Suchergebnisse

Sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources -- Reduction of global food waste and food loss along production, including post-harvest losses -- Management of chemicals and all wastes through life cycle, to reduce release to air, water and soil -- Reduced waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse -- Strengthen scientific and technological capacity of developing countries towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production -- Sustainable tourism, promotion of local culture and products.

Sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources -- Reduction of global food waste and food loss along production, including post-harvest losses -- Management of chemicals and all wastes through life cycle, to reduce release to air, water and soil -- Reduced waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse -- Strengthen scientific and technological capacity of developing countries towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production -- Sustainable tourism, promotion of local culture and products

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production focuses on Sustainable Development Goal number twelve (SDG#12): escaping the trap of excessive output and overconsumption. Examining family businesses in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, each case study presents a unique perspective from their respective country, analysing how SDG#12 reconsiders the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production that threaten both human and planetary wellbeing. The case studies presented generate insights and key takeaways into the role of family businesses in sustaining the livelihoods of current and future generations. The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 Goals pledged by 193 nations in 2015 that would help engender an improved, fairer, and more sustainable world - one in which 'no one is left behind'. The SDGs are a call to action, to develop innovative solutions to the most complex, societal, and environmental global challenges. In Family Businesses on a Mission, series editors Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales bring together international case studies to illustrate how family businesses can attain the UN 2030 SDGs. Accessible to those working in the field beyond academia - such as family business practitioners, family business owners, government and policymakers, members of NGOs, business associations, and philanthropic centres - this book series appeals equally to those with a general interest in entrepreneurship and business.

Meet the SDGs -- Why do we have goals? -- Do the work! Contribute to the Goals at home -- Do the work! Contribute to the Goals at school -- Do the work! Contribute to the Goals in your community -- Extend your learning -- Glossary -- Further research (Books, Websites).

EURECA-PRO is the global educational core hub and interdisciplinary research and innovation leader in qualitative environmental and social framework development for responsible consumption and production. Through its novel approach, on the one hand, it holistically contributes to the highly topical issue of Sustainable Consumption and Production under the umbrella of Sustainable Development Goal 12, and on the other hand it effectively contributes to the development of the European Higher Education Area complimentary to Sustainable Development Goal 4. In this book readers will find the discussion results among professionals, academics and scientists on responsible consumption and production, regarding the latest advances to achieve a sustainable society. This book contents 5 chapters focused on: Smart and healthy societies, Recycling, reused and longer lasting products, fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity, cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation, and industry 4.0. This book also intends to show the current and future challenges, and innovative solutions considering the technological, humanistic, educational, economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability.

Intro -- Organization -- Preface -- Contents -- Plenary Sessions -- Plenary: Anti-Ephemeral Design for Responsible Production and Consumption of Mobility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Car Design and Consumerism -- 3 Sharing Joyful Journeys -- 4 Ecofitting Circular Economy -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Plenary: Implementing Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Water Management in a Circular Economy: Examples and Case Studies -- 1 Summary -- References -- Panel Discussions -- Panel Discussion: Smart and Healthy Societies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Panellist Discussion -- 2.1 Manuel Franco -- 2.2 Barbara Wedler -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Panel Discussion: Circular Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Panellist Discussion -- 2.1 Artur Grisanti Mausbach -- 2.2 Beatriz Jiménez Parra -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Panel Discussion: Environment and Energy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Panellist Discussion -- 2.1 Jimeno Fonseca -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Papers -- The Role of Public Policies and Sustainable Tourism to Face the Demographic Challenge and Sustainable Production -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Abandonment of Rural Areas -- 3 Status of Public Actions to Address the Demographic Challenge -- 4 Public Policy for Rural Development and Sustainable Tourism Strategy -- References -- Autonomous Smart Electric Vehicle Integrated into a Smart Grid Type System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Market in Romania -- 3 Identification of the Problem -- 4 The Solution to the Problem -- References -- Physical Processing in Waste Printed Circuit Boards Recycling: Current State of Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Material -- 2.2 Preparation for Separation -- 2.3 Separation Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References.

Regulatory approaches to games are organized by boundaries between game/not-game, game/gambling game, skilled/unskilled play, consumption/production. Perhaps more importantly, moral justifications for regulating gambling (and condemning digital games) are rooted in the idea that they consume our time and wages but give little in return. This article uses two case studies to show how these boundaries and justifications are now perforated and reconfigured by digital mediation. The case study of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) illustrates a contemporary challenge to rigid dichotomies between game/not game, skilled/unskilled play, and game/gambling game, demonstrating how regulation becomes deterritorialized as gambling moves out of state-regulated physical casinos and takes the form of networked, digital games. Our second case study of Pokémon Go approaches regulation from a different direction, complicating the rigid dichotomy between production/consumption in online networked play. We show how play is increasingly realized as productive in economic, social, physical, subjective and analytic registers, while at the same time, it is driven by gambling design imperatives, such as extending time-on-device. Pokémon Go exemplifies analytic productivity, a term we use to refer to the production of data flows that can be leveraged for a wide variety of purposes, including to predict, shape, and channel the behaviour of player populations, thereby generating multiple streams of revenue. Ultimately, both cases illustrate how digital games and gambling increasingly blur into each other, complicating the regulatory landscape.

Responsible consumption and production are key to sustainable development, and are therefore a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12) in their own right. Consumption and production patterns also need to be socially responsible and economically viable. Private-sector requirements and state supply chain regulations, which have become more widespread in recent years, are designed to ensure that products consumed in high-income countries but manufactured (at least partially) in low-income countries are produced in line with certain social and environmental standards. Although progress has been made, many questions remain, particularly regarding whether the local social and economic impacts are sufficient. Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is a certification initiative within the textile industry. Established 18 years ago as part of one of the largest public-private partnerships of German Development Cooperation with private foundations and private companies around an agriculture-based supply chain, CmiA – like its sister scheme the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) – seeks to ensure compliance with specific environmental and social conditions in the cotton production process. Wherever it is implemented and monitored, the CmiA-standard provides retailers and consumers with the assurance that the cotton in the textiles and garments in question has been produced in line with CmiA-requirements. Up to now, about one million smallholder households with six to seven million family members in Africa produce under the label. This Policy Brief reflects on the impact that the introduction of CmiA has had on certified farmers, as well as on the challenges facing this standard following its successful market launch, and draws broader lessons learned for sustainability standards. The key findings are as follows: • CmiA shows that sustainability standards do not only work for high-priced niche markets but can also be implemented in the mass market. • While cotton is a non-food cash crop, the revenues it generates can boost food security among smallholders via the income channel and can also promote local food production through a number of other impact channels. • Standard-setting must be accompanied by support for farmers so that they are able to comply and activate impact channels. It remains a huge challenge not only to guarantee social and ecological standards but also to achieve a "living income" for smallholder farmers. • For all the benefits of publicly funding the start-up phase of implementing sustainability standards, it must be ensured that these standards are subsequently financed from the value chain itself. Textile retailers and consumers ultimately have to pay for the goods they consume and which have been manufactured under sustainable conditions. • As the mass-market implementation of sustainability standards takes time and patience, we cannot expect to see dramatic improvements in the local living conditions and incomes of the farmers in the short to medium term. Instead, this will require continuous investment in smallholder production and in the local environments over many years. • Transitioning from pesticide-intensive production to a system that does not use such products without major productivity losses is challenging but seems feasible. • In order to determine whether, and to what extent, the wellbeing of smallholder farmers is increased by complying with sustainability standards, good and continuous impact assessment is needed and this must be adapted to the especially complex conditions of African smallholder agriculture.