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Journal articles on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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von Kutzschenbach, Michael, and Carl Brønn. "Communicating sustainable development initiatives." Journal of Communication Management 10, no. 3 (2006): 304–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13632540610681185.

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Hsu, Chin-Chun, Keah-Choon Tan, and Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani. "Strategic orientations, sustainable supply chain initiatives, and reverse logistics." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 36, no. 1 (2016): 86–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-06-2014-0252.

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Purpose – Global outsourcing shifts manufacturing jobs to emerging countries, which provides new opportunities for improving their economic development. The authors develop and test a theoretical model to predict first, how sustainable supply chain initiatives might influence reverse logistics outcomes and second, the impact of eco-reputation and eco-innovation orientation strategies on the deployment of sustainable supply chain initiatives. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed new model of antecedents and outcomes of sustainable supply chain initiatives underwent a rigorous empirical test through structural equation modeling with samples from an emerging market. Findings – The results show that firms that implement sustainable supply chain initiatives can realize positive reverse logistics outcomes; the study also provides new insights into eco-innovation and eco-reputation strategic orientations as theoretically important antecedents of sustainable supply chain initiatives. Research limitations/implications – Though the authors identify three components of sustainable supply chain initiatives, other components could exist, and ongoing research should investigate them. Practical implications – The findings have important implications for managers in emerging markets seeking to initiate ecologically friendly business practices. The authors offer strong evidence of the benefits obtained from reverse logistics in sustainable supply chain initiatives. Policy makers and firms attempting to nurture sustainable supply chain initiatives should not overlook the important role of eco-reputation and eco-innovation strategic orientations, which the results identify as important enablers. Originality/value – This study offers evidence of the critical role of eco-reputation and eco-innovation strategic orientations in deploying sustainable supply chain initiative programs, as well as of their mutual effects. This study also offers empirical evidence that implementing sustainable supply chain initiatives leads to reverse logistics, creating value, and a new source of competitive advantages.
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Savant, Sujata. "Sustainable Urban Transport - Indian Initiatives." FIIB Business Review 1, no. 1 (2011): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2455265820110101.

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Walia, Sargam Bahl, Harish Kumar, and Naveen Negi. "Green Initiatives." International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 12, no. 4 (2021): 28–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsesd.2021100103.

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In the 21st century, the green revolution has become the hallmark for sustainable development. Clearly, the green lifestyle has the potential to create a healthy living. Economic development is progressing in India, but at the same time, the increasing threats of global warming, rapid growth of population, loss of biodiversity, contamination of water, release of harmful gases are deteriorating the quality of life. To sustain our planet Earth, there is a need to manage the production processes of the manufacturers as well as the consumption pattern of the consumers. The study objective is to understand green initiatives as a step towards environment safety and sustainable development. This study will discuss the impact of green initiatives on environmental safety and sustainable development wherein secondary sources of data have been used. Data has been collected from multiple sources like books, journals, websites, and newspapers. The study will be confined to the FMCG companies in India. The study reveals that the green initiatives taken by individuals and organization can lead to environmental safety, and a drastic transformation can contribute to sustainable development. The outcome of this study can be useful for the FMCG industry in strategy formulation for green initiatives.
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Gong, Yu, Steve Brown, Fu Jia, and Jiang Duan. "IKEA: Sustainable Cotton Initiative in China." Asian Case Research Journal 23, no. 02 (2019): 491–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218927519500202.

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This case presents an industry leading company — IKEA’s multi-tier sustainable cotton initiative in China. The case begins with the background information of IKEA, cotton production in China and cotton-textile supply chain. It then presents IKEA’s sustainable cotton practice globally. This is followed by IKEA China’s motivation to implement sustainable cotton initiatives, its processes and the impacts on its cotton-textile supply chain. Finally, it ends with the case summary.
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Myers, Robert L. "1990 Legislative Initiatives in Sustainable Agriculture." Journal of Production Agriculture 3, no. 3 (1990): 291–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jpa1990.0291.

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Burgos, Bessie M. "Technology management initiatives for sustainable agriculture." J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 2, no. 2 (2004): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/jibed.2004.007850.

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Paton, Bruce. "Voluntary environmental initiatives and sustainable industry." Business Strategy and the Environment 9, no. 5 (2000): 328–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0836(200009/10)9:5<328::aid-bse259>3.0.co;2-z.

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Stancliffe, R., and F. Mortimer. "Sustainable initiatives across non-surgical specialties." Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 102, no. 5 (2020): 202–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2020.149.

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Damtoft, J. S., J. Lukasik, D. Herfort, D. Sorrentino, and E. M. Gartner. "Sustainable development and climate change initiatives." Cement and Concrete Research 38, no. 2 (2008): 115–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.09.008.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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Lomeña-Gelis, Mònica. "A meta-evaluation of sustainable land management Initiatives in Senegal." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/318163.

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Evaluation is the systematic determination of the merit, worth and significance of a programme, initiative or intervention. As a young discipline, its empirical study is still limited, especially in Francophone Africa. Building on both the theory and the practice of evaluation in Senegal for the past decades, this study aims to identify strategies to improve evaluation practice and its usefulness for development results. It is focused on the evaluation of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) that presents specific challenges associated with the difficulty of considering simultaneously the different time and space scales of the environment, the economy and the society; and of dealing with the uncertainty and the limited quantity and quality of context data, among others. The study is based on an extensive review of the specialized literature on environment and development issues, the institutional and policy setting, complemented with semi-structured interviews with national authorities, donor representatives and evaluators. Participant observation also helped to ground the analysis and to access key grey literature and evaluation reports. Meta-evaluation (MEv) is proposed as the analytical framework to study the SLM evaluation practice in Senegal to improve evaluative knowledge. MEv is the evaluation of evaluations. The theoretical function of MEv has been developed to assess the role of evaluation in the SLM policy sector, including its adequacy and opportunity. A tailored MEv framework is applied to a set of 40 SLM project evaluation reports published since 2000, and complemented with 3 case studies. The study also analyses a parallel strand of evaluation practice in Senegal: capitalizations, conceived as participatory evaluative exercises focused on stakeholders¿ experiences, practices and learning. Results show that evaluation practice in SLM in Senegal is very heterogeneous and far from ¿sound evaluation standards¿. This is explained by constraints in the enabling environment and the institutional framework and limited capacities of stakeholders at all levels. In spite of some timid advances towards country-led evaluation, serious blockages to national ownership and evaluation utilization still persist. Although the majority of interviewees perceived SLM evaluations to be participative, this study contests their understanding of participation in most cases. SLM capitalization exercises, although far from the ideal features of this learning-oriented approach are able to engage more meaningfully with local-level actors. The set of evaluations and capitalizations analysed does not offer a coherent response to the challenges of evaluating Natural Resources Management interventions identified in the literature. For instance, they do not solve the tensions among different time and space scales or encompass a wide variety of values and perspectives about those interventions. Finally, the findings suggest that SLM evaluation is still much dominated by donor agendas and aid effectiveness concerns (accountability), with very limited efforts to promote their use for improvement or learning, and hardly any to inform national policy making. The study confirms the usefulness of MEv to guide critical reflection about real-world evaluations, surpassing the narrow conception of evaluation quality. It also allows the opening of a debate about evaluation capacities understood as the faculty to choose what, when and how interventions are evaluated. MEv could be used to promote a more active involvement of Senegalese research institutes, public administration and civil society in shaping a new public policy evaluation scenario. A broader national conception of evaluation should also encompass capitalizations and other similar approaches and foster learning organizations and institutions while promoting exchanges between applied research and project and policy-level evaluation.
La evaluación es la investigación sistemática del mérito, valor e importancia de un programa, iniciativa o intervención. Siendo una disciplina nueva, su estudio empírico es todavía limitado, especialmente en el África francófona. En base a la teoría y la práctica de evaluación en Senegal durante las últimas décadas, este estudio pretende identificar estrategias para mejorar la evaluación y su utilidad para alcanzar resultados de desarrollo. Está focalizado en la evaluación de la Gestión Sostenible de la Tierra (GST) que presenta retos específicos asociados a la dificultad de considerar simultáneamente las diferentes escalas de tiempo y espacio del medio ambiente, la economía y la sociedad; de integrar la incertidumbre, así como la limitada cantidad y calidad de la información sobre el contexto, entre otros. El estudio está basado en una revisión extensiva de la literatura especializada en medio ambiente y desarrollo, el contexto institucional y político, complementado con entrevistas semi-estructuras con autoridades nacionales, representantes de la comunidad de donantes y evaluadores. Cuatro años de participación observante también ayudaron a contextualizar el análisis y a acceder a literatura gris y a informes de evaluación claves. El enfoque de Meta-evaluación (MEv) es propuesto como marco analítico para estudiar la práctica de evaluación de GST en Senegal con el fin de mejorar el conocimiento evaluativo. La MEv es la evaluación de evaluaciones. La función teórica de MEv ha sido desarrollada para valorar el rol de la evaluación en el sector de política de la GST, inluyendo su idoneidad y oportunidad. Un marco de MEv adaptado es aplicado a un conjunto de 40 informes de evaluación de proyectos de GST publicados a partir del 2000 y complementados con tres estudios de caso. El estudio también analiza una práctica de evaluación paralela en Senegal: las capitalizaciones, concebidas como ejercicios evaluativos participativos focalizados en las experiencias, prácticas y aprendizaje de los actores. El estudio confirma la utilidad de la MEv para guiar la reflexión crítica sobre un conjunto de evaluaciones reales, más allá de la concepción restrictiva de la calidad en evaluación. También permite propiciar el debate sobre las capacidades de evaluación entendidas como la capacidad de elegir qué intervenciones son evaluadas, cuándo y cómo. La MEv podría ser utilizada para promover una implicación más activa de los institutos de investigación, las administraciones públicas y la sociedad civil senegaleses para dibujar un nuevo escenario de evaluación de políticas públicas. Una concepción amplia de la evaluación debería también incluir las capitalizaciones y otros enfoques similares y fomentar organizaciones e instituciones de conocimiento y el intercambio entre la investigación aplicada y la evaluación a nivel de proyectos, programas y políticas.
L´évaluation est la recherche systématique de la valeur, de la portée et de l’importance d’un programme, d’une initiative ou d’une intervention. Étant une discipline nouvelle, son étude empirique est encore limitée, particulièrement en Afrique francophone. S’appuyant sur la théorie et la pratique de l’évaluation au Sénégal au cours des dernières décennies, cette étude vise à identifier des stratégies pour améliorer l’évaluation et son utilité en vue d’atteindre des résultats de développement. Elle porte sur l’évaluation de la gestion durable des terres (GDT), qui présente des défis spécifiques en raison de la difficulté à considérer en simultané les différentes échelles temporelles et spatiales de l’environnement, de l’économie et de la société, et de prendre en compte, entre autres, l’incertitude ainsi que des informations limitées en quantité et qualité sur le contexte. L’étude est basée sur une ample révision de la littérature spécialisée sur l’environnement et le développement, le contexte institutionnel et politique, complétée par des entretiens semi-structurés avec les autorités nationales et les représentants de la communauté de bailleurs et d’évaluateurs au Sénégal. Quatre années d’observation participante ont également aidé à contextualiser l’analyse et à consulter la littérature grise et les rapports d’évaluation. L’approche de méta-évaluation (MEv) est proposée en tant que cadre analytique pour étudier la pratique d’évaluation de la GDT au Sénégal afin d’améliorer les connaissances évaluatives. La MEv est l’évaluation des évaluations. La fonction théorique de MEv a été développée pour jauger le rôle de l’évaluation dans le secteur des politiques de GDT, y compris son adéquation et sa pertinence. Un cadre de MEv adapté est appliqué à un ensemble de 40 rapports d’évaluation de projets de GDT publiés à partir de l’année 2000 et complétés avec trois études de cas. L’étude analyse également la pratique de l’évaluation parallèle au Sénégal : les capitalisations, conçues comme exercices évaluatifs participatifs portant sur les expériences, les pratiques et les apprentissages des acteurs. Les résultats montrent que la pratique d’évaluation de la GDT au Sénégal est très hétérogène et éloignée des standards d’ "évaluation de qualité". Cette situation est expliquée par les limitations de l’environnement politique et du cadre institutionnel favorables à l’évaluation, ainsi que par les capacités limitées des acteurs à tous les niveaux. En dépit de quelques progrès timides vers l’évaluation menée par le pays, d’importants blocages persistent encore afin de promouvoir l’appropriation nationale et l’utilisation des évaluations au Sénégal. Même si la plupart des interviewés conçoivent l’évaluation de la GDT comme participative, l’étude met en cause leur compréhension du concept de participation, sauf dans quelques exemples isolés d’évaluations inclusives. Les capitalisations de GDT, bien qu’étant loin de reprendre les caractéristiques idéales de cette approche orientée vers l’apprentissage, permettent au moins d’engager de façon plus significative les acteurs au niveau local. Néanmoins, les évaluations de projet et les capitalisations de GDT n’offrent pas une réponse cohérente aux défis inhérents à l’évaluation d’initiatives de gestion durable de ressources naturelles identifiés dans la littérature. Par exemple, elles ne permettent pas de résoudre les tensions entre les différentes échelles temporelles et géographiques ou d’intégrer la diversité des valeurs et des perspectives liées à ces interventions. Finalement, les résultats indiquent que la pratique d’évaluation de la GDT est encore majoritairement dominée par les agendas des bailleurs et les objectifs d’efficacité de l’aide (redevabilité), avec des efforts très limités pour promouvoir leur utilisation orientée vers l´améliorations ou l’apprentissage, et virtuellement inexistants pour élaborer des politiques publiques. L’étude confirme l’utilité de la MEv pour guider la réflexion critique sur un ensemble d’évaluations réelles, au-delà de la conception restrictive de qualité en évaluation. Elle permet aussi de favoriser le débat sur les capacités d’évaluation comprises comme le pouvoir de déterminer quelles interventions à évaluer, le moment choisi pour les évaluations et la façon dont elle sont conduites. La MEv pourrait être utilisée afin de promouvoir une implication plus active des instituts de recherche, des administrations publiques et de la société civile sénégalaise afin de concevoir un nouveau panorama de l’évaluation de politiques publiques. Une conception ample de l´évaluation devrait également inclure les capitalisations et d’autres approches similaires, tout en promouvant des organisations et des institutions productrices de savoir, et en favorisant l’échange entre recherche appliquée et évaluation de projets, programmes et politiques.
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Saunders, Christina M. "Quantifying Fire Hazards of Sustainable Initiatives in the Built Environment." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13421673.

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We are now challenged with design-oriented goals of sustainability initiatives requiring energy efficiency in the built environment. Stricter energy codes have added more potential fuel load to a structure and its building envelope. However, these sustainability initiatives do not explicitly consider the fire risks and hazards posed by green building designs, significantly affecting the fire protection and life safety of buildings. At present, a quantitative method to compare the relative fire performance of green building materials and the hazards associated with them is not available. The objective of this research is to propose a semi-quantitative fire hazard assessment, assigning values to selected fire hazard variables. The framework to quantify the impact of sustainable initiatives to a model project is provided; the green building facade elements are the focus of the analysis in this research.

A recent hypothetical case study[67] is the model project for this research, used to demonstrate the novel framework for the development of a semi-quantitative method. It compares the relative fire performance of green building initiatives and the hazards associated with them on a high-rise residential building using cross-laminated timber. The approach employs an index method, establishing an order of magnitude, with relative rankings based on engineering judgement and experience. Levels of impact are assigned; relative hazard levels are estimated, as a weighted function of the importance or influence, of the hazard impact on the various green elements; decision-making matrices are developed and an overall hazard ranking of the building with the designed green building initiatives calculated.

Some features present mild or moderate hazard to the green building, others present high or severe hazards. The greatest concern is from the facade components; these are related to the energy efficiency credits in green building rating programs. A range of potential mitigation measures are suggested, based on synergistic effects, to provide a means of reducing the fire hazards associated with the green building initiatives. Without mitigating strategies, the fire hazards from green building initiatives can increase, life safety can decrease, and/or building performance in comparison with conventional construction can decrease. An alternate fire risk assessment method is used to compare and evaluate the semi-quantitative technique developed.

Quantifying the fire hazards of green building initiatives is critical to the performance of all structures. The sustainable intent for a building design must, therefore, be integrated into the approach to provide fire and life safety protection strategies. This integrated approach to design and construction could improve the building performance, reducing risk and achieving synergies, yielding economic, environmental, and human benefits.

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Haught, Stacy C. "An Examination of Contemporary Initiatives to Facilitate Sustainable Agriculture Experiences." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1502631347157021.

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Gallotta, Bruno. "Implementing sustainability initiatives in business processes." Thesis, University of Derby, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623074.

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Purpose – The sustainability topic has been receiving a growing importance in the corporate environment in recent years. More and more companies are adopting sustainability practices in all their organisational levels, operations and business process as a whole; however, they have still failed to achieve the anticipated goal. Existing roadmaps, frameworks and systems do not comprehensively support sustainable business transformation. This research proposes a four phases framework, based on BPM, to help organisations to implement sustainability practices in the organisation business processes and has verified it with industry/academic specialists and validated it in a local organisation focused on sustainability initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual framework has been created, verified and validated. The framework is based on Business Process Management (BPM) principles, which was chosen because due its capability to work in a cross process way while providing the full control of the process performance. It was then verified using a Delphi study held with 21 specialists in Sustainable Operations Management from both academia and industry and validated using an action research study on a biomass company focused in the development of sustainable energy technologies that wished to improve the implementation of sustainability initiatives in its business processes and operations. Findings – It was identified that organisations still struggle to succeed the implementation of sustainability projects. The research outlined that the business process management (BPM) approach can be used as way to implement sustainability practices in an organisation’s business processes by using the conceptual framework. The benefits from this approach are the enablement of continuous process improvement, improvement of process quality; cost reduction; increase in the customer satisfaction; and better control 3 over process performance, which can be directly linked to the improvement of the sustainability improvement. Research limitations/implication – The main limitation of this research is the application of the framework in only one real-life scenario, which was expected due the research method chosen to validate it. Future work aims to apply the framework in different scenarios, in organisations with different sizes, different maturity level, different sector, and different locations. Further research will also investigate the symbiosis of the BPM approach with other management approaches, such as lean/green manufacturing, project management, and green supply chain and carbon footprint. In addition, in a further moment, once companies are familiarised with the project methodology, it is possible to create a centre of excellence (an area within the organisation with the best practices/ processes of the industry) in terms of sustainability bringing even more value, improving continuously and generating more innovation by the form of green reference process models. Practical implications – The proposed framework uses a Business Process Management (BPM) approach, which provides a systemic solution for the organisations adopt sustainability practices in their business processes.
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Yeung, Yee-hung Stella, and 潘怡紅. "Sustainable healthcare delivery in Hong Kong: organizational initiatives and strategic financing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196669X.

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Yeung, Yee-hung Stella. "Sustainable healthcare delivery in Hong Kong : organizational initiatives and strategic financing /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23295776.

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Moresjö, Sanna, and Febe Raimer. "Mapping the Sustainable Territory : Swedish CSR initiatives in the Chinese market." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75138.

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The aim of the thesis is to provide a deeper understanding regarding how the phenomenon Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) affects Swedish multinational corporations (MNCs), in relation to competitive advantage in the Chinese market. The research demonstrates the relevance of investigating the topic, as the aspects of CSR are interchanging. The reviewed literature highlights aspects incorporated in the phenomenon, as well as internationalization, strategy and competitive advantage. In addition, the three dimensions of CSR: economic, environmental and social, are considered fundamental pillars in the analysis of sustainable business behavior. The research is conducted through an explanatory nature, in order to comprehensively describe the included variables and their correlation, the connection is further shown in the conceptual framework, established with the literature review as a basis. The implementation of a qualitative research method ensures an in-depth perspective of the participants’ perceptions and experiences. For the empirical findings, four Swedish MNCs active in the Chinese market are interviewed regarding their CSR initiatives, in order to provide a meaningful insight for the analysis. The analysis of the thesis involves a discussion of the similarities, and also the differences, between the literature review and empirical findings, in accordance to the conceptual framework. Following, the conclusion will answer the research question and provide implications, as well as suggestions for further research. The purpose of study is to further close the research gap regarding the relation between Swedish CSR initiatives and competitive advantage in the Chinese market.
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Dai, Lu, Tiffany Finley, and Susan McCormack. "ICT and Education in Developing Countries : Shifting Initiatives toward a Sustainable Society." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4243.

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This research investigates capacity building initiatives in developing countries’ ability to aid in a transition toward sustainability. A key system, the education sector, enables and creates human capacity. Teacher Training Initiatives (TTIs) are an organized effort to build the capacity of teachers within the education sector. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are a rising addition to TTIs that can expand the network, knowledge-sharing, and communication potential of TTIs. Yet, is this growing trend aiding in building capacity at the expense of long-term sustainability? Utilizing the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, this research employs literature reviews, interviews, data analysis, workshop participation, and an expert panel to illuminate how ICT enabled TTIs can contribute to sustainability. An intervention in the current planning process was identified as a key leverage point to shift the system toward sustainability. Taking a whole systems perspective when planning initiatives better equip stakeholders to build effective programs today that will not compromise the capacity building of the future. This upstream approach may build the foundation to move toward a strategic ICT enabled TTI, but it is not the only major factor. ICT enabled TTIs function within complex systems, requiring ongoing strategic planning and management toward sustainability.

Address: Tiffany Finley 1306 Bohland Place St. Paul, MN 55116 USA OR Susan McCormack 1145 Hartwell Road Manotick, Ontario Canada K4M 1E5

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Bryant, William Patrick. "An exploration of local smart growth initiatives within the United States." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. http://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2007m/bryant.pdf.

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Granville, Melissa Ann. "Building sustainable rural Kansas initiatives: assessing community participation in wind energy decision-making." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3955.

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This study reports on the results of a triangulated inquiry into the processes and outcomes of wind energy decision-making in Kansas. Specifically, key informant interviews were conducted with local stakeholders and decision-makers in three Kansas counties. In the same counties, focus groups were conducted with community members. Finally, state-level stakeholders, including government officials, wind industry representatives and advocacy group representatives were interviewed about their perceptions regarding community collaboration in wind energy decision-making. Data were analyzed using an inductive approach to thematic analysis. Results were discussed in terms of emergent themes within counties or groups and as a result of cross-cutting analyses. Thematic analysis led to the development of a communication grid with axes for consultation and information that impact satisfaction with wind energy decision-making and the sustainability of communities and Kansas‟ wind energy industry. Four paradigms, three actual and one theoretical, emerged from the data and prior research. Implications for sustainable wind development in Kansas are discussed.
Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Elliot School of Communication
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Books on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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Demartini, Paola, Lucia Marchegiani, Michela Marchiori, and Giovanni Schiuma, eds. Cultural Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65687-4.

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Watson, Barrie. Local Namibian initiatives for sustainable development. s.n., 1995.

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Hu, Wen Chen, and Naima Kaabouch. Energy-aware systems and networking for sustainable initiatives. Information Science Reference, 2012.

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Sundaram, K. V. Sustainable development and earthcare: Searching for policy initiatives. Concept Pub. Co., 2009.

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Baycan, Levent Tüzin, and Nijkamp Peter, eds. Sustainable city and creativity: Promoting creative urban initiatives. Ashgate, 2011.

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Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (11th 2011 New Delhi, India). Tapping local initiatives and tackling global inertia. The Energy and Resources Institute, 2011.

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Baietti, Aldo. Green infrastructure finance: Leading initiatives and research. World Bank, 2012.

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Okidi, C. Odidi. Environment and development in Africa: Policy initiatives. ACTS Press, African Centre for Technology Studies, 1993.

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Ravicz, R. Marisol. Searching for sustainable microfinance: A review of five Indonesian initiatives. World Bank, Development Research Group, 1998.

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Heah, Michael. Best practices in sustainable tourism management initiatives for APEC economies. APEC Secretariat, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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Jachia, Lorenza, Serguei Kouzmine, and Haiying Xu. "UNECE Initiatives on Education on Standardization." In Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28715-3_9.

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Kumar, N. Anil, Parameswaran Prajeesh, and K. P. Smitha. "Grassroot Initiatives for Sustainable Livelihood." In Environmental Challenges and Solutions. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42162-9_15.

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de Paula Leite, Antonio René Camargo Aranha, Jayme de Aranha Machado, and José Benedito Sacomano. "Sustainable Initiatives in Developing Countries." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41263-9_42.

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Cicerchia, Annalisa. "Culture Indicators for Sustainable Development." In Cultural Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65687-4_16.

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Jia, Fu, Zhaohui Wu, and Jonathan Gosling. "Tetra Pak: Sustainable Initiatives in China." In Managing Sustainable Business. Springer Netherlands, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1144-7_4.

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Cacuci, Dan Gabriel. "Current International Initiatives for Sustainable Nuclear Energy." In Sustainable Energy Technologies. Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6724-2_8.

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Zhu, Yang Julia, and Luanne Freund. "Exploring Open Data Initiatives in Higher Education." In Sustainable Digital Communities. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_60.

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Barreca, Manuela, and Marco Meneguzzo. "Promoting Collaboration Through Creative Networks: The Puglia Music Industry." In Cultural Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65687-4_9.

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Demartini, Paola, Lucia Marchegiani, Michela Marchiori, and Giovanni Schiuma. "Connecting the Dots: A Proposal to Frame the Debate Around Cultural Initiatives and Sustainable Development." In Cultural Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65687-4_1.

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Bizjak, Davide, Luca Pareschi, and Silvio Ripetta. "Organizing Academic Entrepreneurship Drawing on Cultural Knowledge: The puntOorg Experience." In Cultural Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65687-4_8.

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Conference papers on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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Slocum, S. L., and S. Everett. "Food tourism initiatives: resistance on the ground." In The Sustainable World. WIT Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sw100671.

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Sham, Rohana. "Smart City Initiatives For Sustainable Environmental Planning." In 13th Asian Academy of Management International Conference 2019. European Publisher, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.10.92.

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Piccoli, Gabriele, and Joaquin Rodriguez. "Digital strategic initiatives: conceptualization and illustration." In Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Society. University of Maribor Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-362-3.4.

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This essay responds to calls for discerning so-called IT “x” and digital “x” phenomena. Research in this area promises to make an important contribution since the emergence of digital “x” labels runs the risk of diluting the core of IS literature. Our paper advances a preliminary definition of key constructs: digital strategic initiatives and digital resources, differentiating the latter from traditional conceptualizations of IT or IS resources. It also delineates two different approaches to the execution of digital strategic initiatives: a) orchestration of digital resources and b) creation of novel digital resources. We demonstrate the first one with a case illustration of home grocery delivery and the second with the case of a dark kitchen provider in the restaurant industry.
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Calderon, Blanca M., Chammi P. Attanayake, Mónica Palomo, and Ganga M. Hettiarachchi. "Sustainable Gardening Initiatives in Previously Used Urban Soils." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.139.

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Mokhtar, N. "Sustainable community initiatives: a unique partnership and participatory approach." In SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING 2015, edited by M. M. Dali. WIT Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sdp150611.

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TAIBAH, HASSAN, SUDHA ARLIKATTI, and BILL DELGROSSO. "ADVANCING E-HEALTH IN SAUDI ARABIA: CALLING FOR SMART VILLAGE INITIATIVES." In SUSTAINABLE CITY 2020. WIT Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sc200221.

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Nur, Yunitha Ardiana, Rr Endang Wahyuni, Deslida Saidah, and Reni Dian Octaviani. "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GREEN INITIATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: CONTINGENCY MODELS." In Global Research on Sustainable Transport (GROST 2017). Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/grost-17.2018.26.

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Roos, E. K. "Using ISRS9 for Determining and Measuring Organizational Sustainable Development Initiatives." In Indonesian Petroleum Association 42nd Annual Convention and Exhibition. Indonesian Petroleum Association, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.29118/ipa19.o.125.

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"Building Earth and Low Carbon Initiatives for Sustainable Housing in Nigeria." In Sept. 17-19, 2018 Paris (France). Excellence in Research & Innovation, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17758/eirai4.f0918120.

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Ariffin, Azmin Bin, Norihan Abu-Hassan, and Kamilah Radin Salim. "Green Initiatives towards Sustainable Product Design at Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi Mara." In 2014 International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/latice.2014.46.

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Reports on the topic "Sustainable initiatives"

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Klepp, Ingun Grimstad, Kirsi Laitala, Michael Schragger, et al. Sustainable textile initiatives and suggestions for a Nordic Roadmap. Nordic Council of Ministers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/na2014-929.

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Rahman, S. A., F. D. Paras, S. R. Khan, et al. Initiatives of tropical agroforestry to sustainable agriculture: a case study of Capasia Village, northern Bangladesh. Journal of Horticulture and Forestry, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii277.

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Nazneen, Sohela, and Maria Fernanda Silva Olivares. Strengthening Women’s Inclusion in Social Accountability Initiatives. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.002.

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In the last 20 years, social accountability initiatives have facilitated the inclusion and participation of marginalised groups in governance processes. This Policy Briefing focuses on how and what factors prove effective in strengthening women’s voice in processes holding public service providers accountable. We argue that initiatives must: (a) build technical and other forms of capacity amongst women; (b) change formal rules on women’s inclusion; (c) apply political economy analysis to unpack power dynamics, identify actors in favour of gender equality, and build a network in support of women; and (d) make long-term funding commitments for sustainable change in gender-biased norms.
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Watkins, Graham, Hervé Breton, and Guy Edwards. Achieving Sustainable Recovery: Criteria for Evaluating the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Covid-19 Recovery Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003413.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has precipitated unprecedented health, social and economic crises across the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. All countries in the region moved quickly to implement rescue policies to safeguard lives and livelihoods. The rescue phase continues along with the challenge of orchestrating the post-COVID-19 economic recovery: designing packages of investments and initiatives to stimulate employment, liquidity, reignite sustainable and inclusive economic growth and transition towards net-zero emission and climate-resilience economies to confront the worsening climate and ecological crisis. These policies must be sustainable in the short and long term and bring institutional, social, economic/financial, and environmental co-benefits. This working paper proposes criteria for evaluating the sustainability of recovery investments and initiatives, to serve as a checklist for stakeholders to use to ensure a recovery that builds an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future for all.
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Breger, Dwayne, and Rob Rizzo. Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Initiative. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1024804.

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Gardner, Leah, Sam Rogers, and James L. Sipes. Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Sustainable Landscapes Initiative 2020. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1128954.

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Vianna Crespo, Anna Risi, and Juan Manuel Puerta. Evaluation of the IDB's Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative. Inter-American Development Bank, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000580.

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Finley, James C., Susan L. Stout, Timothy G. Pierson, and Barbara J. McGuinness. Managing timber to promote sustainable forests: a second-level course for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/nrs-gtr-11.

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Ingram, Haroro. Stigma, Shame, and Fear: Navigating Obstacles to Peace in Mindanao. RESOLVE Network, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37805/pn2020.14.vedr.

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After decades of cyclical peace agreement failures and war in Mindanao, the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in early 2019 brought the best hope for sustainable peace and stability in living memory. But the problems within the BARMM and Mindanao more broadly are immense. A trifecta of stigma, shame, and fear is regularly identified as levers exploited by peace spoilers to not only recruit and mobilize from local communities but obstruct disengagement and reintegration efforts. The widespread and intergenerational experiences of trauma across Mindanao hang like an invisible pall over almost every aspect of life. The dynamics of stigma, shame, and fear in Mindanao tend to be multidimensional in that they may emerge from a range of sources and multidirectional in their effect, as different sources of stigma, shame, and fear can push and pull individuals and groups in different ways. Stigma, shame, and fear may act as obstacles but also opportunities that need to be understood and appropriately harnessed in disengagement and reintegration initiatives. This policy note offers a framework of recommendations that are largely grounded in peacebuilding approaches.
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Brinkerhoff, Derick W., and Anna Wetterberg. Governance and Sector Outcomes: Making the Connections. RTI Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.pb.0019.1809.

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A critical issue in international development is how donor-funded programs can support sustainable and long-lasting changes in assisted countries. Among the factors associated with sustainability is improved governance. However, many donor-funded initiatives are focused on achieving results in specific sectors, such as health, education, and agriculture. How can how governance interventions contribute to achieving sector-specific results? This brief explores this question and discusses how international development practice has incorporated recognition of the links between governance and sector outcomes. The brief develops a stylized continuum of how governance elements relate to sector interventions and contribute to expected outcomes. We discuss factors that either impede or impel governance integration and close with some observations regarding prospects for integrated programming. The audience for the brief is the international development policy and practitioner communities, and secondarily, academics with an interest in the topic. Key take-aways include: (1) there is ample evidence of positive contributions from improved governance to sector-specific outcomes, but few guideposts exist for practical and effective governance integration; (2) barriers to integration include urgent sector priorities that overshadow governance concerns, requirements to demonstrate progress towards ambitious sector targets, and complex choices related to measurement; and (3) sustainability and self-reliance are major drivers for integration and are facilitated by the flexibility and adaptation that governance integration enables.
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