. The paper reviews the ILO centenary history of work on improving social and labour relations and labour statistics. It analyzes the activities of the International Labor Organization related to the development of its statistical base; special attention is paid to the development of a system of indicators to monitor progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the definite positive changes in in the ILO’s work, comparative analysis of recent ILO and World Bank reports revealed unresolved problems in the fields of international standards and labour statistics. Considerable attention has been paid to the main ILO initiatives on improving employment indicators reflected in the content of international conferences of labour statisticians. The role of indicators of decent work was especially highlighted, while the author noted that the very concept of ≪decent work≫, in contrast to the concept of ≪quality of work≫, did not receive sufficient statistical content. The article formulates the need for changes in Russian labour and social statistics in connection with the development of a list of SDG indicators and acute attention that is given to the “international poverty line” and “working poor”. It is necessary to bring Russian terminology of statistical indicators of ≪working poor≫ into line with the methodology and terminology of the ILO and the World Bank.

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The contribution of small-scale food production in urban areas to the sustainable development goals: a review and case study

Sustainability Science ◽

10.1007/s11625-020-00792-z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 1585-1599 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Elizabeth Nicholls ◽

Adrian Ely ◽

Linda Birkin ◽

Parthiba Basu ◽

Dave Goulson

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Food Production ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Small Scale ◽

Agricultural System ◽

United Nations General ◽

Development Goals

Abstract Food production depends upon the adequate provision of underpinning ecosystem services, such as pollination. Paradoxically, conventional farming practices are undermining these services and resulting in degraded soils, polluted waters, greenhouse gas emissions and massive loss of biodiversity including declines in pollinators. In essence, farming is undermining the ecosystem services it relies upon. Finding alternative more sustainable ways to meet growing food demands which simultaneously support biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Here, we review the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture to contribute to sustainable food production, using the 17 sustainable development goals set by the United Nations General Assembly as a framework. We present new data from a case study of urban gardens and allotments in the city of Brighton and Hove, UK. Such urban and peri-urban landholdings tend to be small and labour-intensive, characterised by a high diversity of crops including perennials and annuals. Our data demonstrate that this type of agricultural system can be highly productive and that it has environmental and social advantages over industrial agriculture in that crops are usually produced using few synthetic inputs and are destined for local consumption. Overall, we conclude that food grown on small-scale areas in and near cities is making a significant contribution to feeding the world and that this type of agriculture is likely to be relatively favourable for some ecosystem services, such as supporting healthy soils. However, major knowledge gaps remain, for example with regard to productivity, economic and employment impacts, pesticide use and the implications for biodiversity.

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