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The price is wrong : why capitalism won't save the planet
\"What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Model for Managing Economic Sustainability in Small-Scale Cacao Producers
In Huila, Colombia, small cacao producers (Theobroma cacao L) carry out their productive activities using traditional agroforestry practices, within an economic environment of globalization and free market. However, despite having a centuries-old cacao culture, cacao production systems show evidence of not being economically sustainable and may lose their function in the long term. The purpose of this article is to present the research findings to formulate a methodological model that ensures economic sustainability for cacao production systems, conducted at the Universidad Surcolombiana. The proposed new methodological model is based on calculating eleven indicators of financial sustainability for the cacao system, covering production, management, and marketing approaches and their subsequent synthesis into five indices, using techniques for standardization, weighting, and aggregation of indicators. The empirical results obtained through surveys of 228 cacao producers and 13 experts served as the basis for deriving economic sustainability indices, which reveal the heterogeneity in the management of cacao production systems and classify them into five groups. It is concluded that 6.58% of the plantations have very low sustainability, 22.81% have low sustainability, 47.37% are moderately sustainable, 21.93% have high sustainability, and 1.32% have very high sustainability. It also identifies an opportunity to increase the productivity of the cacao system in Huila by 60%.
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Sustainability : business and investment implications
\"This book provides an overview of the business and investment implications of sustainability. Over the past few decades, the world has witnessed significant improvements in economic development that meet a wide range of human needs. Ensuring that such development takes place in a \"sustainable\" way is the central focus of many recent social movements and industrial policies. These trends have created a business environment and investment climate in which there is strong consumer demand for sustainable solutions. And they have led to trillions of dollars in both private investments and public subsidies to suppliers of solutions that address some of the most pressing negative consequences of unbridled economic development: climate change caused by fossil fuel consumption, loss of access to water, uncontrolled population growth, depletion of both non-renewable resources and renewable resources, pollution, loss of biodiversity, etc. Not surprisingly, many private businesses and investors are attracted to what they perceive as a potentially lucrative and high-impact area of the economy, while others see their contributions to sustainability as a social and corporate responsibility. Economic development with sustainable solutions is, however, a complex field. Both businesses and investors that venture into this area will immediately face a myriad of challenges, ranging from dealing with the pressure of conflicting ideologies, activists, social networks, powerful industry lobbies on both sides of the ideological divide, and market distortions from ever-increasing government industrial policies, regulations, and subsidies. This book provides insights for businesses and investors on how to navigate this complex landscape. It describes both opportunities and risks of engagement in the field of sustainability. It is intended, as a primer for university business schools and schools of public policy and administration where there has been recent increased interest in the topic but a dearth of comprehensive synthesis. The book is also intended for a broader readership, including thought leaders, policymakers, regulators, technical specialists, the press, social media, and the public at large\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A study on the social and economic sustainability of rewards-based crowdfunding in Africa
Crowdfunding in Africa is unique due to the unstable but budding macro-environment that enables offline backer contribution that fosters project success. This paper explores the reward-based crowdfunding macro-environment factors that motivate and demotivate backer contribution towards crowdfunding with a focus on Information Communication Technology Infrastructure, Social Capital, and Backer Identity fostered by the Geographical Location. We also offer solutions for improving rewards-based crowdfunding in Africa to ensure social and economic sustainability. The results of our predictive analysis reflect that creativity-oriented projects are the project categories with the highest success rate in Africa. The findings of this paper also shed light on the fact that the success of crowdfunding projects in Sub-Saharan Africa hinges on a type of hybrid model involving the \"offline\" community of backers.
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Educational needs and perceptions of the sustainability of precision agriculture: survey evidence from Greece
Precision agriculture (PA) constitutes a dynamic production method which is gaining attention in several parts of the world. Its environmental and economic sustainability has been examined in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects of agrochemical use—by regulating their application to the levels needed at the land parcel level—and of its contribution to higher incomes and profitability. At the social level, PA has been linked to collective action although little insight is available regarding the role of various actors and education. This study tackles PA through an assessment of the attitudes of farmers towards the elements of its sustainability and of their educational needs. The analysis of survey data of a sample of young farmers in Greece showed that the majority of respondents were not familiar with PA. Significant differences were found between the attitudes of knowledgeable and non-knowledgeable farmers, the former demonstrating better acknowledgement of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of PA. Important educational needs were also detected, with group and individual methods being the most preferred ones for education and information campaigns. The results of the analysis could be of use for the design of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar II measures for the promotion of PA targeting to specific audiences and actors.
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The global supply chain : how technology and circular thinking transform our future
\"This book provides readers an in-depth understanding of the inner mechanisms and principles of the global supply chain. Authored by the Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, it draws on a wealth of operational and managerial expertise in the global supply chain industry that drive the world's economies. The book analyzes the importance and impact of globally networked sourcing, production and distribution, and presents detailed information on the opportunities, limitations and challenges of linear value and supply chain systems. Building on a series of recent industry cases and with a focus on the latest developments in actual business processes and models, it reveals how the transformation toward circular supply chains and regenerative resource management forms the basis for success and sustainability in business.\"--Publisher's website.
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Designing a comprehensive gamification model and pertinence in organisational context to achieve sustainability
The present study outlines the power of gamification to help reduce the attitudinal and engagement-related threats in a given non-game environment. Through this research paper, we proposed an extensive model of gamification, proposed on a series of theoretical models (ELM Model, Fogg Behaviour Model, ABC Model of Attitude, Octalysis Framework and MDE Framework) to be implied in organisations. Enabling participants to eliminate disengagement. Secondly, we have explored the \"Intent\", \"Mechanism\", and \"Outcome\" of organizations that have extensively applied gamification for restructuring various functional activities. Further, through this scholarly work, we have brought forward a novel concept of how gamification may help organisations achieve different dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental).
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Global sustainability
A compendium of opinion on genetically modified food, water scarcity, social equity, and economic growth, all within the issue of global sustainability.
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Sustainable economy: strategies and indicators of post-global transition
The paper contains the author’s definition of a sustainable economy as a concept of post-globalism; models of countries’ transition to sustainable economic, taking into account the required institutional and infrastructural transformations of the state regulation of the economy; methodology for assessing the economic stability of states in the dynamics of world economic relations. Paper defines the concept of modernizing the principles of state economic regulation; proves statistically that the geographical factor is a main determinant of the traditional and environmental predictors of capital sustainability; based on the results of comparative analysis of the dynamics of macroeconomic indicators of the world during the pandemic, the adequacy of the authors’ assessment of the economic stability of states is substantiates.
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