Deliberation on the risks of nanoscale materials: learning from the partnership between environmental NGO EDF and chemical company DuPont

Krabbenborg, Lotte

doi:10.1080/01442872.2020.1717457

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“…Presently, the literature review shows that environmental NGOs are widely studied in its influence on environmental mitigation strategies such as environmental management (Arantes, Zou, & Che, 2020;Shaharudin & Fernando, 2015), firms' collaboration (Mousavi & Bossink, 2020;Krabbenborg, 2020), a relationship with diseases (Saadat, Rawtani, & Hussain, 2020) and governance (Khan et al, 2020;Hale, 2020). Based on the current studies available in the literature, it is evident that there exists an extensive literature on environmental NGOs for a considerable period in many fields of studies.…”

Section: Malaysia Environmental Ngosmentioning

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Environmental Ngos Involvement in Dismantling Illegal Plastic Recycling Factory Operations in Malaysia

Shaharudin

Fernando

Ahmed

et al. 2020

JGI

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The environmental issue is becoming an important sustainable development goal due to its devastating impact on the economy, society, and ecosystem. The need for managing environmental issues is leading a government to work closely with stakeholders such as environmental NGOs and local municipal councils. While collaboration between government and local municipal councils has been widely covered in the literature, the relationship between environmental NGOs and the government remains a complex issue. In the past, environmental NGOs have a responsibility to advise the government and create awareness to the public. However, the trend has soon changed, where environmental NGOs are becoming more active and influential in enacting policies to uphold environmental integrity. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role played by Malaysian environmental NGOs and the current states of environmental integrity in Malaysia. This study used a qualitative case study of illegal plastic recycling factories in Malaysia to achieve research objectives. The findings show that environmental NGOs in Malaysia are a mediator between the government and the public. However, environmental NGOs are now more active in influencing the public to pressure the government to uphold environmental integrity. In addition, Malaysia's environmental integrity has increased with several policies by the government for firms, and consumers are already in place and gearing towards zero plastics. An improvement from the government side should focus on an integrated waste management system to enables circular economy adoption among firms. This study novelty lies in the introduction of environmental NGOs as a mediator to foster Malaysian environmental integrity and integrated waste management

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Section: Malaysia Environmental Ngosmentioning

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Environmental Ngos Involvement in Dismantling Illegal Plastic Recycling Factory Operations in Malaysia

Shaharudin

Fernando

Ahmed

et al. 2020

JGI

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Towards responsible science and technology: How nanotechnology research and development is shaping risk governance practices in Australia

Malakar

Lacey

Bertsch

2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Incorporating perspectives of multiple stakeholders concerning the appropriate balance of risks and benefits of new and potentially disruptive technologies is thought to be a way of enhancing the societal relevance and positive impacts of those technologies. A risk governance approach can be instrumental in achieving balance among diverse stakeholders, as it enables decision-making processes informed by multiple dimensions of risk. This paper applies a risk governance approach to retrospectively examine the development of nanotechnology research and development (R&D) in Australia to identify how risk governance is reflected in the practices of a range of stakeholders. We identify ten risk-related challenges specific to nanotechnology R&D based on a review of the international literature, which provided the foundation for documenting how those working in the Australian nanotechnology sector responded to these global risk-related challenges. This case study research draws on a range of sources including literature review, semi-structured interviews, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches for data analysis to identify key themes and generate visualisations of the interconnections that exist between risk governance practices. The ability to visualise these interconnections from the qualitative data is a key contribution of this research. Our findings show how the qualitative insights and professional experiences of nanotechnologists provide evidence of how risk governance approaches have been operationalised in the Australian nanotechnology R&D sector. The findings generate three important insights. First, the risk research undertaken by Australian nanotechnologists is interdisciplinary and involves multiple stakeholders from various disciplines and sectors. Unlike traditional risk governance approaches, our findings document efforts to assess, not only physical risks, but also social and ethical risks. Second, nanotechnology risk governance is a non-linear process and practices undertaken to address specific challenges occurred concurrently with and contributed to addressing other challenges. Third, our findings indicate that applying a risk governance approach enables greater intersection and collaboration, potentially bridging any disconnect between scientists, policymakers, and the public to realise transdisciplinary outcomes. This research highlights opportunities for developing systematic methodologies to enable more robust risk governance of other new and emerging technologies.

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Deliberation on the risks of nanoscale materials: learning from the partnership between environmental NGO EDF and chemical company DuPont

Cited by 2 publications

References 37 publications

Environmental Ngos Involvement in Dismantling Illegal Plastic Recycling Factory Operations in Malaysia

Environmental Ngos Involvement in Dismantling Illegal Plastic Recycling Factory Operations in Malaysia

Towards responsible science and technology: How nanotechnology research and development is shaping risk governance practices in Australia

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