Bridging the unsustainability gap: a framework for sustainable development

Boron, Stefan; Murray, K. R.

doi:10.1002/sd.231

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“…Second, it influenced the emerging sustainable-development movement by laying out the case for the legitimacy of ongoing economic growth to meet present and future needs. This view of sustainable development as a system for needs satisfaction that can persist forever [4] produced support for the idea of 'sustainable economic growth' within the Brundtland Report. This paper presents reasoning used in the Report to support the idea of 'sustainable economic growth' and then argues that support for this idea has come to represent the norm within the sustainabledevelopment movement.…”

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Confronting the ‘sustainable-growth’ fallacy impeding the realization of sustainable development and sustainable cities

Zovanyi

2008

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The Brundtland Commission Report of 1987 laid out the case for ongoing economic growth as an essential prerequisite for sustainable development. This paper identifies reasoning utilized in that Report to support the idea of 'sustainable economic growth'. The paper then argues that this economic progrowth bias has continued to represent the dominant, mainstream viewpoint within the sustainable-development movement. In a similar vein, the paper suggests widespread support for the idea of 'smart growth' as a form of 'sustainable urban growth' capable of advancing the end of sustainable cities. The purpose of the paper is to make the case for the intrinsically unsustainable nature of economic and urban growth. Included among the results of the paper are references to publications from the 1990s and the current decade revealing mounting evidence of existent ecological limits to growth. As its central conclusion the paper argues that continued allegiance to the idea of 'sustainable growth' constitutes a major impediment to realizing the ends of sustainable development and sustainable cities.

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Confronting the ‘sustainable-growth’ fallacy impeding the realization of sustainable development and sustainable cities

Zovanyi

2008

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…The explanation above provides a theoretical link between vulnerability, entrepreneurial competencies or activities, and performance of women's informal micro-enterprises. Borron and Murray (2004) believe that addressing the conditions of female informal workers would contribute to poverty reduction and improve the lives of at least half of the working population in many countries. When living and working conditions of female informal workers improve, so does their productivity, which leads to increased income, contributes to overall economic growth, effectiveness, and reduces poverty in the long term.…”

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Examining the effectiveness of micro-enterprise development programs in Malaysia

Zainol

Mamun

Hassan

et al. 2017

Journal of International Studies

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Abstract. Previous studies on socioeconomic development have examined the effect of development initiatives (i.e., access to finance and training) on several socioeconomic indicators (i.e., income, empowerment, asset, quality of life, employment). These studies have focused mostly on the outcomes of specific types of programs offered by specific development organizations. This study however focuses on informal women micro-entrepreneurs' participation in various development programs available to them and their influence on entrepreneurial competencies, human capital development, competitive advantages, economic vulnerability, supportive environment, and performance of micro-enterprises. This cross-sectional study adopted the purposive random sampling method and collected data from 384 informal women entrepreneurs from the local markets in different districts of Kelantan, Malaysia. The findings show that the development program participants have relatively higher levels of entrepreneurial competencies, human capital development, and higher levels of enterprise performance compared to non-participants. It is also noted that the level of economic vulnerability is relatively low among participants compared to non-participants. However, these findings contradict most of the earlier studies 293that show a significant positive impact of micro-credit on socio-economic wellbeing, as the difference in entrepreneurial competencies, human capital development, economic vulnerability, and performance of micro-enterprises among participants and non-participants in this study is not statistically significant. However, findings reported significantly higher levels of competitive advantages, and better supportive environment among the participants compared to the non-participants. Development organizations should therefore focus on expanding their outreach to spread the positive effects of their development programs towards uplifting the economic condition of low and middle-income households in Malaysia.

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“…A reconfiguração econômica, que envolve a incorporação de obrigações ambientais e sociais no mecanismo econômico, está ocorrendo vagarosamente, mas efetivamente. Na essência, essa reconfiguração está ocorrendo por omissão de outras decisões, ao invés de serem planejadas e ainda gratificando processos e procedimentos que são fundamentalmente insustentáveis, entretanto o sistema econômico pode fornecer parte da solução (Boron & Murray, 2004).…”

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“…Com a sustentabilidade sendo fortemente demandada no mercado, a necessidade para uma metodologia prática que permita a implementação do desenvolvimento sustentável nos negócios e na indústria torna-se urgente (Boron & Murray, 2004).…”

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“…Para se alcançar a sustentabilidade nos negócios é indispensável a implementação de uma estratégia, com base no gerenciamento pró-ativo, que defina um curso definitivo para os objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável (Boron & Murray, 2004). Essa iniciativa será o principal direcionador da eliminação de muitas formas de impactos ambientais e sociais que surgem das atividades dos negócios.…”

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Proposição E Aplicação Prática De Um Framework De Análise Da Sustentabilidade

Dias

Pedrozo

Silva

2011

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RESUMOO aumento das pressões ambientais e sociais nos negócios tem exigido que as empresas considerem essas dimensões nas suas atividades. Com isso, surge a necessidade de uma metodologia que permita a implementação do desenvolvimento sustentável nas empresas. Constata-se na literatura que há um esforço para desenvolver um modelo de gestão estratégica da sustentabilidade. Esse artigo tem como objetivo contribuir para esse esforço, por meio da identificação de complementaridades em outros modelos ainda não contemplados e, a partir daí, propor um novo framework para então fazer uma aplicação prática em duas empresas brasileiras com ações reconhecidas de sustentabilidade. O método utilizado foi um estudo qualitativo, por meio de entrevistas e pesquisa documental. Os resultados indicaram a possibilidade de complementar o modelo que já vinha sendo construído com novas contribuições e ter uma proposta mais ampliada e prática. A pesquisa nas duas empresas indicou que desenvolvem parcialmente algumas etapas do novo framework e que há necessidade de mais esforços e mais consistência no planejamento das ações de sustentabilidade dessas empresas. Palavras-chave:Sustentabilidade; Estratégia; Agronegócios. ABSTRACTThe rise of environmental and social businesses has required companies to consider these dimensions in their activities. With that comes the need for a methodology that allows the implementation of sustainable development in companies. There is literature in the effort to develop a strategic management model of sustainability. This article aims to contribute to this effort by identifying complementarities in other models not yet covered, and from there to propose a new framework and then make a practical application in two Brazilian companies with stocks recognized for sustainability. The method used was a qualitative study based on interviews and documents. The results indicated the possibility of complementing the template that was already being built with new contributions and has proposed a broader practice. Research into the two companies stated that they developed partially from stages of the new framework and that there is a need for more effort and more consistency in the planning of sustainability of these enterprises.

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Bridging the unsustainability gap: a framework for sustainable development

Cited by 27 publications

References 4 publications

Confronting the ‘sustainable-growth’ fallacy impeding the realization of sustainable development and sustainable cities

Confronting the ‘sustainable-growth’ fallacy impeding the realization of sustainable development and sustainable cities

Examining the effectiveness of micro-enterprise development programs in Malaysia

Proposição E Aplicação Prática De Um Framework De Análise Da Sustentabilidade

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