Sustainability at Unilever: An interview with Lesley Thorne, Global Sustainability Manager

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Mizera
Keyword(s):  
Global Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Manager

Our Future in the Anthropocene Biosphere: Global sustainability and resilient societies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Folke ◽  
Stephen R. Carpenter ◽  
Francis Chapin ◽  
Owen Gaffney ◽  
Victor Galaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Sustainability

NORMAS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS PRIVADAS: INSTRUMENTOS PARA A GOVERNANÇA GLOBAL DA SUSTENTABILIDADEPRIVATE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL RULES: INSTRUMENTS FOR THE GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Lima (Universidade Católica de Santos/SP) ◽  
Alcindo Gonçalves (Universidade Católica de Santos/SP)
Keyword(s):  
Soft Law ◽  
Global Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Governance

As normas socioambientais privadas são construídas através de princípios balizadores do Direito Ambiental Internacional e se estabelecem na perspectiva do desenvolvimento sustentável, buscando contribuir para o enfrentamento de questões globais, através de um processo normativo mais dinâmico e flexível para suprir lacunas da governança tradicional. Este artigo analisa o papel das normas privadas no contexto da Governança Ambiental Global, considerando-as como instrumentos capazes de contribuir para a solução de problemas comuns. A proposta é identificar como esses instrumentos, mesmo não vinculantes, podem possibilitar a construção e implementação de um processo de governança global na persecução dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável. O presente estudo foi realizado através de pesquisa bibliográfica fundamentada em trabalhos científicos e doutrina, relacionando os elementos estruturantes da governança global com os constitutivos das iniciativas normativas socioambientais. A delimitação deste estudo se deu pela análise de normas socioambientais ISO, consideradas como instrumentos soft law pelo seu caráter voluntário. Conclui-se que as normas socioambientais privadas são capazes de influenciar e direcionar ações organizacionais, de maneira a fornecer efetividade ao processo de governança global estabelecido no seu processo de construção.

scholarly journals Global Sustainability Crossroads: A Participatory Simulation Game to Educate in the Energy and Sustainability Challenges of the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñigo Capellán-Pérez ◽  
David Álvarez-Antelo ◽  
Luis J. Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Global Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Environment Model ◽  
Participatory Simulation ◽  
Simulation Group ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

There is a general need to facilitate citizens’ understanding of the global sustainability problem with the dual purpose of raising their awareness of the seriousness of the problem and helping them get closer to understanding the complexity of the solutions. Here, the design and application of the participatory simulation game Global Sustainability Crossroads is described, based on a global state-of-the-art energy–economy–environment model, which creates a virtual scenario where the participants are confronted with the design of climate mitigation strategies as well as the social, economic, and environmental consequences of decisions. The novelty of the game rests on the global scope and the representation of the drivers of anthropogenic emissions within the MEDEAS-World model, combined with a participatory simulation group dynamic flexible enough to be adapted to a diversity of contexts and participants. The performance of 13 game workshops with ~420 players has shown it has a significant pedagogical potential: the game is able to generate discussions on crucial topics which are usually outside the public realm such as the relationship between economic growth and sustainability, the role of technology, how human desires are limited by biophysical constraints or the possibility of climate tipping points.

scholarly journals Global sustainability, innovation and governance dynamics of national smart electricity meter transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 102272
Author(s):  
Benjamin K. Sovacool ◽  
Andrew Hook ◽  
Siddharth Sareen ◽  
Frank W. Geels
Keyword(s):  
Global Sustainability

scholarly journals Urban agriculture — A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability?

2021 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 104055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Langemeyer ◽  
Cristina Madrid-Lopez ◽  
Angelica Mendoza Beltran ◽  
Gara Villalba Mendez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Global Sustainability

scholarly journals The Global Sustainability Index: An Instrument For Assessing The Progress Towards The Sustainable Organization

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Grecu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Global Sustainability ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Mathematical Algorithms ◽  
General Indicator

Abstract There is rarely an optimal solution in sustainable development but most frequently a need to build compromises between conflicting aspects such as economic, social and environmental ones and different expectations of stakeholders. Moreover, information is rarely available and precise. This paper will focus on how to use indicators to monitor sustainable development, integrating the information provided by many of them into a complex general sustainability index. Having this general indicator is essential for decision makers as it is very complicated to evaluate the performance of the organization based on multiple indicators. The objective of this paper is to find mathematical algorithms for simplifying the decision-making process by offering an instrument for the evaluation of the sustainability progress.

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