Green and Sustainability Practices

___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Environmental concern among the consumers has been on the rise in India. They are driving manufacturers' to produce eco-friendly product. The study has analyzed consumer awareness, effective source to promote green product, usage, reasons for preferences and problems faced by them while purchasing green product. It was observed that most of the respondents were 'Green Consumers' consuming different category of green product and were of the opinion that green products are good for health and aware about the point of purchase; various symbols/logos and certification denoted products are eco-friendly. 'Outdoor advertisement' and 'eco-friendly product label' were the effective source to create awareness of green product. Bio-based ingredients, eco-friendly label, health concern and doctor's advice were the major factors that drive them to purchase green product. Although, there is a positive sign regarding the green consumption and awareness, the producers' and green marketers' have to concentrate more on information content and features of the product. A visible eco-friendly label and certification will ensure buyers that they buy safe and right product.

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, was probably the largest event in a long series of megasummits on environmental protection and sustainable development. Roughly 44 000 participants descended on Rio de Janeiro to take part in ten days of preparatory committee meetings, informal consultations, side events, and the actual conference. Yet despite this unprecedented high attendance by participants from governments and civil society, the outcome of the conference is less than many had hoped for. In this paper I review the outcomes of the 2012 Rio conference in detail, with a special focus on its contributions towards the reform of the institutional framework for sustainable development. Following this review, I discuss the way ahead and options for structural reform to restrengthen earth system governance.

Since the railway industry has become the primary consideration for technology upgrade, there is also the issue of the technology being green and sustainable. There is no global sustainability policies when the railway industry's technology is being upgraded. There is a need for a strategy to ensure that the upgrade, especially with IIoT, is implemented. The research aims to analyse the current situation of green sustainability in business technologies; to develop sustainability policies appropriate to business processes where emerging technologies are applied or implemented in the future; and to create a strategic plan for green and sustainable development of emerging business technologies. The study is limited to green sustainability development of IIoT that is being used in the railroad transportation industry of Malaysia, its MRT, LRT and monorail. A proposed strategic plan will be developed to ensure a green and sustainable development for the Malaysian Railway Industry. Th...

From the perspective of degrowth as described by Serge Latouche, the eight "R" can be read as a political project for the democratization of the economy and, consequently, for the protection of humanity. These eight "R" presuppose the widespread ability to resist the dominant mentality linked to the growth model and to start concrete paths of sustainability. The overall meaning of this virtuous path, in fact, is to make clear the link between global priorities and the practical and concrete commitment on the part of each individual in the direction of building an ecologically, humanly and ethically sustainable society. What emerges from this project is, therefore, a utopia in the highest sense of the term, that is to say, a utopia capable of outlining the ideal functioning of society as a whole. A utopia that is also concrete at the same time, as it is rooted in existing realities and tangible actions. Among these various "R", relocation is one of the most strategically relevant as it offers a theoretical-practical heuristic capable of outlining the contours of a fair and participatory political-social system.

The concept of circular economy (CE) has recently gained momentum in the political, scientific, and economic debate, especially in China and Europe. As a result, organizations and scholars have started to establish different sets of principles for its adoption. For this reason, it is important to identify and assess the differences and similarities among existing sets of CE principles, and how organizations and individuals understand and translate them into practice. In this paper, we firstly present a brief review and analysis of the coherence among six existing sets of principles. Our analysis finds that, despite the mixed degree of coherence, all sets describe the necessity to implement CE principles at all levels of a company. We then present the results of an in-depth qualitative survey that investigates how 19 key informants representing small, medium, and multinational companies based in China understand and carry out the CE principles laid out by the BSI standard BS 8001:201...

The construction phase of a building´s life cycle accounts for a significant portion of the environmental impacts caused by the industry, such as contamination, waste, dust emissions and noise. Therefore best practices and technological solutions aimed at rationalising resource use, reducing emissions and increasing the environmental performance and energy efficiency of site equipment and tools, hydraulic and electrical installations, and improving the health, safety and well being of the workers and surrounding community are required. In Brazil, there is a lack of knowledge with regards the primary needs for improving sustainability and working conditions on construction sites. The aim of this work was to identify the priority research areas for improving sustainability and working conditions on construction sites in Brazil. The study consisted of a literature review of the environmental assessment methods to formulate the survey with questions for each possible priority research a...

The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of manufacturing performance on green supply chain management amongst Malaysian companies. A conceptual model is proposed and is subjected to an empirical verification with the use of a survey of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The AMOS structural equation modelling was used to measure the respondents' overall perceptions of the green supply chain management and current manufacturing performance. Results indicate that improving manufacturing performance leads to an integrated green supply chain, which ultimately leads to an enhancement of environmental compliance as well as an optimisation of the operational resources and product recycling activities. However, most practices have a very weak correlation with overall manufacturing system performance. Being the first ever empirical investigation of the link between manufacturing performance and green supply chain management practices amongst organisations in Malaysia, this ...

This article paper has been published through Durreesamin Journal as a series of my Environmental Advocacy & Conservation Personal Journal & Reflections compositions for the subject course at the University of the Philippines. In the past generations and up to the modern world, Construction and Consulting Engineering is the heart of economic development and well being of every state and country where they can provide creative thinking and creation that evolves continuously in meeting the needs of human civilization. However, Engineering Consultancy for Nation Building has come up with the agile engineering software using BIM (Building Information Management) pervades commonly tools in the construction technology to simplify the design and installation within the client timeframe. In the practice of Engineering is permeate in the modern society where enabled every concerned sector from information technology and entertainment to seed and healthcare, which can even notice the application in the construction, manufacturing, and transport.

Quantification of nuclear liability insurance is difficult without arbitrary liability caps; however, post-mortem calculations can be used to calculate insurance costs. This study analyzes the Fukushima (Daiichi) nuclear power plant disaster to quantify the cost per unit electricity ($/kWh) of nuclear energy from the lifetime of the plant after accounting for the true cost of the liability needed to cover the damages from the nuclear disaster determined from news reports. These costs are then compared to the cost of electricity currently paid by Japanese consumers, and then are aggregated to determine the indirect subsidy for nuclear power providers in both Japan and the USA. The results show that the reported costs of the Fukushima nuclear disaster are $20–525 billion, which results in a real insurance cost from the lifetime of electricity produced at the plants between $0.22–5.78/kWh. These values are far higher than the current insurance costs by Japanese law of $0.01/kWh and even the total costs consumers pay for electricity. Although the spread in the input costs is large and the reported metrics are incomplete, the nuclear insurance subsidy is clearly substantial in Japan and in the USA. Ideally, energy sources should be economically sustainable without the need for a government insurance subsidy. For the electricity market to function effectively and efficiently in all other countries using nuclear power, the insurance costs should be reported accurately and included in nuclear electricity costs without arbitrary government liability caps.

The book introduces students to the background and key issues of sustainability and suggests ways in which these concepts can be applied in business practice. Though the book takes a business perspective, it is interdisciplinary in its nature and draws on knowledge from socio-economic, political, and environmental studies, thereby providing a practical understanding of sustainability in the changing paradigm of global business.

For green technology firms, government's shifting preference for sustainable products and services is likely to become an increasingly important market factor. Green technology firms are thus in an excellent position to respond to greater calls for environmentally friendly products and services and derive market advantages from doing so. Moreover, green technology firms possess the knowledge, expertise, and experience that can increase local governments' SPP adoption and implementation success. Drawing from the results of two recent studies, this paper presents five reasons why green technology firms should care about local governments' recent trend toward SPP adoption.

Nigeria faces a number of overarching challenges. Large scale-scale reorganization of its consumption pattern is taking place while relentless depletion of it natural capital is simultaneously underway. Recently, the country rebased its Gross Domestic Product to $522 billion while per capita increased from $1091 in 2009 to $5600 Purchasing Power Parity. With an annual growth rate of 7%, Nigeria is Africa's largest economy. Despite this, serious doubts are raised in this paper as to whether GDP is an objective measure of growth in an economy where over 65% of the population are poor and 31.1% still live below the poverty line. With climate extremes ravaging the poor, further degradations of natural capital is bound to reinforce inequalities. Issues of green growth and green economy as alleviating poverty overlap in that they have environmental imperative favouring depletion. Yet, carbon-based industries account for 43% of GDP which is extensively reliant on crude oil. Hence, gains of GDP growth will be reversed by long-term ecological crises as government policies favour depletion of ecological assets. However, all hope is not totally lost as green economics can also be a window of opportunity for Nigeria. This entails setting new priorities, determining threats, defining challenges fashioning and implementing policies consistent with environmentally sound and efficient management. It will mean placing Africa's cultural, environmental, political, and economic peculiarity at the foreground of any blueprint to post-fossil society.
Keywords: Green economy, Green growth, Ecological sustainability, sustainable development, policy, Externalities, pollution, Nigeria.

For more than forty years—inspired by the pioneering dialogues of the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Zen master Daisetz T. Suzuki—Buddhist and Christian monastics have been engaged in interfaith colloquies about the similarities and differences between these two great spiritual traditions. In 1996 and 2002, practitioners from Catholicism and various Buddhist traditions met at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, the home of Thomas Merton, to discuss spiritual practice and the nature of suffering, respectively.

Green Monasticism is a collection of articles and talks from the third Gethesemani Encounter, which took place in 2008. The theme was the Buddhist and Catholic response to the environmental crisis. In addition to covering a wide range of Catholic thought, the essays come from both the Theravadan and Mahayana traditions and cover both North American and international monastic orders.

In "Saffron & Green in the Clear Forest Pool: The Environmental Practices of American Buddhist Monastic Communities", Ven Tathaloka Bhikkhuni shares what she termed "A Reflection on the Four Noble Truths & Right Effort for Revealing, Clarifying and Righting Bad Practices of the Buddhist Monastic Communities in North America that are Hidden or Justified by Ideology".

Goethe’nin “Yapabileceğiniz ya da düşleyebileceğiniz ne varsa ona başlayın. Cesarette zeka, güç ve sihir vardır. Hemen başlayın.” cümlesini çalışma masasının başucuna asan Liz Walker, ne zaman bir güçlükle karşılaşsa, dönüp bu sözü okuyor ve yeniden motive oluyordu. Ne kafesten çıkıp özgürleşmek, ne de Platon’un mağarasından kaçıp yüzünü güneşe dönmek kolay. ABD’de iki kadın, bir ekoköy kurma düşüyle yola çıktıklarında da önlerine binbir türlü engel çıktı ama Ekoköy İthaca her zorluğu aşarak kuruldu.

Liz Walker ‘yeşil yaşam’ sürdüren birisinin etkisinin dalgalar halinde yayılarak pek çok başka yaşamı etkileyeceğini düşünüyor. Tuttuğu günlükten çıkardığı notlar böylece gezegenin herhangi başka bir yerinde benzer düşleri paylaşanlara umut veriyor. Ekoköy kurmanın tek bir yolu ya da tek bir şekli yok. Zaten böyle bir tektipleşmeye de ihtiyacı yok. Her topluluğun, her kültürün ve farklı coğrafyaların birbirine hiç de benzemeyen yolları, yöntemleri olabilir. İlham almak, dayanışmak ve paylaşmak, işte bunlar bu zenginliği benzersiz kılıyor. Günümüzün rekabetçi ve patent odaklı dünyasının aksine, her öğrendiğini koşulsuz olarak dağıtan, alternatif bir dünya önümüzde aralanıyor.

Yeni İnsan Yayınevi, Ekoköyler: Yeni Rotamız kitabıyla genel anlamda ekoköylerin değerleri neler olabilir tartışmasını başlatmıştı. Şimdi Ekoköy İthaca ile öznel bir deneyimi kitaplaştırdı. Farklı coğrafyalardan farklı deneyimlerle bu yolculuğu sürdürmeye niyetliyiz.

“Başarıya ulaşmış bir ekoköyün kurucularından birisi tarafından kaleme alınmış bu anlamlı ve içten bakış açısı, kendi ekoköyünü ya da topluluğunu kurmayı planlayan herkes tarafından okunmalıdır.” Diana Leafe Christian (Creating a Life Together yazarı)

Service industry is expanding rapidly and known as the profitable and contributors to the highest global Gross Domestic Product. Due to the climate change issue is getting more attention due to its increasingly adverse effects on human and nature. None of the research debate about what is the motivation for the service sectors to switch into green service. Thus, this study investigates the opportunity on pursuing into green service, in particular, high technology service industry which is airline industry. A qualitative case study through a semi-structured interview is conducted with thirty managers and executives from AirAsia and Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad to examine the green service challenges. The results of this study identified five green service challenges that should be acknowledged before proceed into green service management.

In the past couple of decades, manufacturing industry began to accept the necessity of environmental management and started to implement environmental management programs to compete in the global market. Thus, green supply chain management (GSCM) has emerged as an important organizational strategy in modern business environment. In Ethiopia, many manufacturing firms adopt GSCM principles into their systems. Environmental concepts are embraced by many manufacturing industries, specifically in Leather industry, is one sector affected due to its unique features such as a raw materials, process and environmental regulations. The main purpose of this study was to identify barriers to implementation of green supply chain management in Ethiopia leather& leather product industry. Data were gathered trough survey methods. Participants represented top and middle levels mangers in the leather industry in Ethiopia. This study employed descriptive type of research and it employed a survey research strategy to capture the relevant information from the respondent. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (Mean & standard deviation). The finding show that cost of implementation, Lack of customer's awareness towards GSCM & green products, Lack of skilled/quality/ human resource professionals in sustainability , experience training to personals in GSCM were rated as major challenges in implementing green supply chain management

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT This study examines reverse supply chains in the electronics industry. The analysis characterizes the flow of resources among firms in a reverse supply chain in the Norwegian electronics industry. The study subsequently examines influences of governance mechanisms and culture on the social, ecological, and economic performance in the supply chain. ßased on principal-agency theory, the authors implicate collaboration, monitoring, and specific assets as determinants of the interfirm culture operating in the reverse supply chain. The interfirm culture and collaboration serve as antecedents to triple bottom line performance. Data collected with Norwegian electronics collectors indicate that collaboration and interfirm culture influence ecological, economic, and relational components of sustainable performance.

Environmental sustainability has often been claimed as a means to providing a competitive advantage by encouraging efficiencies, attracting customers and obtaining business. This work critically considers this idea in the context of the hotel industry by comparing the strategic intent and implementation of sustainability initiatives in hotels across North America. Environmental sustainability strategies can employ a low cost, a differentiated or a hybrid (a combination of the two) approach to creating a competitive advantage. Controlling for the type and age of hotel we find that the hotels sampled in this study used a combination of all three approaches but tended to rely on their need to create environmental sustainability legitimacy by placing an emphasis on differentiation through environmental sustainability branding. A lack of recognition by management of the contribution to their future economic success that low cost strategies can provide has implications for hotel owners.

When it becomes publicly known that products are associated with suppliers that engage in unsustainable behaviors, consumers protest, as Nestlé, Zara, and Kimberly Clark, among others, have learned. The phenomenon by which consumers hold firms responsible for the unsustainable behavior of their upstream partners suggests the notion of “chain liability.” This study aims to generate insights into the antecedents and consequences of such consumer responsibility attributions. Using data from four vignette-based survey experiments, the authors find that the chain liability effect increases if an environmental degradation incident (1) results from supplier behavior rather than force majeure, (2) results from a company decision rather than the decision of an individual employee, and (3) is more severe. Responsibility attributions do not differ with varying organizational distance from the supplier, firm size, strategic importance of the supplied product, or the existence of environmental management systems. The chain liability effect also creates strong risks for the focal firm; higher responsibility attributions increase consumers’ anger and propensity to boycott. Therefore, firms should work to ensure sustainable behavior throughout the supply chain, to protect them from chain liability.

Weather is arguably the most important factor of thermal comfort, both as an actual and perceived component, from a user's viewpoint. The received energy, real or presumed, by the user is highly decisive in how well an outdoor space is used. The present study illuminates the human perceptual mechanisms involved in an urban open environment and human thermal comfort assessment, with an emphasis on hot climates. The primary objective is to identify underlying conditions influencing people's behavior in and usage of outdoor spaces. An in-depth literature review lucidly demonstrated that a physiological approach alone is inadequate in characterizing human thermal comfort conditions. Therefore, embracing a holistic approach, a novel conceptual model is proposed, tentatively aligning direct and indirect factors of influence. The model is qualitatively focused, and will subsequently be tested by an empirical study, performed in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan. This study will decipher the influences of both weather parameters (e.g., air temperature, wind, and solar radiation) and personal factors (e.g., place perception, emotions, sensations, and behaviors) on participants' emotional estimations of urban open spaces. Age and gender are some of the demographics considered in the analysis. Users of urban open spaces being the fulcrum, the intended human versus machine conceptual framework is a robust side-by-side comparative analysis of the unique domains of science and social science. Fused with the physical design components, the model is distinguished by the simultaneous and equal assessment of the two basic characteristics of empirical measurements and subjective human feelings. The scope of the study is innovative, distinctive, and unprecedented in the context of hot climate cities. Therefore, it presents a significant and contributory step towards a greater understanding of the psychological dimension influencing weather assessment and consequently human behaviour in the urban environment, projecting implications on urban design.

In this report, we present our detailed analysis of the supply chain - a critical part of the value chain in around ten sectors. Our analysis was conducted in partnership with Bureau Veritas Certification. We drew on the field experience built up during social audits, noting some contradictions between increasingly integrated approaches and what was observed at certain production sites.
Based on a sample of over 1,500 social audits carried out in 2013 and 2014 in 9 countries (5 emerging markets and 4 OECD countries), Bureau Veritas’ findings highlight recurring issues of non-compliance, particularly in terms of employee health and safety and shortcomings in the management systems. While the frequency of the incidents is much greater in emerging markets (around three times higher than in OECD countries), the type of incident that tended to be noted in developed countries was more surprising
(working hours and remuneration). Incidents impacting the fundamental principles of human freedom and dignity are, however, marginal, and seem to mainly involve tier-2 and 3 suppliers.
Oddo Securities' analysis model underpinned by 12 criteria
Oddo proposes a structured approach to analysing the supply chain, a key component of the social ecosystem (client capital, brands, suppliers, etc.). Since the question of financial materiality is key to us, our  approach is based on a double filter enabling us to focus on around ten sectors (30% of the market capitalisation of the DJ Stoxx 600) for
which the supply chain is significant and likely to impact the company's shareholder value. We have identified three focuses for our analysis (exposure, commitment and management & results) with the application of 12 criteria.

ER DET blitt slik at man er mer opptatt av korrekte holdninger og symboler for å redde klima og baerekraft enn faktisk å gjøre noe med det? Mange er kanskje lei av å lytte til at klima er mer et spørsmål om moral og symboler enn en aktiv handling? I en forskningsar-tikkel fant vi nemlig at den symbolske og nedlatende pekefingermoralismen kan få motsatte effekter enn det vi faktisk ønsker å oppnå (Biong mfl., 2010). Vi ser også at mange sprer dystopier som skaper frykt og frustra-sjon rundt kommende klimaendringer. Dette fører til apati-det motsatte av det entreprenørskapet vi nå trenger for å fikse klimaforandringene. Noen hevder at baerekraft bare er en form for oppor-tunisme for å tilegne seg makt og ressurser. Vi ser stadig at det beste presenteres som det godes verste fiende. Det er en lang prosess å få til et baerekraftig samfunn. Men akkurat som Roma ikke ble bygget på én dag, vil det å skape baerekraftig endring vaere en dynamisk prosess der både teknologisk innovasjon og entreprenørskap kan skape positive endringer som kommer alle for-brukere til gode. Vi ønsker bedre produkter og bedre løsninger. Baerekraft er et Kinder-egg som gir oss dette. I den nye boken Grønn markedsføringsledelse-om baerekraftig entreprenørskap, strategi og markedsføring er mitt mål å gi redskaper til de virkelige aktivistene som har kapasitet og kunnskap til å gjennomføre det grønne skiftet-nemlig ledere i naeringslivet, organisasjoner og forvaltning. Naeringslivets oppgave blir da å skape bedre produkter som forbrukerne vil ha. Grunnen til at Tesla har de mest lojale kundene, er jo nettopp at Tesla-kundene er mer tilfredse enn andre bilkjøpere. Dette er de fordi bilen har en raskere akselerasjon, bedre trygg-het, flottere design, lavere støynivå, mindre utslipp og bedre kjøreegenskaper enn andre biler i samme klasse. Både akselerasjon og forbruk er direkte konsekvenser av en baerekraftig teknologi. Tesla-gründer Elon Musk sier at elektriske biler må se spennende ut, slik at kun-dene virkelig ønsker dem, og ikke bare kjøper dem fordi de må eller bør. For at naeringslivet skal lyktes med det grønne skiftet, trenger moderne ledere å knekke Musks Kinder-egg ved bruk av verktøy som blant annet: • grønne delingsøkonomi-modeller for økt baerekraft • nudging (grønn dulting) for å endre automatisk adferd i retning av baerekraft • blockchain-teknologi for å utkonkurrere ikke-baere-kraftige produkter (såkalte lemons) • grønn SWOT-analyse for strategisk endring i retning av baerekraft • grønn BCG-analyse for å strukturrasjonalisere egen produktportefølje i retning av baerekraft • sirkulaere økonomimodeller for å snu avfallspyra-miden • grønn prisstrategi (insentivsystemer) • grønn produktstrategi (innovasjonsbasert grønt entreprenørskap) • grønn distribusjonsstrategi • grønn kommunikasjonsstrategi (unngå grønnvas-king og treffe LOHAS, grønne segmenter i markeder) • kontroll av økoopportunisme • interessentanalyser og strategier Utfordringene er å snu koplingen mellom økonomisk vekst og økende miljøproblemer (figur 1). Dette er en utvikling som krever kunnskap der en må implementere sirkulaere forretningsmodeller i retning av baerekraftig, økonomisk vekst. Det grønne skiftet er en grunnleg-gende og gjennomgripende (disruptiv) endring som drives frem gjennom både teknologiske og markeds-messige drivkrefter (figur 2) (Christensen & Overdorf, 2000). Bedriftsøkonomisk innsikt i hvordan ledelsen kan møte denne utviklingen, er derfor kritisk viktig ARNE NYGAARD er professor ved Institutt for markedsføring, økonomi og innovasjon ved Høyskolen Kristiania.

The link between green supply chain
practices (GSCPs) and competitive advantages (CAs)
is a subject of growing interest amongst academics
and practitioners. Despite the theoretical arguments
that environmentally conscious practices would give
competitive advantages for companies, there is no
consensus in empirical research concerning the
positive impact of GSCPs on CAs. Due to this lack of
clarity in the literature, this study undertakes a
comprehensive review to evaluate the circumstances
necessary for GSCPs to achieve sustainable CAs.
Subsequently, a conceptual model is proposed to
elaborate on the causal relationship between GSCPs
and CAs. This conceptual model proposes the
strategic capability as a mediator factor, mediating
the linkage between GSCPs and CAs. It also
introduces four moderating factors which positively
influence the relationship between GSCPs and CAs,
namely, internal environmental management,
environmental proactivity, strategic alignment, and
capability-based management. Future research
opportunities are recommended to expand on the
proposed conceptual model and to address the
shortcomings of the existing literature.

This paper explores green and sustainability protocol in order to advance halal food standard in Malaysia.
Towards to be concern on climate change, population expected increase 3 billion in the next 40 years, rapidly developing nations and resource depletion, environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, green food has been debuted internationally as a survival platform. Innovation of the significant green food production will need to be undertaken. This paper will discuss the implementation of green and sustainable practices in food stock management and food production in order to apply in halal standard.

Offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability governance, covering the recent insights into sustainability governance This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique integrative approach, it examines the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What are the crucial elements and the organizing logic of an integrative framework that is suitable for analysing governance for the SDGs and for implementing the transitions that we need towards a more sustainable world? This transdisciplinary book first proposes a combination of innovative governance theories that can improve the analysis and practice of sustainability governance. Secondly, it explores the interests of core actors in a number of case examples. And thirdly, it offers recommendations for improving the study and practice of sustainability governance. The findings presented form the basis for a new approach to governance towards objectives such as the SDGs: Integrative Sustainability Governance (ISG). The ensuing ISG framework includes indicator frames within the pillars of power, knowledge and norms. The book concludes that the transformation of crisis into sustainability transitions requires a deeper consideration of risk management that strengthens resilience; systems deliberation that complements democracy; and behavioral insights that elevate human awareness and collaboration. This handbook is a comprehensive and valuable companion for students, experts and practitioners with an interest in the SDGs. Lifelong 40% discount for authors The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with [1] include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with [2] include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. [3] No discount for MyCopy.

A research essay on circular economy and how to 'close the loop' and actively engage in the circular economy and rethinking our traditional ways of creating and relating to waste. The need for change is now, as any alternatives may lead to devastating consequences.

There is a perception that increased forest cover and density in urban contexts is associated with increased criminality. But, this complex relationship between urban vegetation, crime, ecosystem services (ES) and dis-services (ED), has been little studied in low and middle income countries. This study's aim was to statistically determine if specific structural and socioeconomic characteristics of urban treescapes were related to crime occurrence, considered an ED, in a major Latin American city. We used spatial and statistical analyses of a public tree inventory, homicide occurrence, and available geospatial data to analyze if urban treescape, demographic, and socioeconomic variables were related to the incidence of homicides in Neotropical Bogota, Colombia. First, a generalized linear model indicated that fewer homicides occurred in public treescapes with taller trees and higher tree density. In contrast, the amount of overall green space and average tree basal area were not significant predictors of homicide occurrence. Second, a geographically weighted regression model indicated that the inclusion of tree basal area rendered tree height insignificant, and that higher basal areas were associated with fewer homicides. Thus, both models indicated that increased tree density and size were actually associated with lower homicide occurrences. The amount of public green areas was however, not significantly related to homicide occurrence. Results indicate that in general, Bogota´s treescapes provided overall net ES as opposed to ED in terms of crime. Findings could be used to develop land use policies and management practices that increase the overall provision and demand for ES from urban forests.

This scientific research entitled “Analyzing Prime Conditions of Green Roofs in Jakarta” is aimed to help the world in innovating a solution for ultimate sustainable land utilization. This scientific research is written in correlation with Sustainable Development Goal 11 entitled “Sustainable Cities and Communities” with the goal of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, specifically in Jakarta, as a tropic city in Indonesia.

Our methodology is centered on how different soils, plant types, irrigations will affect the growth of these plants, as drought is among the top concerns in tropical cities with full sunlight like Jakarta.

In this study, with using the method of solar envelope, general layout plans, building forms and building density values were obtained to ensure optimal utilization of the sun in mass housing area. Toki housing in İnonu Quarter of Bingöl city who faced constantly with the fact earthquakes and natural disasters throughout the history was selected as study area. In conclusion; assessments were carried out about current buildings situation and recommended building forms.

This is the Draft Table of Contents for my forthcoming book (Lexington--hopefully December 2016): Eco-Nihilism: The Philosophical Geopolitics of the Climate Change Apocalypse.

I post it here to give my readers--for whom I'm tremendously grateful--a preview of the book's themes and argument.

This research examines the emerging role of sustainable graphic designer. A current gap exists between a small group of highly-motivated sustainable graphic designers and the rest of the industry. The purpose of this study is to identify demand for sustainable graphic design and to understand how prepared graphic designers are to meet this demand. A variety of research methods are used, including job searches, surveys, and interviews. General survey results show a reported increase in the practice of sustainable graphic design, yet few of these designers understand how to practice it. Interviews find that leading sustainable design practitioners are establishing best practices and defining their own roles while they wait for the rest of the industry to catch up. This foundational research suggests that sustainable graphic design is still in the early adoption phase and makes recommendations on next steps to define and build consensus around the practice of sustainable graphic design.

-Discusses the influence of Slow philosophy, Slow Food movements, and social and environmental policy on principles and practices as they relate to media
- Offers a new ethical framework, rooted in sustainability, for the production and consumption of news media and digital devices
- Provides insight on media non-use and renegotiating media habits through mindfulness
- Introduces emerging vocabulary such as Slow Media, Mindful Media, and Green Media

The implementation of smart inventory management system is one of the criteria that have to be emphasized by the industry and private sector particularly a developing country such as Malaysia.  According to Heizer and Render (2011), inventory is one of the most expensive assets of many companies, representing as much as 50% of total invested capital. Without a good inventory management, a low cost of inventory cannot be achieved due to the lack of strategy by a company. Other than that, the issues of increasing the waste from the industry make one of the company names Bossard Group came up with the idea of SmartBin. The Bossard SmartBin is the automatic logistic system for components and was first introduced in 1998. In Malaysia, one of the companies that had implemented SmartBin is Cohu, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment Group. In this case study, Cohu, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment Group (SEG) was selected to identify the factors which encourages the use of SmartBin, to  investigate how this company strategize the SmartBin usage in order for efficiency enhancement in inventory management and to suggest the innovative solutions in order to enhance the efficiency of inventory management. The research is focus on the smart inventory management using the SmartBin at Cohu, Inc SEG. An interview was conducted by the researcher to collect respondent’s answers, and the data collected was analyzed by using mixed method. As a conclusion, Cohu, Inc SEG has already performed the usage of SmartBin in their companies, and it gives a good impact for their inventory management in order to reduce the wastes.