Toward sustainable cities: Assessing drivers of SDG performance in Italian municipalities

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июль 25, 2024

Abstract In the context of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, municipalities are increasingly recognized as pivotal actors in advancing Development Goals (SDGs). Their significant contributions have also garnered attention academic literature. However, only a limited number studies investigated integration SDGs into visions and strategies municipalities, well factors driving their efforts toward SDGs. Therefore, this study aims to fill important gap by examining, under lens stakeholder theory, SDG performance Italian drivers these levels. The results reveal delay progress achieving Furthermore, they demonstrate negative impact population size on alongside positive effects multiculturalism, location northern regions, level tourism. significantly contribute literature hold practical implications.

Язык: Английский

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Gender Equality and Green Entrepreneurship in Farms

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Gender dynamics in agricultural sustainability, particularly within the framework of Agri‐Environmental‐Climate‐Schemes (AECS), play a critical role advancing green entrepreneurship. This study explores gender‐based differences adoption and intensity AECS practices among Hungarian farms, emphasising implications for gender equality sustainable development. Utilising Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data from 2014 to 2021, we apply Blinder‐Oaxaca Recentered Influence Function decomposition models dissect disparities engagement between male‐ female‐headed farms. Findings indicate that, while male‐headed farms receive greater subsidies due larger economic scales resource availability, demonstrate comparable levels when controlled these factors. These insights highlight potential gender‐sensitive policies European Union's Common Agricultural Policy empower female farmers entrepreneurship practices. The study's findings contribute broader understanding gender's influence on development agriculture, with significant policy frameworks that support inclusive climate‐resilient globally.

Язык: Английский

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Beyond the Surface: Navigating Sustainability Disclosure in European Union Ports

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2025

ABSTRACT Maritime transport plays a fundamental role in global trade, serving as the primary means of moving goods across world. Ports are essential hubs within this network, enabling convergence goods, and people. While ports indispensable to economy, they also contribute significantly environmental challenges. In response, increasingly adopting strategies that balance economic objectives with sustainability goals. Among these, disclosure (SD) has emerged vital tool for demonstrating port's commitment responsible management addressing stakeholder expectations. Despite growing focus on port industry, academic research paid limited attention SD practices, leaving area underexplored. This study seeks address gap by examining level European Union identifying factors influencing dissemination information. Grounded legitimacy theory, it explores how characteristics—such size, complexity, public status, online visibility—affect levels disclosed via official websites. The econometric analysis, based sample 197 ports, reveals relatively low information disclosed, aspects dominating over social ones. findings further indicate size complexity positively influence levels, whereas status negative impact.

Язык: Английский

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The Determinants of Gender Equality in the Academic World: An Empirical Analysis in International Universities

SIDREA series in accounting and business administration, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 287 - 298

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июль 15, 2024

Abstract This study assesses the role of culture in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) Spanish public sector, focusing on influence local government cultural spending and education levels SDG compliance municipalities. Cultural spending, considered as a percentage total non‐financial municipal implementation indicators from Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSN)‐Spain are used this research, which employs an ordinary least squares regression two‐stage analysis for robustness. The results suggest that higher correlate with compliance, while increased does not. Since existing research about impact SDGs is limited, addresses gap. It suggests policymakers should promote integrate sustainability into to increase awareness implementation.

Язык: Английский

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Weaving the Web to achieve the SDGs: the presence of women in the boardrooms as a key driver

Measuring Business Excellence, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2024

Purpose Due to the importance of mitigating issues that afflict society and natural habitats on a global scale, United Nations has established 17 key goals directly effectively mitigate problems such as extreme poverty, lack access quality educational environments or loss life in underwater terrestrial ecosystems, which need be addressed from multiple parties, particularly business network. In this context, purpose paper is analyse potential impact female participation boardrooms disclosure corporate information regarding integration Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into strategy. Design/methodology/approach The research hypotheses were developed basis multi-theoretical perspective, included agency theory, upper echelon resources dependency theory critical mass theory. tested using regression model for sample 8,903 companies period 2019–2022. Findings results highlight an increase boardroom representation driver achieving SDGs with favourable effects environmental social issues, being robust changes methodological specifications. Research limitations/implications This provides valuable evidence analysis gender field; however, it some limitations can by academics. sense, solely examined chief executive officer (CEO) duality while overlooking its influence amplified distinctive configuration board, involvement former CEO, greater lesser degree directors fact CEO woman. These factors could either reinforce obstruct benefits accomplishment SDGs. Practical implications From practical standpoint, illustrates advantages active women boardroom. Their resulted notable modifications strategies, focus aligning actions attainment related transparency. facilitates more comprehensive understanding interest conserving eradicating inequalities. Social societal findings illustrate significance actively promoting organisational leadership roles. inclusion women's perspectives enhance planning processes, far-reaching stakeholders. Therefore, vital guarantee opportunities women, higher education gainful employment, nations where there are considerable constraints intellectual economic advancement girls women. Originality/value contribute growing body knowledge optimal boardroom, especially gendered (i.e. García-Sánchez et al. , 2023b; Liao 2015), ability address today's challenges. Furthermore, indicate necessity establishing pathways reach positions within hierarchy, thereby facilitating beneficial changes. include mitigation damage rectification historical

Язык: Английский

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A consumer attributions‐based approach for investigating the effect of corporate greenwashing on wishcycling

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 32(6), С. 6732 - 6747

Опубликована: Май 26, 2024

Abstract This paper addresses the issue of corporate greenwashing and its impact on consumer behavior, specifically in context circular food beverage packaging. We conducted a survey with 537 participants utilized Structural Equation Modeling to analyze relationships between company motives, attributions, perceptions greenwashing, wishcycling behavior. Additionally, we explored moderating effect core self‐evaluation relationship packaging techniques. Our findings highlight mediating role motives wishcycling. also found that personality traits, particularly self‐evaluation, moderate greenwashing. These results emphasize importance understanding behavior environments policy domains. The provide valuable insights for policymakers, businesses, researchers seeking promote sustainable consumption mitigate environmental harm transition toward more economy.

Язык: Английский

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Perusing sustainable development through education: evidence from Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan

Environment Development and Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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How certified benefit corporations contribute to corporate social responsibility disclosure: Empirical evidence from Italy

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2024

Abstract This paper explores the extent to which Italian Benefit Corporations have achieved B‐Corp Certification disclose Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices through their corporate websites, thus developing a disclosure index. The research also aims analyse correlation between size of companies, non‐financial performance, financial results and CSR actions. Stakeholder theory legitimacy were used provide theoretical explanation potential relationship among investigated variables. Our findings reveal positive association firm disclosure, while impact performance is but not statistically significant. Moreover, significantly influences levels. These can guide companies in enhancing bolster stakeholder competitive advantage sustainability‐aware markets. Notably, this study represents novel examination online Certified Corporations, filling gap existing literature.

Язык: Английский

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Links between the actors and mining activities related to the implementation of sustainable development principles

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 32(6), С. 6763 - 6787

Опубликована: Май 27, 2024

Abstract The uninterrupted supply of raw materials is essential to implement low‐carbon technologies. Therefore, the sustainable extraction these crucial. One its important aspects analysis interaction between actors as well actions undertaken by them. This study explores characteristics network links social and supporting inhibitory related development that mining industry possible implications with collaboration conflict actors. Our methodological approach consisted in building two bipartite networks based on actor‐action interaction, identified thanks literature review sustainability initiatives companies. Applying analysis, we examine structural strength results highlighted “Government,” “Local society,” “Indigenous peoples” have a critical position “Supporting” “Inhibitory” actions. They are those who could articulate other create collaborative processes implementation contribute industry. However, from structure actions, three ones be relevant dynamics conflicts presents, dual perspective (“Supporting” actions), systems relationships their for design, strategies sector.

Язык: Английский

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