Using Publicized Information to Determine the Sustainable Development of 3-PL Companies

Sustainability issues have been seen as a promising paradigm for achieving a better future. Firms in the logistics service sector are still lacking clear value propositions on sustainable development. While many organizations publish their mission statements publicly as kinds of public information, reviewing mission statements is an appropriate means to evaluate an organization's strategy. This study focuses on the public information such as mission statements of the top 50 global 3-PL companies and the relevant sustainable development. A comprehensive content analysis identified four major content dimensions of mission statements relating to sustainability development. The dimensions are driving forces, approaches, responsibility to stakeholders, and competitive values. This paper offers a good methodological reference for researchers or practitioners managing the public information of organizations. Network analysis reveals that the location of companies has a limited effect on their mission and strategy as they all provide global service.

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Advocacy of the Sustainable Development Goals in Jordanian academic libraries

IFLA Journal ◽

10.1177/03400352211038300 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 034003522110383

Author(s):

Faten Hamad ◽

Maha Al-Fadel

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Academic Libraries ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Public Libraries ◽

Academic Librarians ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

The Public ◽

Development Goals ◽

Study Support

In view of the increased importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and the limited number of public libraries in Jordan, it is important to investigate the role and practices of academic libraries in promoting knowledge and skills to support the Sustainable Development Goals in Jordan. It is also important to explore the challenges that might hinder the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The results of this study support the fact that academic libraries can significantly contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals ( M = 3.53) by providing access to relevant and up-to-date information ( M = 4.16) and giving training on information literacy ( M = 4.03). Access to information contributes to the quality of life of society ( M = 4.41). This article provides insights for academic librarians and decision-makers into disseminating measures for promoting knowledge and skills related to the Sustainable Development Goals among students and the public community in Jordan. The study recommends some relevant strategies, such as the collaboration of academic libraries with governmental and health institutions to support the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals in Jordan.

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Corporate Social Responsibility of Public Banking Sector for Sustainable Development

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6192-7.ch025 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 467-488

Author(s):

Naglaa Fathy El Dessouky

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

The Developed Countries ◽

Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a significant field of studies to stress the importance of the new role of organizations towards the society for sustainable development. Nowadays, an enormous number of authors have been participating in this field to highlight the responsibility of organizations towards the community, society and the natural environment where they are operating. Despite the growing number of researches related to CSR in the developed countries little empirical studies have been devoted to examine CSR concept and practice in the African countries, the MENA region (Middle-East and North Africa), as well as in the Golf countries. This chapter seeks to study CSR concept and practice in the emerging market economies (EMEs). It will mainly focus on the implementations of CSR by the public banking sector. We will investigate the role of the public banking sector existing in an Arab country in comparison to an Asian country to explain and analyze the similarities and differences of CSR activities in both experiences. In this comparative study we will primarily examine Banque Misr, as one of the oldest and largest public bank in Egypt and the Malayan Banking Berhad (trading as Maybank) as the largest public bank in Malaysia. After a meticulous review of literature, we propose a systemic framework to study CSR practices and policy implementations. We illustrated the CSR as a constant process where all variables are interrelated and are affecting each other in a mutual approach. In this systemic framework we advocated to study all significant variables related to CSR practice as: the history/philosophy development, core-values, CSR adopted definition, motives, key players, approaches, stakeholders focus, sectors of intervention and mechanisms of policy implementations. The chapter concludes that common CSR policies exist between the Malaysian and the Egyptian experience. Nevertheless the Malaysian model has formulated an elaborated and further sophisticated CSR public banking program. Meanwhile, the Egyptian model needs to adopt more global oriented CSR public banking policies, in particular to assure the sustainable development requirements.

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Toward Sustainable Development? A Bibliometric Analysis of PPP-Related Policies in China between 1980 and 2017

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11010142 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 142 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Cheng Chen ◽

Dan Li ◽

Caixia Man

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Phase I ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Phase Ii ◽

Central Government ◽

Phase Iii ◽

Public Infrastructure ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

Development Policies

This article aims to fill the void in the literature regarding the sustainable development of public–private partnerships (PPPs) by answering the following research questions: (1) Between 1980 and 2017, what were the PPP-related policy priorities in the three different historical phases of the Chinese national agenda that we have identified herein? (2) Have the PPP-related policies shown a pattern of moving toward sustainable development, and if so, to what extent? Against a criteria framework of evaluating how PPP-related policies could contribute to sustainable development, this article conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of 299 PPP-related policy documents issued by the Chinese central government between 1980 and 2017. By visualizing the networks of policy keywords and policy-issuing departments, this article identified the PPP-related policy priorities in the following three distinct historical phases: Phase I (1980–1997), the encouragement of foreign investment in the public infrastructure; Phase II (1998–2008), the encouragement of the marketization of the urban public utilities; and Phase III (2009–2017), the intensive institutionalization and extensive application of PPPs for solving the local debt problem. Corresponding to the abovementioned policy priorities, this article found that the pattern of PPP-related policies has shifted from the total absence of sustainable development policies in Phase I, to a few sustainable development policy attempts in Phase II, and finally, to a tendency toward policies favoring sustainable development in Phase III.

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The Financing Framework for Sustainable Development in Emerging Economies: The Case of Uruguay

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11041059 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1059 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Nicolás Gambetta ◽

Paula Azadian ◽

Victoria Hourcade ◽

María Reyes

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

Emerging Economies ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Emerging Economy ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Scarce Resources ◽

The Public ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Development Goals

This paper explores the financing framework for sustainable development in Uruguay, an emerging economy, and examines whether available financing instruments contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in which significant progress is still required in this country. Reports, policy documents and academic literature were reviewed to determine the types of sustainable development financing instruments available, and to analyse the challenges facing emerging economies in this regard. In addition, the financing programmes available from the public sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the financial sector and multilateral credit agencies were examined. The results obtained show that the main financing sources for sustainable development are located within the public sector due to the absence of a developed financial market, and that the existing financial instruments do not address the SDGs where most attention is required. The latter circumstances make it challenging to achieve these SDGs in Uruguay. The study findings highlight the need for greater coordination among all parties to make efficient use of the scarce resources available to an emerging economy and thus enable it to meet its SDGs.

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Analytical support of management accounting in managing sustainable development of agricultural organizations

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202016410008 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 164 ◽

pp. 10008

Author(s):

Alsou Zakirova ◽

Guzaliya Klychova ◽

Gamlet Ostaev ◽

Zariya Zalilova ◽

Aigul Klychova

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Management Accounting ◽

Industrial Complex ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Economic Entity ◽

Agricultural Organizations

Management accounting of an economic entity in the agricultural sector is a complex multidimensional system. Sustainable development of the subject of business in the agro-industrial complex depends on many heterogeneous factors and conditions, which are understood as the reasons (driving forces) of any process determining its character or its separate features. The order of making decisions depends on the functioning of management accounting. In the context of diversity and heterogeneity of factors, a high degree of their uncertainty, complexity of interactions, study of these factors is a serious problem. Therefore, management personnel should carry out a constant analysis of all factors affecting the enterprise and assess their interaction, which reflects the cause-and-effect relations that characterize the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex. The aim of the article is the justification of theoretical provisions and the development of practical recommendations for the development of analytical support of management accounting in the management of sustainable development of agricultural organizations. Objectives of the research: to study theoretical aspects and methodological tools, to determine the set of factors of sustainable development of a business entity, to develop absolute and relative indicators, which should be applied in management accounting for assessment and analysis of economic, social and environmental sustainability.

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Eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) as an important element of the sustainable development policy on the example of public sector organizations

Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych ◽

10.1515/oszn-2017-0002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 20-24

Author(s):

Janusz Myszczyszyn

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Development Policy ◽

Industrial Sector ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

Public Sector Organizations ◽

The Eu

Abstract The necessity to protect natural resources in accordance with the idea of sustainable development is an indisputable issue. Not only the industrial sector organizations, but those of the public sector as well must join this process. The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme can play an important role in this respect. 3.7 thousand organizations have already registered in the EU EMAS register, including, unfortunately, only 71 from Poland, of which almost 40% from the public sector. The author tries to set out the benefits, resulting for the public sector organizations from the implementation of the scheme, but also the barriers and weaknesses of the system, which makes it not very popular in Poland. The results of the author’s own research carried out in 2016 among representatives of EMAS system, inter alia, of public sector organizations in Poland were used for this purpose.

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Complex Modernization of Public Infrastructure and Hospitality as a Factor in the Sustainable Development of the City in Ukraine

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n1p183 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 183

Author(s):

Maryna Melnykova ◽

Yеlyzaveta Gradoboіeva ◽

Tetiana Mirzodaieva ◽

Nadiia Ragulina

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Life Support ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Environmental Safety ◽

Point Of View ◽

Public Infrastructure ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

The City

The sustainable development of the city involves the solving of economic, environmental and social problems through the modernization of various spheres of the urban economy. The modernization of related and interrelated spheres of the city’s economy should be based on an integrated approach. The hospitality and public infrastructure are such spheres. Their relationship is due to both technical and technological features and the possibilities of achieving the goals of sustainable development of the city (the hospitality sector contributes to the growth of openness of the city and the life support and environmental sustainability of the city directly depends on the state and development of public infrastructure). The priorities of the modernization of public infrastructure and hospitality for sustainable development of the city have been determined. The condition of the public infrastructure and hospitality in cities of Ukraine was analyzed from the point of view of modernization for sustainable development. The experience of modernization of public infrastructure and hospitality in sustainable European cities (including improving energy efficiency, strengthening environmental safety, creating a barrier-free environment) has been studied. The technical, technological, financial and institutional features that determine the feasibility of modernizing the public infrastructure and hospitality based on the principles of an integrated approach have been determined. The recommendations of the mechanism of public-private partnership using in the implementation of projects for the modernization of public utilities infrastructure and hospitality of the city have been developed. The decision-making tools for managing resources have been proposed for the justification and implementation of a project to modernize public infrastructure and hospitality based on a comprehensive approach. Key Words: city, sustainable development, public infrastructure, hospitality, modernization, integrated approach.

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Effects of Land Urbanization on Smog Pollution in China: Estimation of Spatial Autoregressive Panel Data Models

Land ◽

10.3390/land9090337 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 337

Author(s):

Xuan Yu ◽

Manhong Shen ◽

Weiteng Shen ◽

Xiao Zhang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Panel Data ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

Spatial Autoregressive ◽

The Government ◽

Urbanization Rate ◽

The Impact ◽

Land Urbanization

Studying the impact of land urbanization on smog pollution has important guiding significance for the sustainable development of cities. This study adds the spatial effect between regions into the research framework of smog pollution control in China. On the basis of a panel dataset of 31 province-level administrative regions in China from 2000 to 2017, we investigate the impact of land urbanization on smog pollution. We construct a spatial weight matrix and use Moran’s I statistic and the spatial autoregressive panel data model. The research results show that land urbanization and smog pollution have an inverted U-shaped relationship. With the advancement of land urbanization, the area’s smog pollution first increases and then decreases. However, in general, China has not passed the inflection point and is still at a stage where increasing land urbanization rate aggravates smog pollution. Moreover, the country’s smog pollution has a significant spatial positive correlation that shows agglomeration. In that context, multiple environmental governance entities, including the government, enterprises, and the public, need to collaborate on measures to reduce smog pollution. Future urban construction in China will need to integrate solutions that address the current nexus between urbanization and smog pollution to achieve green and sustainable development.

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THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.05.01.015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 110-114

Author(s):

N. P. GERASIMOV ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

The State ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

Russian Economy ◽

Composition And Structure

The article discusses the features of the formation and development of the public sector of the Russian economy, analyzes the state presence in the most important sectors of the economy, characterizes the role of state corporations in the sustainable development of the country.

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KEBERLANJUTAN DISEMINASI INFORMASI PUBLIK DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19

MASSIVE: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi ◽

10.35842/massive.v1i1.17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

Doni Darmasetiadi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Information Disclosure ◽

Information Dissemination ◽

Public Information ◽

Literature Study ◽

City Governments ◽

The Public ◽

The Government ◽

Information Optimization ◽

And Control

ABSTRACTThe Covid-19 pandemic due to a novel virus yet infectious disease needs to be informed to the public. This process was implemented due to a gap in information from the public regarding knowledge of the Covid-19 pandemic. This very circumstance requires the continuity of public information dissemination in Indonesia. This study aims to examine the sustainability of public information dissemination in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic; to describe the meaning of the role of public information in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. This study employs a literature study to determine concepts and discussions in the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. This study employs the concept of public information, dissemination, and principles of sustainable development. In addition, this study refers to a number of government regulations, namely: KMK-No.-HK.01.07 MENKES 413 2020 concerning Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19, Law No. 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information Disclosure, and the Minister of Communication and Informatics Regulation Number 17/Per/M.Kominfo/03/2009 concerning National Information Dissemination by the Government, Provincial Governments and Regency/City Governments. Furthermore, the study is related to the condition of the Covid-19 pandemic. This study concludes that the sustainability of public information dissemination in the Covid-19 pandemic era can be implemented if it is applied with the concept and several applicable requirements, namely the quality of information, optimization of dissemination, and the adoption of the principle of sustainable development in the dissemination of public information.Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, information public, dissemination, sustainable development principle. ABSTRAKPandemi Covid-19 yang disebabkan oleh penyakit baru dan menular perlu diinformasikan kepada publik. Proses ini dilakukan karena adanya kesenjangan informasi dari publik terkait pengetahuan pandemi Covid-19. Kondisi ini memerlukan adanya keberlanjutan diseminasi informasi publik di Indonesia.Kajian ini bertujuan untuk untuk mengkaji keberlanjutan diseminasi informasi publik di era pandemi Covid-19; untuk menguraikan pemaknaan perana informasi publik di era pandemi Covid-19. Kajian ini menggunakan studi kepustakaan untuk menemukan konsep dan pembahasan dalam kondisi pandemi Covid-19.Kajian ini menggunakan konsep dari informasi publik, diseminasi, dan prinsip pembangunan berkelanjutan. Selain itu, kajian ini juga merujuk pada sejumlah peraturan pemerintah, yakni: KMK-No.-HK.01.07 MENKES 413 2020 tentang Pedoman Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Covid-19, Undang-Undang No. 14 Tahun 2008 tentang Keterbukaan Informasi Publik, dan Permen Kominfo Nomor 17/Per/M.Kominfo/03/2009 tentang Diseminasi Informasi Nasional oleh Pemerintah, Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi dan Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten/Kota. Selanjutnya, kajian dikaitkan dengan kondisi pandemi Covid-19. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa keberlanjutan diseminasi informasi publik di era pandemi Covid-19 dapat dilakukan jika dilakukan dengan konsep dan beberapa persyaratan yang berlaku, yakni kualitas informasi, optimalisasi diseminasi, dan adopsi prinsip pembangunan keberlanjutan dalam diseminasi informasi publik. Kata Kunci: Pandemi Covid-19, informasi publik, diseminasi, dan prinsip pembangunan berkelanjutan

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