Discourses and Educational Initiatives for Developing Sustainability Competences of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The adoption of the logic of developing sustainable development (SD) competences in the business environment has grown both in the literature in the area and in business initiative programs. One player that emerges with the aim of assuming leadership in this process is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). This article aims to answer the following research question: Are the WBCSD’s discourses and initiatives for developing sustainability competences spaces of various translations of corporate sustainability or a place for reaffirming logocentric and definitive discourses on the theme? For this, we analyzed the institutional documents (Vision 2050 and Action 2020) and carried out a series of on-site visits at the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs. In addition, we conducted a set of in-depth interviews with the managers and participants in the initiatives for developing sustainability competences (DSC). The data were analyzed according to the categories of Derrida’s deconstruction process. The analysis of the educational initiatives of the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs showed that they include the various discourses on corporate sustainability in their formative approach; however, logocentric and definitive thinking about the theme is reaffirmed in that the way the Vision 2050 guidelines are carried out is limited to the application of management tools.

Discursos e Iniciativas Educacionais de Desenvolvimento de Competências para a Sustentabilidade do World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The adoption of the logic of developing sustainable development (SD) competences in the business environment has grown both in the literature in the area and in business initiative programs. One player that emerges with the aim of assuming leadership in this process is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). This article aims to answer the following research question: Are the WBCSD’s discourses and initiatives for developing sustainability competences spaces of various translations of corporate sustainability or a place for reaffirming logocentric and definitive discourses on the theme? For this, we analyzed the institutional documents (Vision 2050 and Action 2020) and carried out a series of on-site visits at the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs. In addition, we conducted a set of in-depth interviews with the managers and participants in the initiatives for developing sustainability competences (DSC). The data were analyzed according to the categories of Derrida’s deconstruction process. The analysis of the educational initiatives of the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs showed that they include the various discourses on corporate sustainability in their formative approach; however, logocentric and definitive thinking about the theme is reaffirmed in that the way the Vision 2050 guidelines are carried out is limited to the application of management tools.

Anticipatory Non-Green-Phenomena Determination for Designing Eco-Design Products

The number of consumers with green awareness have grown these days and as a result they have turned to purchase eco-friendly products. For this reason, this study aims to propose a method for eco-design based on the anticipatory failure determination method to develop eco-design products. By using eco-design concepts adopted from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the process will limit the failures and issues related to environmental impact in product design. The proposed method for eco-design product in this study follows the following procedure. First, we analyze product failure. Second, we propose the determination of the non-green phenomenon of the failure. Thirdly, we integrate the intensified non-green phenomenon to generate non-green hypotheses and fourthly, we eliminate each non-green phenomenon hypothesis by introducing the contradiction matrix of TRIZ for obtaining solutions. Finally, we assess alternative eco-design solutions by evaluation. To verify the practicality of the new procedure, a washing machine is used as an example for illustration.

PEKERJA SOSIAL INDUSTRI DALAM MENANGANI PERMASALAHAN PHK DI DUNIA INDUSTRI INDONESIA

ABSTRAK World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) membatasi Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) adalah suatu komitmen berkelanjutan dari dunia perusahaan untuk bertindak etis dan memberikan kontribusi kepada pengembangan ekonomi pada komunitas setempat ataupun masyarakat luas, bersamaan dengan peningkatan taraf hidup karyawan beserta seluruh keluarganya. Sementara itu sasaran, bidang praktik, dan intervensi pekerjaan sosial semakin luas seiring berkembangnya masyarakat secara kompleks. Globalisasi dan industrialisasi telah membuka kesempatan bagi pekerja sosial untuk terlibat dalam dunia industri. Dalam praktiknya, dengan pendekatan sosialnya, pekerja sosial industri juga dapat berperan sebagai pihak yang dapat membantu memperbaiki kesehatan fisik maupun mental karyawan, termasuk ketika terjadi PHK (Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja), pekerja sosial juga dapat mengantisipasi maupun mengatasi ketika terjadinya masalah yang terjadi pada diri klien dan juga keluarganya. Tulisan berusaha menggali dan memaparkan secara singkat mengenai ketenagakerjaan di Indonesia, serta peran dan keberadaan pekerja sosial industri. Pelayanan-pelayanan dalam menangani hal yang berkaitan dengan kesejahteraan, kesehatan dan keselamatan kerja, serta tindakan preventif dalam penanganan masalah PHK baik bagi pekerjanya maupun dampaknya terhadap keluarga pekerja. Kurangnya pemahaman dan kesadaran dari perusahaan dan stakeholder terkait dengan keberadaan dan kebutuhan pekerja sosial di dunia industri sehingga tidak banyak pekerja sosial industri di Indonesia. Sosialisasi pekerja sosial di dunia industri perlu terus diupayakan. Undang-Undang no 14 /2019 tentang Pekerja Sosial menegaskan secara legal yang harus diikuti dengan bukti nyata praktik profesi ini di berbagai ranah praktik di Indonesia. Abstract The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a continuing commitment from the corporate world to act ethically and contribute to economic development in the local community or the wider community, together with improving the lives of employees and their entire families. Meanwhile targets, areas of practice, and social work interventions are expanding as society develops in a complex way. Globalization and industrial ization have opened opportunities for social workers to get involved in the industrial world. In practice, with its social approach, industrial social workers can also play a role as a party that can help improve the physical and mental health of employees , including when layoffs (Termination of Employment), social workers can also anticipate or overcome when problems occur to clients. and also his family. The article seeks to explore and briefly describe employment in Indonesia, as well as the role and pre sence of industrial social workers. Services in handling matters relating to welfare, health and safety at work, as well as preventive measures in dealing with layoff problems both for workers and their impact on the worker's family. Lack of understanding and awareness of companies and stakeholders related to the existence and needs of social workers in the industrial world so that not many industrial social workers in Indonesia. The socialization of social workers in the industrial world needs to be contin ued. Law no 14/2019 on Social Workers legally affirms that must be followed by concrete evidence of this professional practice in various realms of practice in Indonesia.

Environmental Efficiency and Technological Readiness. an Evidence from EU-28.

En la actualidad, el concepto de desarrollo sostenible es un pilar fundamental y un importante reto para el crecimiento y el progreso en los países desarrollados. Este concepto puede definirse como el tipo de desarrollo que cubre las necesidades del presente sin comprometer las necesidades de las generaciones futuras. Por otra parte, para el World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), la eficiencia medioambiental vendría determinada por un conjunto de actividades que satisfacen las necesidades humanas y que otorgan calidad de vida al mismo tiempo que consiguen minimizar el impacto medioambiental progresivamente. Por tanto, con estas dos definiciones, está claro que la eficiencia medioambiental es una variable clave para el desarrollo sostenible, pero ¿hay alguna variable que esté influyendo directamente en este tipo de eficiencia? Con este trabajo se ha descubierto que la disponibilidad o disposición tecnológica se trata de un factor influyente en la eficiencia medioambiental. Para la UE, la eficiencia medioambiental está relacionada con la disposición tecnológica de manera que la disponibilidad tecnológica explica parte de la eficiencia medioambiental pero no se trata de un factor determinante. En otras palabras, un alto índice de disposición tecnológica implica un score de eficiencia alto, pero no viceversa. Se usará la metodología Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) para obtener los scores de eficiencia, y para el índice de disponibilidad tecnológica se usará el desarrollado por The World Economic Forum. Una vez los datos sobre eficiencia medioambiental hayan sido obtenidos, se aplica un modelo de regresión para profundizar en el estudio esta relación, eficiencia medioambiental y disponibilidad o disposición tecnológica.

De polder en de toekomst van mens, milieu en techniek

Het (inmiddels ingetrokken) bod van Kraft Heinz om Unilever te kopen heeft nog eens duidelijk gemaakt hoe de topman van Unilever en onder andere voorzitter van de World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Paul Polman, moet balanceren tussen korte – aandeelhouderswaarde – en lange termijn – duurzaam – beleid (de Volkskrant, 4 maart 2017). Iets dergelijks ondervond AkzoNobel's toenmalige topman Ton Büchner toen hij het overnamebod van zijn Amerikaanse concurrent PPG afwees vanuit een 'multistakeholder'-benadering vanwege financiële risico's en 'het nadeel (…) voor de bijdrage van AkzoNobel aan het thema duurzaamheid' (Het Financieele Dagblad, 10 maart 2017). In dezelfde periode, zeker niet toevallig in verkiezingstijd, deden Philips, Ahold, Shell en Friesland Campina op initiatief van Unilever al een oproep aan het bedrijfsleven voor een modernisering van de economie door een 'positieve, alternatieve visie op lange termijn inzake voeding, water, vergrijzing, urbanisatie en duurzame energie' (de Volkskrant, 13 februari 2017). Dit onder het motto 'Global Problems. Dutch Solutions'. Zie ook in dit verband het SER-convenant Internationaal Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (IMVO), gericht op arbeids- en mensenrechten, en het delen van kennis en ervaring daarover. Dat werd oktober 2016 gesloten door dertien banken, Buitenlandse Zaken, Financiën, werkgevers, werknemers en ngo's, met banken als 'corporate citizen' met 'hun maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid', aldus medeondertekenaar minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem (SER Magazine, november 2016). Overigens werd in juli 2016 ook een dergelijk convenant getekend voor de textiel- en kledingsector.