The Gade Clean And Gold: Increasing Financial Inclusion Of Gold Savings Products For Sustainable Green Economy

The gade clean and gold program applies the triple bottom line principle by prioritizing balance and harmony in the economic, environmental, and social aspects, namely “separating waste and saving gold”. Through the gade clean and gold program, PT. Pegadaian seeks to carry out sustainable community development activities to reduce poverty and social injustice, improve environmental conditions, and assist the government in waste management. The gade clean and gold corporate social responsibility (CSR) program seek to build public awareness to save the environment from pollution, especially waste, and the global save the earth program. The purpose of this study is to describe how CSR as a social program can increase the financial inclusion of gold savings and realize a sustainable green economy. This study uses the paradigm used is constructivism and a mixed-method approach. The results of this study indicate that gade clean and gold can realize a sustainable green economy. On the pillar of commitment to the environment, this activity has helped reduce visible environmental problems, namely the waste problem. The social pillar shows that this program can mobilize the community to increase their social capacity. On the economic pillar, this program can increase financial inclusion, especially in gold savings-investment products.

Construction sustainability of container-modular-housing in coastal regions towards resilient community

PurposeThis paper addresses housing problems of coastal areas in Bangladesh and investigates container-modular-housing (CMH) as a potential sustainable solution that establishes a resilient community.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data highlight the underlying challenges of coastal-housing developed by monitoring the day-to-day operations of the community and conducting interviews with community members. Secondary data came from existing literature on coastal-housing rules and regulations, CMH and similar ideas. The study used a hypothetical CMH cluster design, with three primary objectives in mind: future settlement re-arrangement, economic sustainability and environmental sustainability. To achieve the objectives, the research used a comparative examination of the current constructed form and CMH, as well as a computer-aided simulation approach.FindingsPrimary findings encompass issues of a given coastal area, including surrounding site studies, sustainability and resiliency demands due to broad exposure to the natural calamities. Driving toward a “CMH” based home design has the ability to create strategies for a resilient and sustainable community development while taking three primary objectives into account.Research limitations/implicationsA pilot project is needed to analyze the socio-cultural impact and overall construction feasibility.Practical implicationsThis research could be implemented to transform an informal construction system into a technical, resilient, sustainable architectural and engineering solution to build resilient communities.Originality/valueNumerous research projects have focused on the environmental sustainability of CMH. However, this study focuses on construction sustainability considering three major aspects which are yet to be addressed.

Influence Analysis of Sustainability Perceptions on Sense of Community and Support for Sustainable Community Development in Relocated Communities

This study aims to examine a theoretical model using sustainability perceptions, including environmental; sociocultural; economic; and life satisfaction, sense of community, and support for sustainable community development among the indigenous people of two relocated communities in Taiwan. A total of 747 usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The analytical results indicated that sense of community is an antecedent of support for sustainable community development in both relocated communities. Life satisfaction perceptions can influence the sense of community in Rinari. Additionally, environmental and economic perceptions are antecedents of the sense of community in New Laiyi. Finally, this study provides theoretical implications to fill the gaps in previous research, and offers valuable insights for promoting residents’ support for sustainable community development in aboriginal communities; thus, this study has significant contributions, theoretically and practically.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN CAPITAL AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT DRAWN FROM YAYASAN SEJAHTERA PROJECT IN MALAYSIA

This article discusses the relationship between the human capital of the participants of the Yayasan Sejahtera project that consists of the components of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the social empowerment of the participants. The discussion in this article emphasises the relationship of these two variables among participants in this project. Human capital is amongst the issues that are given attention due to it being a basic component in shaping and achieving sustainable community development. The formation of community social empowerment is a complex process that requires the community to have the knowledge and skills to generate the potential in the community and be used to regulate community activities that provide social shifts according to the community’s capabilities. This is a survey study with data collected using a questionnaire. Simple random sampling is used in the selection of respondents from 13 projects in three states, namely Kelantan, Sabah, and Sarawak. A total of 305 respondents were involved in this study according to the stages of the project area and state. Generally, this study found that there is a significant and moderate relationship between human capital and the social empowerment of project participants. It shows that development that focuses on human capital can increase competencies, capabilities, skills, knowledge, and experience among community members, which can then be described as humanitarian change. These changes are capable of impacting individuals’ ability to maintain social relationships in the context of their lives through relationships between other participants within the project involved, relationships built with project agencies, and relationships with parties or bodies outside the agency. Community empowerment is a complex process that requires the community to have the knowledge and skills to generate the potential that exists in the community. The existing empowerment in the community is able to defend the rights of the community and is not easily ridiculed, manipulated, nor deceived by any party.

Impacts of Microfinance Activities on Social Capital Development Regarding the Relationships between Members of Village Savings and Loans Associations

The study indicated impact of microfinance activities with Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) to community’s social capital development. Based on the responds of 356 members have been participating in the VSLAs (questionnaire and in-depth interviews), there has been a progression in social capital regarding members’ relationships proving the changes in members and their social relationship as well as the trust among them after joining the VSLAs. One of the unique and significant findings was the different ways and levels of trust among the members. The important of this finding is it emphasized how the social impact can effectively benefit the subjects of social welfare policies. The study also proposed solutions to promote the activities of VSLAs and develop social toward sustainable community development