Barriers and Challenges Affecting Quality Education (Sustainable Development Goal #4) in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 DOI Open Access
Alexis Zickafoose, Olawunmi Ilesanmi, Miguel Alejandro Díaz Manrique

и другие.

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(7), С. 2657 - 2657

Опубликована: Март 24, 2024

Education is a fundamental human right and crucial tool for sustainable capacity development, which can advance the economic growth of country. Yet many children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), quality education remains out reach. This study aimed to identify barriers challenges enacting Sustainable Development Goal 4: “Ensuring Inclusive, Equitable, Quality Promotion Lifelong Learning Opportunities All”. Through content analysis relevant literature, we identified three themes: funding constraints, access inclusion, teacher education. Regarding funding, issues resource allocation, technical capacity, accountability were as primary factors requiring intervention strategies become fully realized SSA. When exploring found that incorporating students with disabilities, gender disparities, physical barriers, inadequate curriculum are essential limiting Finally, teachers’ conditions training emerged reach pedagogy. Some SSA countries have improved their efforts education, but these continue impact all children. A new perspective on mitigating impediments address several responsible exclusion diverse groups from accessing region.

Язык: Английский

Actions and approaches for enabling Industry 5.0‐driven sustainable industrial transformation: A strategy roadmap DOI Creative Commons
Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Manuel Morales

и другие.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 30(3), С. 1473 - 1494

Опубликована: Дек. 8, 2022

Abstract Although Industry 4.0 was believed to promote sustainable development, it has ignored or misunderstood many prevailing sustainability concerns, which led the emergence of 5.0 agenda. While desirable values are widely acknowledged, knowledge how this agenda can deliver transformation is lacking. The present study addresses gap, explaining should be managed facilitate development. Therefore, strives model underlying mechanism for enabling such transformation. conducted a content‐centric review literature and identified 11 actions approaches that serve as enablers further interpretive structural modeling structured an steps needed 5.0. Finally, developed strategy roadmap Results emphasized stakeholder salience, highlighting role integration collaboration in Proactive governmental support most driving enabler 5.0, whereas eco‐innovation value network reformation among complex hard‐to‐develop enablers. offer several implications policymakers practitioners, functionality each approach necessary determines sequential relationships these strategies identifies their optimal development sequence synergistically. identify codependences transition highlight interactions complementarities.

Язык: Английский

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Convergence of business, innovation, and sustainability at the tipping point of the sustainable development goals DOI Creative Commons
Fara Azmat, Weng Marc Lim, Abdul Moyeen

и другие.

Journal of Business Research, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 167, С. 114170 - 114170

Опубликована: Авг. 5, 2023

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a universal framework for addressing pressing global economic, environmental, and social challenges. Central to the SDG agenda is vital role of business innovation in fostering positive change promoting triple bottom line sustainability: people, planet, prosperity. Many years have passed following SDGs' inception, yet engagement scholarship with SDGs remains sparse. Moreover, comprehensive review examining convergence business, innovation, sustainability through lens notably absent, constraining insights into present advancements prospective trajectories. In this regard, study adopts as investigate contribution sustainable development challenges its impact on agenda. To do so, conducts systematic literature review, incorporating bibliometric analysis articles published top-tier journals, an integrated overview current trends research SDGs. addition, performs content consolidate synthesize relevant space, resulting multi-dimensional that illustrates intricate, dynamic interplay between drivers, dimensions, impacts their relationship doing accentuates extant gaps, delineates profound implications, proposes meaningful directions advance understanding intersection context

Язык: Английский

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Digitalization, innovation and environmental policies aimed at achieving sustainable production DOI Creative Commons
José Manuel Guaita Martínez,

Rosa Puertas,

José María Martí­n Martí­n

и другие.

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 32, С. 92 - 100

Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2022

Humanity is running out of time to curb climate change, and its effects are becoming ever more intense harmful humankind. A change in habits production methods required order slow the advance this scourge. This research seeks provide quantitative information on nexus between digitalization sustainable (SP). The analysis focuses exclusively 27 EU member states (2015–2019), all which characterized by a proactive stance towards environmental degradation. First, synthetic index constructed using cross-efficiency, assess Europe's position terms SP. then taken as dependent variable an estimation different aspects measured Digital Economy Society Index, well innovation policies adopted EU. generalized method moments used examine effect trend Results reveal that level income per capita does not determine SP it matter society's commitment implementing practices foster Furthermore, evidence found indicates Europe has yet been able break negative link GDP sustainability, despite positive impact facets digitalization, policies.

Язык: Английский

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Digitization in the Design and Construction Industry—Remote Work in the Context of Sustainability: A Study from Poland DOI Open Access
Bartosz Orzeł, Radosław Wolniak

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(3), С. 1332 - 1332

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2022

The article presents the results of research on digitization services provided by design industry in context implementation sustainable development goals, especially environmental sustainability. First, a literature review has been done. These goals were established publication: investigating impact remote work (in particular, environmental), examining essence better perception and process employees construction industry, barriers factors favoring Poland. Both survey interviews carried out. To analyze data obtained from interviews, Colaizzi’s methodology was performed. as result subjected to statistical analysis using cluster (Ward’s method). Groups (clusters) strong weak barriers, supporting factors, sustainability defined. COVID-19 pandemic perpetuated trend this industry. Employees owners project offices prefer due flexibility working time, time savings, comfort, safety, savings. Industry recognize advantages benefits terms form reduction electricity consumption large office buildings emission harmful substances contained car exhaust fumes are most frequently mentioned advantages. biggest legal aspects, sometimes difficult cooperation with client. presented publication, well adopted, contribution comfort work, social effects pandemic,

Язык: Английский

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Promoting gender equality across the sustainable development goals DOI Creative Commons
Walter Leal Filho, Marina Kovaleva, Stella Tsani

и другие.

Environment Development and Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 25(12), С. 14177 - 14198

Опубликована: Сен. 15, 2022

Abstract Gender issues, and gender equality in particular, can be regarded as cross-cutting issues the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even though it is unclear how they are taken into account. This study addresses this information gap by performing an assessment emphasis on across all other 16 SDGs, addition to SDG5, through a literature review case analysis, basis for newly developed framework, highlighting specific actions associated each SDG. The 13 countries addressed studies include China, India, or Australia illustrate inclusion SDG5 SDGs. Using SDG matrix, targets analysed. Those where important allowing them achieved listed. novelty our approach resides offering in-depth analysis interact with proposing new framework clearly identifying SDGs 1, 4, 11, 12, 14 demanding further attention successful SD illustrating areas may necessary, which used policy-makers, raising awareness contribution achieve A set recommendations aimed at placing matters more centrally delivery presented final contribution. These focus need greater good practices, initiatives.

Язык: Английский

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The long path to achieving green economy performance for micro small medium enterprise DOI Creative Commons
Astadi Pangarso, Kristina Sisilia, Retno Setyorini

и другие.

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 11(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 15, 2022

Abstract Micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in a country's economy, so managers must try to run their business according the current concept of green economy (GE). Green is economic that makes environmental sustainability part realizing sustainable development goals (SDGs). The performance MSMEs terms GE measure how successful MSME implementing concept. Apart from GE, equally element regarding digitization/digitalization. In era society 5.0, are increasingly affected by digital technology while running business. With digitalization, can company more environmentally friendly way align with Not all ready implement and which serious problem deserves attention. To produce tangible solution related implementation digitization requires literature review. review helps identify research gaps formulate theoretical process readiness digitalization MSMEs. There still limited framework comprehensively explains on GE's background this research. This study aims develop for digitalization. method uses review, summative content analysis secondary data Scopus indexed scientific publication documents English, be downloaded relevant until March 2021. formed consists 15 constructs propositions derived 16 documents, using articles. contributes entrepreneurship general because findings helpful as basis empirical future.

Язык: Английский

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Clean and Affordable Energy within Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Governance Digitalization DOI Creative Commons
Radosław Miśkiewicz

Energies, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 15(24), С. 9571 - 9571

Опубликована: Дек. 16, 2022

Achieving sustainable development goals depends on governance effectiveness within the penetration of digital technologies in all spheres and levels. Furthermore, energy sector is a crucial inhibitor that efficacy public services. In this case, paper aims at analyzing impact e-governance achieving goals, particularly affordable clean energy. The object research EU countries period 2013–2019. data are compiled from databases Eurostat, World Data Bank, Sustainable Development Report. study applies following methods: taxonomy method to measure index, fixed effect, random pooled OLS regression model check results outlined leaders (Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Malta) outsiders (Romania, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland) 2019. findings confirm statistically positive extending Thus, improving by 1 point causes growth renewable average 4.4 points. industrial structures’ improvement allows increasing 0.4 trade activization (economic openness) contributes an increase 0.1. democracy level does not have significant for countries. empirical show with high values (Sweden, Austria) achieve highest SDG7 Index Score. countries, digitalization strategic SDG achievement.

Язык: Английский

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Industrial digitalization. A systematic literature review and research agenda DOI
Dominik T. Matt, Giulio Pedrini, Angelo Bonfanti

и другие.

European Management Journal, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 41(1), С. 47 - 78

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The interlink between digitalization, sustainability, and performance: An Italian context DOI
Laura Broccardo, Elisa Truant, Léo‐Paul Dana

и другие.

Journal of Business Research, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 158, С. 113621 - 113621

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Digital transformation, financing constraints, and corporate environmental, social, and governance performance DOI
Yang Yang, Jinmian Han

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 30(6), С. 3189 - 3202

Опубликована: Июнь 12, 2023

Abstract Digital transformation is globally pervasive, and exploring how it can shape enterprises' sustainable development significant. Using the panel data of 710 listed corporates in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper empirically investigates impact digital on corporate Environmental, Social Governance (ESG) performance with fixed effect model SYS‐GMM method. The results indicate that significantly improves ESG performance, especially environmental social performance. A looser financing constraint (FC) environment will make improvements more visible. Among low FCs, private corporates, non‐technical has a noticeable improving by easing FCs. Our research presents implications for policymakers business decision‐makers achieve alignment between digitalization sustainability.

Язык: Английский

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