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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Sustainability policy"”.
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Analysis and determinants of sustainability policy choice of local councils in Australia : a test of stakeholder theory
Since the early 1990’s, issues of sustainability involving community, government and industry have gained momentum, and the environment has become the focus of numerous studies, such as those undertaken by Young and Hayes (2002); Yuan (2001); Staley (2006); Mellahi and Wood (2004); Hezri and Hasan …
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Policy conflicts among local government officials: How does officials' engagement with regional governance relate to their position divergence on sustainability policy?
Policy conflict plays an important role in shaping public policy—both as a process and as a product. The policy conflict framework—a theoretical framework, developed by Christopher Weible and Tanya Heikkila in 2017—considers position divergence among policymakers a key characteristic of policy …
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Evaluating Social Housing Sustainability Policies in the Context of Local Government: A Public Value Perspective
… The existing literature addresses the lack of a sustainability policy and its contribution to the lack of political intent to support the achievement of social housing homeownership predominantly under the Right-to-Buy. This research highlights that several government projects have failed in the …
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To what extent can sustainability be embedded in decision-making for procuring public services?
… model. This thesis examines the extent to which sustainability policy can be embedded in decision-making for procurement within local government. This thesis takes a three-step approach to the research question, with an empirical study based in Scotland between December 2011 and December 2013. …
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"Social sustainability and mobility in Curitiba: bus rapid transit in the ""green city"" of Brazil"
… conclusions have instructive relevance for urban policy formation, especially in the Global south, where Curitiba is heralded as a model ""green city"" to be emulated by governments whose unstable financial realities demand effective, short- and medium-term projects to serve rapidly changing …
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Household Food Waste
… approaches. The results suggest that current policy should move beyond generic awareness campaigns toward behaviour-oriented and structurally informed interventions. Promising approaches include activating social norms, creating feedback loops through digital stock-management tools, and …
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Vidaus kontrolės sistema ir jos vertinimas finansų įstaigose /
… and compared by means of horizontal analysis. Sustainability policy documents, procedures, audit reports and other important documents are also reviewed. The results of the study revealed that financial institutions pay more and more attention to the development and improvement of internal …
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Investigation into a future policy landscape to achieve sustainability in the Scottish coastal region
… is subject to, and dependent upon, a complex policy landscape of stakeholders and policy documents within which resource and information is transferred where relationships and dependencies, are linked to the power and influence of policy actors and documents. Understanding the dynamics of the …
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The Roles of Policy, Conceptualizations, and Pedagogical Methods in Teaching about Sustainable Consumption in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
… was part of a larger project conducted by the Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN). SEPN analyzes and compares sustainability policy development and enactment within kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12) schools and PSE institutions across Canada. The current study was situated within …
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Domesticating energy efficiency technologies: understanding the ‘adopter’ perspectives of UK homeowners in existing housing
… the availability of innovative technologies and policy interventions, EET adoption rates remain low particularly within the UK’s large owner-occupier sector. Prevailing dominant academic discourses are preoccupied with identifying factors for non-adoption based on assumptions of economic …
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A comparative study of environmentally responsible design adoption by architects, facility managers, and interior designers
… interior designers but no architects, and had a sustainability policy in place.</p> <p>Major findings included: 1) practitioners have a moderate to good understanding of many ERD strategies; 2) they are familiar with product certification programs, although the programs are not well understood; …
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China as an opportunity and a challenge for Western service providers
… the development of creative industries and sustainability efforts in China. The interaction between the West and the East is studied in the light of experience of Nordic companies conducting business in China or entering this market. Qualitative case studies have been used to gain …
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Analysing sustainability of solid waste management in Malaysia using ecological modernisation perspective
… in Malaysia in terms of its capability to meet sustainability goals. This requires a investigative methodology that encompasses the policies, processes, scales and actors the comprise the national waste management system. It does this by adopting the concept of ecological modernisation as a …
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Critical examination of community participation in development projects
… Village Land Act of 1999. National Economic Policy of 2004, Tanzanian Vision 2025, Environmental Management Act 2004 and the Petroleum Act of 2015 and the corporate sustainability policy of the IOC LNG JV companies; and to propose a good practice model on community participation for social …
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Accounting, accountability and governance in upstream petroleum contracts: the case of local content sustainability in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.
Local Content is an oil sector governance and sustainability policy that aims at check-mating the dominance of the foreign oil companies in host countries, and encouraging the participation of the local oil firms in the petroleum value-chain. It is a burgeoning concept applied in the upstream …
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Development of quantitative methods for sustainability assessment in process industry
… specifically dedicated to the implementation of sustainability and inherent safety in process and plant design activities, with respect to chemical and industrial processes in which substances dangerous for humans and environment are used or stored. The tools were mainly devoted to the …
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The winds of change: the political ecology of renewable energy transition in Vermont
… stakeholders, political climate, and important policy advances. Subsequent analysis focuses on the relationship between RET and the unique aspects of Vermont's institutions, culture, and communities. Important elements of this analysis include the ways that community groups form a vital link …
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An Investigation of CSR as a Source of Corporate Political Power
… parallel debate on the influence of business in policy-making. The political dimension of CSR and its intrinsic relationship with Corporate Political Power (CPP) has been under-researched. This thesis adds to the CSR debate by investigating the processes and mechanisms by which CSR activities …