Designing a sustainability management system using the natural step framework*

The article highlights a systematic approach to the formation of a strategic stability management system for a transport enterprise. The transport enterprise is considered as an open socio-ecological-economic sys-tem. In this aspect, the essence and life cycle of the strategic sustainability management system of the enter-prise are considered. The main administration is considered as the technological basis of the strategic stability management system of the enterprise.

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Conceptual approaches to improvement of the sustainability management mechanism of the agrarian sphere development of the region in the Russian Federation

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202017605029 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 176 ◽

pp. 05029

Author(s):

Victoria Kalitskaya ◽

Andrey Pustuev ◽

Olga Rykalina ◽

Irina Perminova

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Management System ◽

Social Problems ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Management Mechanism ◽

Sustainability Management ◽

The Russian Federation

In the framework of the study, the authors consider conceptual approaches to improve the management system of agrarian sphere development of regions in the realities of this industry functioning in the Russian Federation. Agrarian sphere is shown in aspects of socio-economic territorial system with its subsystems. The transition mechanisms of the agrarian sphere to the rails of sustainable development due to the choice of priority development directions within the life cycle are presented. The necessity of applying an integrated approach to the solution of industrial and social problems of the agricultural sector of the country is proved and reasoned.

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Integrating sustainability aspects into an integrated management system

The TQM Journal ◽

10.1108/tqm-12-2013-0128 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 303-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Sandra Klute-Wenig ◽

Robert Refflinghaus

Keyword(s):

Management System ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Integrated Management ◽

Management Systems ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Sustainability Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Integrated Management System ◽

The Status ◽

Further Development

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is the further development of an Excel-based integrated management system for the tool and cutlery industry regarding sustainability. The tool’s actual status allows integrating and implementing requirements considering work safety, environmental and quality management and a self-assessment for checking the level of requirements’ fulfilment. However, the topic of sustainability and requirements and risks going along with it are of great importance for the mostly small and medium companies of this industry. Therefore, the Excel-tool is being enhanced by integrating the requirements of risk, energy and sustainability management. The paper presents the advanced Excel-tool. Design/methodology/approach – The base for advancing the Excel-tool has been analysing the status quo of sustainability management in the companies. Moreover, a matrix for comparing the requirements has been enlarged regarding the standards for sustainability, risk and energy management and builds the base for further developing of the Excel-tool. Findings – This analysis has shown the need for action, regarding the topic of sustainability. Hence, the Excel-tool has been enlarged regarding the assessment of fulfilling the requirements of different management systems. It allows small- and medium-sized enterprises a detection of need for action to comply with the requirements of different management systems with minimal afford. By this, an easily evaluation and improvement of the companies’ management systems is enabled. Originality/value – The tool enables companies to easily evaluate the state of their integrated management system by themselves and assists when implementing additional management systems.

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Sustainability management system: measuring sustainability performance of higher education institutions in Malaysia

International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability ◽

10.1504/ijhes.2017.088008 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 206

Author(s):

Dilshod B. Elmuradov ◽

Muhammad Shahar Bin Jusoh ◽

Zuraidah Mohd Zain ◽

Siti Khadijah Zaaba ◽

Baynazar Elmuradov

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Management System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Sustainability Management ◽

Sustainability Performance

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Walk the Talk—A Sustainability Management System for Social Acceptance in Nordic Mining

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093508 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3508

Author(s):

Helena Ranängen ◽

Åsa Lindman

Keyword(s):

Management System ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Stakeholder Management ◽

Management Practice ◽

Mining Industry ◽

Sustainability Management ◽

Management Models ◽

Planning Step ◽

Social License ◽

The Social

The mining industry has experienced increased stakeholder pressure over the last decades, and the legitimacy of the mining industry and its place in society is sometimes questioned. On the other hand, high corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance can lead to an increased social acceptance, which in the end may give the mining company the social license to operate. This article focuses on stakeholder management within management system thinking in order to enhance the social acceptance for mining. The purpose is to describe a mining company’s existing stakeholder management practice and identify areas for improvement using established stakeholder management models to achieve an efficient and effective stakeholder management practice. The purpose is also to describe how conceptual sustainability management system (SMS) frameworks can be usefully applied and, more specifically, whether and how stakeholder management models and the concept of materiality analysis are useful for the planning step in an SMS for social acceptance. The findings show that the used SMS framework fits well in this context, and that a materiality analysis can beneficially be used for the ‘systemization of stakeholder demands’ in the planning step of an SMS.

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