Mind the sustainability gap

Fischer, Joern; Manning, Adrian D.; Steffen, Will; Rose, Deborah Bird; Daniell, Katherine A.; Felton, Adam; Garnett, Stephen T.; Gilna, Ben; Heinsohn, Rob; Lindenmayer, David B.; MacDonald, Bennett; Mills, F. P.; Newell, Barry; Reid, Jessica; Robin, Libby; Sherren, Kate; Wade, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.08.016

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“…Bithas and Christofakis [9] and Fischer et al [10] argue that there is no consensus on the operational content of environmentally sustainable development.…”

Section: Concept Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposal of a Sustainability Index for the Automotive Industry

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Abstract:In a scenario of increasing globalization, sustainable development has emerged as an attractive and strategic issue for both countries and individual organizations and their supply chains. Companies have faced different challenges in seeking to combine the best economic performance with increased social and environmental responsibility. Monitoring sustainability is essential for decision-making and management of activities that comprise an organization's system processes. Evaluation can be performed using indices or a set of indicators. In addition to increasing organizational effectiveness and improving competitiveness, customer service and profitability, it is also a crucial influence on the development of business sustainability. This paper proposes a sustainability index that provides companies with information about their level of economic, social and environmental sustainability, showing their performance at both individual and supply chain level. The importance of the indicators is assessed by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology applied to a case study of a supply chain in the automotive industry. The various stages experienced during the construction of the index are also shown. The final results achieved are then presented and discussed in light of the objectives. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 2114

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“…Bithas and Christofakis [9] and Fischer et al [10] argue that there is no consensus on the operational content of environmentally sustainable development.…”

Section: Concept Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposal of a Sustainability Index for the Automotive Industry

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“…Sustainability is, therefore, not a general term that has a clear and fixed definition or application although the notion of sustainable development as presented in the Brundtland Report is famous. A review of the notion of sustainability is beyond the scope of this paper, but the interested reader can be referred to numerous pieces of academic literature [5,[45][46][47][48][49]. Hereafter, we would like to focus on the notion of "city" sustainability.…”

Section: Concept Of City Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualization of a City Sustainability Index (CSI): Towards Transdisciplinary Approaches Involving Multiple Stakeholders

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Abstract:We have developed a visualized 3-D model of a City Sustainability Index (CSI) based on our original concept of city sustainability in which a sustainable city is defined as one that maximizes socio-economic benefits while meeting constraint conditions of the environment and socio-economic equity on a permanent basis. The CSI is based on constraint and maximization indicators. Constraint indicators assess whether a city meets the necessary minimum conditions for city sustainability. Maximization indicators measure the benefits that a city generates in socio-economic aspects. When used in the policy-making process, the choice of constraint indicators should be implemented using a top-down approach. In contrast, a bottom-up approach is more suitable for defining maximization indicators because this technique involves multiple stakeholders (in a transdisciplinary approach). Using different materials of various colors, shapes, sizes, we designed and constructed the visualized physical model of the CSI to help people evaluate and compare OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 12403 the performance of different cities in terms of sustainability. The visualized model of the CSI can convey complicated information in a simple and straightforward manner to diverse stakeholders so that the sustainability analysis can be understood intuitively by ordinary citizens as well as experts. Thus, the CSI model helps stakeholders to develop critical thinking about city sustainability and enables policymakers to make informed decisions for sustainability through a transdisciplinary approach.

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“…To address this widening gap between our current unsustainable development trajectory, some scholars (e.g. Fischer et al 2007) argue that meaningful sustainability targets need to be part of a new model of sustainability, one that is based on a hierarchical conceptualisation of ecological, social and economic considerations (Fig. 2).…”

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confidence: 99%