Enhancing systems thinking in corporate sustainability through a transdisciplinary research process

Ahlström, Hanna; Williams, Amanda; Vildåsen, Sigurd

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120691

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“…The rapidly growing field of sustainability science, and the associated studies of transdisciplinarity and co-production of knowledge, have identified multiple ways of learning across diverse communities, while also identifying the competences required for such engagement, along with important considerations of its diverse politics and powers. 69,70 Perhaps more than ever before, failure to learn from these diverse experiences and work alongside business might represent a lost opportunity for science and the global community. Our experience suggests that there are some common elements to effective science-industry collaboration, and some shared reasons for investing the time and energy in such endeavor.…”

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Science-Industry Collaboration: Sideways or Highways to Ocean Sustainability?

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There is substantial and unexplored potential for scientists to engage with the private sector for a sustainable ocean. The importance of such cooperation is a frequent emphasis of international dialogues and statements, it is embedded within the Sustainable Development Goals, and has been championed by prominent business leaders and scientists. But an uncritical embrace of science-industry collaboration is unhelpful, and candid reflections on the benefits and pitfalls that marine scientists can expect from actively engaging with the private sector are rare. In this Perspective, we draw on our collective experiences working with ocean industries in different parts of the world to reflect on how this has influenced our work, the effects these collaborations have generated, and the barriers to overcome for such partnerships to become more common. In doing so, we hope to help empower a new generation of marine scientists to explore collaboration with industry as a way to develop and scale up solutions for ocean sustainability.

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Science-Industry Collaboration: Sideways or Highways to Ocean Sustainability?

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“…Perspective 3: Transdisciplinary research for effective solutions to reduce river pollution Transdisciplinary research involves the co-production of scientific knowledge with other stakeholders to generate solutions for clean water (Ahlström et al 2020). Transdisciplinary research combines the knowledge of social and natural sciences (Perspective 2) with the knowledge of stakeholders such as industry, farmers, NGOs, governments, citizens.…”

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Transboundary rivers of Ukraine: perspectives for sustainable development and clean water

Strokal

2021

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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Transboundary river basins are responsible for over half of the global river discharges and accommodate 40% of the global population. Ukraine is part of the four large transboundary rivers that flow through more than ten European countries and experience pollution problems because of human activities in up-and downstream areas. The Ukrainian government calls for actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and integrate the European Union water legislation. This paper discusses five sustainable development perspectives for Ukraine to reduce pollution in transboundary rivers. These perspectives relate to (1) transitions from administrative river management (before 2017) to river basin management (after 2017) to enhance cooperation between countries, (2) interdisciplinary and (3) transdisciplinary research to better understand the causes and effects of river pollution and explore solutions, (4) innovation and modernization of water-related infrastructures and (5) the societal awareness. Future research could focus on the example of Ukraine and the adoption of these five perspectives to support the formulation of solutions to achieve SDG6 and support the sustainable basin management of transboundary rivers and the integration of European Union water legislation.

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“…In this research, corporate sustainability focuses on developing a human-scale profitability formula that, by connecting with all stakeholders and the natural environment, operates in tune with social progress and in harmony with planetary limits by focusing on reasonable returns and profits, rather than steady growth (Ahlström, Williams, & Vildåsen, 2020;Prasad, Acevedo-Duque, Argüello, Pineda, & Turcios, P. 2020, Mishra, & Bapat, 2019. In other words, SMEs with business sustainability have multiple orientations (environmental, social, governance and financial), ensuring long-term business success, contributing to economic and social development and protecting the environment (González-Díaz,…”

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Intrinsic alignment with strategy as a source of business sustainability in SMEs

González-Díaz¹,

Guanilo-Gómez²,

Acevedo-Duque³

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JESI

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This article presents an analysis of the degree of intrinsic alignment with the strategy as a source of business sustainability in the SMEs dedicated to the manufacturing sector in the region of Tacna, Peru. It was framed in a non-experimental research design of fieldtransaction, a survey was applied (questionnaire with 32 items with a Likert scale validated in the opinion of 3 experts with an Alpha Cronbach coefficient of 0.95(Excellent) to a random sample of 247 directors and managers. The data were analyzed through the descriptive statistics (SPSS25) to know the behaviour of the variables under study. In order to test hypotheses, the chi-square statistic was applied (categorical variables, ordinals and unit of analysis greater than 30 subjects). The main findings show that the degree of intra-strategy alignment is 4.46 (excellent alignment of the Intrinsic with the strategy) and business sustainability resulted in 4.23 (high business sustainability). In conclusion, there is a relationship between the intrategy alignment and business sustainability in the SMEs of the manufacturing sector of the Tacna-Peru Region with a strength of 0.691 (strong relationship).

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Enhancing systems thinking in corporate sustainability through a transdisciplinary research process

Cited by 33 publications

References 43 publications

Science-Industry Collaboration: Sideways or Highways to Ocean Sustainability?

Science-Industry Collaboration: Sideways or Highways to Ocean Sustainability?

Transboundary rivers of Ukraine: perspectives for sustainable development and clean water

Intrinsic alignment with strategy as a source of business sustainability in SMEs

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