Academic literature on the topic 'Principle Of Sustainability'

Global civilisation, and therefore population health, is threatened by excessive inequality, weapons of mass destruction, inadequate economic and political theory and adverse global environmental change. The unequal distribution of global foreign exchange adjusted income is both a cause and a reflection of global social characteristics responsible for many aspects of these inter-related crises. ¶ The global distribution of foreign exchange adjusted income for the period 1964-1999 is examined. Using data for more than 99% of the global population, a substantial divergence in its distribution is found. The global Gini co-efficient, adjusted for national income inequality, increased from an already high value of 71% in 1964 to peak at more than 80% in 1995, before falling, very slightly, to 79% in 1999. The global distribution of purchasing parity power income is also examined, for a similar period. Though also found to be extremely unequal, its trend has not been to increased inequality. Implications of the differences between these two trends are discussed. ¶ A weighted time series index of global environmental change (IGEC) for the period 1960-1997 was also calculated. This uses nine categories of global time series environmental data, each scaled so that 100% represents the level of each category in nature prior to anthropogenic change; zero represents decline to a critical point. This index fell from 82% in 1960 to 55% in 1997, and will further decline during this century. ¶ Using evidence from several disciplines, it is argued that the decline in the IGEC correlates with major macro-environmental changes, which, combined with flawed social responses to scarcity and its perception, place at risk the ability of civilisation to function. This could occur because of the interaction of conflict, economically disastrous extreme climatic events, deterioration of other ecosystem services, regional food and water insecurity, and currently unforeseen events. Uncertainty regarding both a safe rate of decline and the tolerable nadir of the IGEC is substantial. ¶ Substantial reduction in the inequality of foreign exchange adjusted income is vital to enhance the development of policies able to reverse the decline in the environmental goods which underpin civilisation, and to promote the co-operation needed to maximise the chance that civilisation will survive.

Hållbarhetsredovisningen kan ses som ett kommunikationsverktyg för företag gentemot sinaintressenter. Då konsumenter generellt sett är företagens primära inkomstkälla blir det därmed en viktig intressent för företaget. En konsumentgrupp som från och med i år beräknas vara den största konsumentgruppen och utgöra nästan 40% av världens konsumtion är Generation Z. Studiens syfte är att undersöka och förstå Generation Zs syn på två av Sveriges största fastfashion företag, nämligen H&amp;M och Gina Tricot, hållbarhetsredovisningar utifrån 3Cprincipen.Vidare är syftet att undersöka om konsumentens attityd gentemot respektive fastfashion företag förändras efter att ha tagit del av hållbarhetsredovisningarna. Konsumenternas attityder analyserades utifrån Solomons et al. (2016) ABC-modell. Tio semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes där deltagarna först fick dela med sig av generella åsikter kring företagen, därefter fick de ta del av hållbarhetsredovisningarna för att sedan dagen efter svara på ytterligare frågor. Resultatet visade på att konsumenter uppfattar respektivehållbarhetsredovisning som tydlig och jämförbar. För deltagarna som upplevde att hållbarhetsredovisningen var trovärdig var den genomgående anledningen till detta att den innehöll mer information. Konsumentens attityd gentemot respektive fast fashion företag förändrades inte ur många aspekter efter att ha tagit del av hållbarhetsredovisningen. Deltagarna som innan de tagit del av hållbarhetsredovisningen haft en positiv känsla gentemot företaget och därtill får en positiv känsla till hållbarhetsredovisningen uppgav däremot också ett förstärktbeteende. Med andra ord är de vara villiga att handla mer hos det företaget. Dock stämmer inte alltid attityd och beteende överens vilket innebär att man endast kan anta att de blir så.<br>The sustainability report can be seen as a communication tool for companies towards their stakeholders. Since consumers generally are seen as the company's primary source of income they therefore become an important stakeholder for the company. A consumer group that starting from this year is expected to be the biggest consumer group and make up for almost40% of the worlds consumption is Generation Z. This study is aimed to examine and understand Generation Z perception towards two of Sweden's biggest fast fashion companies, H&amp;M and Gina Tricot, sustainability report based on the 3C-principle. Furthermore the purpose is to investigate if the consumers attitude towards respective fast fashion companies changes after they have taken part of the sustainability report. The consumers attitudes was analyzed based on Solomons et al. (2016) ABC-model. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted where the participants first got to share their general opinions about the presented companies, thereafter they received the sustainability reports to then the day after answer additional questions. The results showed that the consumers perceive each sustainability report as clear and comparable. For the participants that perceived that the sustainability report as credible the frequent reason was that it contained more information. The consumers attitude towards the fast fashion companies did not change in many aspects after taking part of the sustainability report. The participants that had a previous positive feeling towards the company and in addition developed a positive feeling towards the sustainability report declared a reinforced behavior. However there is a gap between attitude and behavior and therefore one can only assume that they will behave that way. This paper is further on written in Swedish.

Sustainability entrepreneurship is the process of creating new enterprises that survive and thrive by contributing to human wellbeing and the functioning of ecological systems. This study is an investigation of the principles, processes, and paradigms of successful sustainability entrepreneurship. Based on a critical realist perspective, a multiple, embedded case study strategy was used to explore the unique design histories of successful sustainabilitydriven enterprises in four different regions and industries - one each in Europe, North America, East Africa, and Asia-Pacific, and in the marketing and finance, hospitality, training, and export-import-wholesaling sectors. Qualitative data consisting of interviews, documents, and observations from site visits were collected and analysed using combined comparative and narrative analyses. These methods enabled the actor logics that guided the unfolding enterprise design process to be identified and described. Institutional theory was used to educe the implications of these logics for the character and performance of emerging enterprises. The first of three principal findings of this study is a cognitive model of sustainability entrepreneurship that specifies five design principles that guide problem solving. The second principal finding is a process model of sustainability entrepreneurship that demonstrates the way these design principles and the underpinning values become embedded in the enterprises' formal and informal structures, allowing the enterprises to maintain their intended purposes and character while necessarily evolving to ensure survival into the future. The third principal outcome is the proposition that this distinct approach to enterprise design represents the emergence of a new organising paradigm that eschews the dualistic divide between'opportunistic' business and 'altruistic' charity in favour of a new logic based on the coproduction of multiple benefit streams through the perpetuation of human and natural resource quality.

The main idea of current PhD thesis is an analysis of the public buildings refurbishment according to sustainability principles. The objects of investigation are refurbishment process of public buildings by emphasizing decision making process according to sustainability principles, decision making groups that take part in refurbishment process and affordability principle concerning sustainable refurbishment. The aim of work is influence on scope of refurbishment of public buildings according to sustainable development principles by using multi-criteria analysis methods for making decisions and by using electronic teaching system for knowledge dissemination concerning sustainable building refurbishment. For this aim the following main tasks are approached: review of the researches made by scientists of various countries in the field of sustainable refurbishment of public buildings; creation of theoretical model for refurbishment of public buildings according to sustainable development principles; presentation of practical realization examples of some model parts by using multi-criteria analysis methods for decision making; creation of electronic teaching module for knowledge dissemination concerning sustainable renovation. The dissertation consists of the introduction, four chapters, conclusions, bibliography and appendixes. The first chapter analyses Lithuanian and foreign scientists’ researches in the field of sustainable building refurbishment, refurbishment projects in... [to full text]<br>Disertacijoje nagrinėjamas visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo procesas. Pagrindiniai tyrimo objektai yra visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo procesas, akcentuojant sprendimų priėmimo procesą pagal darnos principus, atnaujinimo procese dalyvaujančios sprendimus priimančios grupės, ir jų informavimas apie darnų pastatų atnaujinimą. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas yra visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo pagal darnos principus apimčių įtakojimas, pasitelkiant daugiakriterinės analizės metodus sprendimų priėmimui, ir e-mokymo sistemą, žinių apie darnų pastatų atnaujinimą platinimui. Darbe sprendžiami keli pagrindiniai uždaviniai: įvairių pasaulio šalių mokslininkų tyrimų darnaus visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo apžvalgos atlikimas; visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo pagal darnos principus teorinio modelio sudarymas; kai kurių modelio dalių praktinio realizavimo pavyzdžių pateikimas, sprendimų priėmimui pasitelkiant daugiakriterinės analizės metodus; e-mokymo modulio apie darnų pastatų atnaujinimą kūrimas. Disertaciją sudaro įvadas, keturi skyriai, bendrosios išvados, literatūros šaltinių sąrašas ir priedas. Antrajame skyriuje analizuojami Lietuvos ir užsienio šalių mokslininkų darnaus pastatų atnaujinimo tyrimai, atnaujinimo projektai Lietuvoje ir užsienyje, naujausi Lietuvos ir Europos Sąjungos teisės aktai, reglamentuojantys energijos taupymą. Trečiajame skyriuje remiantis pirmame skyriuje atlikta Lietuvos ir užsienio mokslinių tyrimų analizę suformuluojami pagrindiniai darnaus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

This research studies the eight principles of sustainability applied in Project Management. To be more precise the research fulfils four objectives which are: firstly, to review and identify key principles of sustainability in project management from existing literature; secondly, to adopt a multiple case study method to assess the applicability of the principles in project management; thirdly, to determine the barriers that impede certain principles to be applied in projects and the resulting trade-offs; and lastly, to refine the concept of sustainability in project management.The study adopts a subjectivist ontological viewpoint and an interpretivist epistemological outlook. The paper deductively studies the research question and adopts a qualitative mono-method research design, with a multiple case study strategy. The project case studies analysed belong to six different industries namely Pharmaceutical, Information Technology (IT), Automotive, Transportation, Furniture and Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). All case studies fulfil the criteria of being multinational organisations, operating in the private sector, having sustainability as a strategic pillar and projects executed in developed countries with a similar macroeconomic climate. The data has been collected through the semi-structured interview technique and examined using a thematic analysis. The results show that not all eight principles of sustainability are implemented in project management despite of multiple proactive endeavours of engaging in social and environmentally focused business practices. The two principles that show a limited applicability in project management are values and ethics as well as consuming income and not capital.The theoretical contribution of the research is realised through the first collective analysis of the eight principles of sustainability and their implementation in project management through empirical case studies. An additional contribution is through the selection of case studies from industries that have not been examined before. The practical implication of the research is to offer guidance to organisations on what principles they need to build their sustainability project management practices on and to point out the commonly faced barriers and trade-offs.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att jämföra redovisningsstandarderna IFRS och GRI samt granska och analysera i vilken utsträckning de är principbaserade. Studien syftade även till att undersöka i vilken utsträckning standarderna är regelbaserade.   Metod: Denna studie utgår från en hermeneutiks vetenskapstradition med en deduktiv ansats och en kvalitativ metod. Studiens empiriska material har hämtats från redovisningsstandarderna IFRS och GRI. Det insamlade materialet jämfördes mot tidigare forskning och teorier samt presenterades under kapitlet ”Resultat och analys”. Det insamlade materialet analyserades även, med hjälp av en komparativ innehållsanalys och en kodningsmanual, för att avgöra i vilken utsträckning standarderna är princip- och regelbaserade.   Resultat och slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att alla standarder innehåller både principer och regler. De finansiella redovisningsstandarderna tenderar att i större utsträckning vara regelbaserade och hållbarhetsredovisningsstandarderna tenderar att i större uträckning vara principbaserade. Studiens slutsats lyder således att det inte går att kategorisera standarderna som antingen princip- eller regelbaserade. Båda standarderna befinner sig i en gråskala, där de i viss utsträckning, är både principbaserade och regelbaserade.   Uppsatsens bidrag: Det teoretiska bidraget ger ytterligare belägg för att debatten huruvida standarderna kan anses vara princip- eller regelbaserade inte längre bör fortgå som tidigare. Det praktiska bidraget ger företag och standardanvändare en bättre förståelse för att standarderna inte är antingen princip- eller regelbaserade. Vilket skapar en medvetenhet i hur de bör tillämpa standarderna beroende på om de tenderar att vara mer eller mindre princip- eller regelbaserade.   Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Ett förslag till fortsatt forskning inom detta ämnesområde är att tillämpa denna studies tillvägagångssätt och forskningsfrågor på andra standarder, både inom IFRS och GRI men även inom andra normgivningsorgan.<br>Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the IFRS and GRI accounting standards as well as review and analyze to what extent they are principles-based. The study also aims to examine to what extent the standards are rules-based. Method:This study is based on a hermeneutic science tradition with a deductive approach and aqualitative method. The study's empirical data are collected from the IFRS and GRI accounting standards. The collected material was compared to previous research and theories and presented in the chapter “Results and analysis” The empirical data were also analyzed, using a comparative content analysis and coding manual, to determine to which extent the standards are principles-based and rules-based. Results and Conclusion: Our results show that all standards contain both principles and rules. The financial accounting standards tend to be rules-basedin greater occurrence, whereas sustainability reporting standards tend to be principles-based, in greater occurrence.The study therefore concludes that it isnot possible to categorize the standards as either principles or rules. Both standards are in a gray scale, where they, to some extent ,both are principles- and rules-based. Contributions of the thesis: The theoretical contribution provides further evidence that the debate whether the standards can be considered principles- or rules-based no longer should be continued as before. The practical contribution gives companies and standards users a greater understanding regarding that standards are not either principles- or rules-based. That creates an awareness of how they should apply the standards depending on if they tend to be more or less principles- or rules-based. Suggestions for further research: A proposal for further research in this subject is to apply this study’s approach and research questions on other standards, both in IFRS and GRI but also in other standards organizations.

Alle Akteure der TU Chemnitz wurden 2015 dazu aufgerufen sich an einem Diskurs für Nachhaltigkeit zu beteiligen. Dazu sollten sie folgende Leitfragen beantworten: „Welche Maßnahmen und Projekte setzen Sie, als Akteur (Fakultät, Forschungsverbund, administrative Einheit, universitäre Interessensgruppe), im Rahmen der „ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Nachhaltigkeit“ um? Welche Definition bzw. Konzept oder Leitbild von Nachhaltigkeit legen Sie diesen Maßnahmen und Projekten zugrunde?“ Die eingereichten Beiträge sind in diesem Posterband gesammelt.:Vorwort.........................................................................................1 Forschungsbereich Biopolymere und Naturfaserverbunde (BNF).................3 Professur Energie und Hochspannungstechnik........................................7 Professur für Innovationsforschung und Technologiemanagement.............11 Bundesexzellenzcluster MERGE..........................................................15 Professur Nachrichtentechnik der TU Chemnitz.....................................18 NATUC – Referat für Ökologie und Nachhaltigkeit...................................21 Professur Personal und Führung.........................................................24 Professur Privatrecht und Recht des geistigen Eigentums........................28 SAXEED Gründernetzwerk..................................................................32 Studentenwerk Chemnitz-Zwickau......................................................36 Universitätsbibliothek.......................................................................40<br>In 2015 all agents at TU Chemnitz were called to participate in a discours on sustainability. They were asked to answer the following questions: „Which steps and projects regarding „ecological, economic and social sustainability“ do you implement as an actor at the university (faculty, research association, admistrative unit or university interest group)? Which definition, concept or model do you take as a basis for these activities?“ The contributions to this call are collected in this publication.:Vorwort.........................................................................................1 Forschungsbereich Biopolymere und Naturfaserverbunde (BNF).................3 Professur Energie und Hochspannungstechnik........................................7 Professur für Innovationsforschung und Technologiemanagement.............11 Bundesexzellenzcluster MERGE..........................................................15 Professur Nachrichtentechnik der TU Chemnitz.....................................18 NATUC – Referat für Ökologie und Nachhaltigkeit...................................21 Professur Personal und Führung.........................................................24 Professur Privatrecht und Recht des geistigen Eigentums........................28 SAXEED Gründernetzwerk..................................................................32 Studentenwerk Chemnitz-Zwickau......................................................36 Universitätsbibliothek.......................................................................40

Abstract THE SUSTAINABILIY OF A COACHING MODEL FOR BEGINNING PRINCIPALS By Virginia F. Loving A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2011 Director: R. Martin Reardon, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Education This phenomenological study sought to determine what coaching-induced practices are acquired during novice principals first year as principal, and the sustainability of coaching-induced practices once the coach has been removed. This study identified skills learned while novice principals participated in a coaching program, and the extent to which these practices continued into the second, third, and fourth year of their principalship (as appropriate) once the coaching had concluded. Face-to-face interviews were recorded, transcribed, and reviewed to provide insight into common themes from the participants. Direct quotations about the experience were then placed in a narrative to describe the phenomenon of the coaching experience as seen through the eyes of the participants. After a careful review of the information, the findings reveal, that indeed, components of the coaching experience are sustainable once the coach has been removed. The common elements were data collection and analysis, confidence, feedback, finding a focus, and self-reflection.