Incorporating social dimensions in planning, managing and evaluating environmental projects

The Impact of Regenerative Agriculture on Provisioning Ecosystem Services: An Example in Southeast Spain

“…Comprehensive impact assessments are needed to inform decision making [16,17]. In this context, MCA tools can help in these mentioned purposes integrating different types of data and evaluating complex scenarios, ensuring a holistic approach to sustainability [18]. Sustainable agriculture encompasses not only physical and biological factors, such as soil quality and biodiversity, but also human and economic dimensions; furthermore, we also need to incorporate local context and stakeholder engagement in the integrated evaluations, providing a mechanism for gathering context-specific data and fostering the active participation of affected parties in the decision-making process [19,20].…”

Managing a portfolio of environmental projects: Focus, balance, and environmental management capabilities

“…Environmental improvement projects (or “green” projects) are projects that make changes to the organization's technologies, procedures, and policies that are intended to improve the organization's environmental performance (Criscuolo et al, 2017; Dhanorkar et al, 2017; Jonas, 2010; Swink, 2003). Environmental improvement projects are difficult to manage because they require expertise in diverse knowledge domains (Raymond et al, 2010) and involve different stakeholders (Goggin et al, 2019). This becomes even more challenging for firms with limited experience and capability in environmental management, which is often the case for lower‐tier suppliers in developing economies.…”