Sustainability: The Concept for Modern Society

Fischler, Franz

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38753-1_2

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“…There is a long-term synergy between environmental, economic and social objectives; and to maximize this synergy, business strategies and public policies must be adopted on the basis of the principle of shared value, i.e., by ensuring that both the competitiveness of enterprises and social conditions benefit from it at the same time (Wolf et al 2016). In this way, the business is not simply considering, in addition to financial strategies, social and environmental factors, but also integrating these aspects into those same strategies: Sustainability, therefore, becomes an integral part of the core business of the company (Fischler 2014). This new approach has even proved to be successful, not only on the environmental and social level but also on the strictly financial one: The efficient and rational use of natural resources, the recovery and recycling of materials, the exploitation of renewable energies, the correct and good management of company personnel, in fact, are, especially in the long term, a plus for the profits of the company itself.…”

Section: Sustainable Development and Businessesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

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Sustainable development and the circular economy are two important issues for the future and the competitiveness of businesses. The programs for the integration of sustainability into industrial activities include the reconfiguration of production processes with a view to reducing their impact on the natural system, the development of new eco-sustainable products and the redesign of the business model. This paradigm shift requires the participation and commitment of different stakeholder groups and industry can completely redesign supply chains, aiming at resource efficiency and circularity. Developments in key ICT technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), help this systemic transition. This paper explores the phases of the transition from a linear to a circular economy and proposes a procedure for introducing the principles of sustainability (environmental, economic and social) in a manufacturing environment, through the design of a new Circular Business Model (CBM). The new procedure has been tested and validated in an Italian company producing ceramic tiles, using the digitalization of the production processes of the Industry 4.0 environment, to implement the impact assessment tools (LCA—Life Cycle Assessment, LCC—Life Cycle Costing and S-LCA—Social Life Cycle Assessment) and the business intelligence systems to provide appropriate sustainability performance indicators essential for the definition of the new CBM.

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Section: Sustainable Development and Businessesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

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“…With this development arrangement, the cultural sustainability is taken through the pathway of preparing the ability to maintain its existence in order to ensure the consistency and spirit amidst the society. The value of implementing and continuing the culture activity program aims to govern the development and process of cultural sustainability [10]. With the conceptual determinations in logically intertwining both a political and social basis, the research domain in continuing the development of human values is becoming an emerging trend to comply with the national culture and spirit.…”

Section: Towards Cultural Sustainability Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culture Sustainability through Co-Curricular Learning Program: Learning Batik Cross Review

Sukadari

Huda

2021

Education Sciences

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As the application of colored designs on cloth using wax in certain areas in decorating items of clothing, Batik is made through several steps that come from drawing the pattern on the paper followed by imitating the pattern on fabric, which is called ngeblat. The next phase is followed by drawing the pattern using wax, which is called mencanting. The subsequent step is the process of coloring the pattern of Batik, called pencoletan, and then subsequently followed by color-locking on Batik through covering the Batik with wax, namely basic color dyeing. This process is called menembok. The final step is making the panting process through washing, called nglorod. This process should attempt to maintain Batik with cultural sustainability, as its process contains several values, such as discipline, creativity, independence, patriotism, responsibility, cooperation, and environmental care. Based on this background, this paper attempts to examine the Batik’s cultural design and to explore its sustainability through co-curricular school program activities. This study focuses on examining the potential in the process of the application of colored design through elaborating the supporting and interfering factors in a co-curricular learning program of Batik. The analysis was made through several points, namely a co-curricular learning program of Batik for enhancing cultural sustainability, a co-curricular learning program of Batik for enhancing national culture and community responsibility, and co-curricular learning of Batik for sustainability and environmental accountability.

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“…In a broad sense, it refers to the process of social change and transformation of the national economy, especially in developing countries (Hall, Daneke & Lenox, 2010). The word sustainability is rooted in forestry and was first used in 1713 in a book titled "Sylvicultura Oeconomica" to explain this simple principle that to preserve the forest, one should control the harvesting of wood (Fischler, 2014). After many decades of focus on the social aspects of sustainability, the release of a report titled "Our common future" by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in 1987expanded this discussion to how sustainable development can be achieved in both business and society (Barthelme, 2017).…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Model

Kazemi

Bakhshandeh

Tooranloo

2020

Malaysian Management Journal

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The most prominent feature of today’s economy is rapid change. To succeed in such an economy, countries must be able to adapt to these changes with great agility. One of the most potent tools for achieving this end is sustainable entrepreneurship. Sustainable entrepreneurs are those who undertake entrepreneurial endeavors while taking into account different aspects of social, economic and environmental sustainability. These entrepreneurs strive to keep their resources focused on sustainable development and to balance the objectives of entrepreneurial success and sustainability so as to solve social and environmental problems. In this study, after reviewing the research literature and identifying the factors pertinent to sustainable entrepreneurship, a conceptual model was developed by drawing on the expertise of 10 experts, who were selected by snowball sampling. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) approach was used to examine the network of relationships among the factors. The findings showed that the considered factors fall into four levels: sustainability culture was placed at the most fundamental level, legal requirements, resource preservation, social participation, green management and human resources management were placed at the second level, social justice, effective and efficient processes, and customer-centricity were placed at the third level, and social well-being and economic benefits were identified as the top-level factors or outputs of sustainable entrepreneurship. The proposed model depicted means, process, first order and ultimate goal in inhacing entrepreneurship sustainability endeavors.

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Sustainability: The Concept for Modern Society

Cited by 14 publications

References 1 publication

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

Culture Sustainability through Co-Curricular Learning Program: Learning Batik Cross Review

Development of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Model

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