The Route Towards Global Sustainability: Challenges and Management Practices

Contents
Chapter 1: Rethinking Environmental Governance: Exploring the Sustainability Potential in India
1 Introduction
2 Objectives of the Study
3 Materials and Methods
4 Major Initiatives to Govern Environment in India
4.1 Indian Forest Act, 1878, and Forest Conservation Act, 1980
4.2 Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
4.3 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
4.4 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
4.5 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
4.6 Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989
4.7 Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000
4.8 Biological Diversity Act, 2002
4.9 National Environmental Policy, 2006
4.10 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
5 Attributes of Good Environmental Governance
6 Dimensions of Environmental Governance
7 In Search for Proper Plan of Action
8 In Conclusion: The Way Forward
References
Chapter 2: The Role of Local Governments in Encouraging Participation in Reforestation Activities
1 Introduction
2 General Conditions of the Forest Areas Around the World
3 SDG 2030, Climate Change, and Forest Fires
4 Local Government Role in Forest Areas and Reforestation
5 Public Participation in Protecting Forests and Being a Part in Reforestation Activities
6 Examples of Reforestation Activities with the Contributions of Local Governments and Public
6.1 China Reforestation Activities
6.2 The Great Green Wall of Africa
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Accessing Regional Liveability by Indicators: A Case Study of Mumbai Metropolitan Region
1 Introduction
2 Context
3 Discourses on Liveability
4 Methodology on Liveability and Sustainability
5 Observations from the Study Region
5.1 Mumbai Metropolitan Region
6 Generation of Local Benchmarks Through Community Participation
7 Suggestions and Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Operationalizing the Regional Sustainability Assessment by Indicators
1 Introduction
2 Sustainability: A Multidimensional Concept
3 Multidimensionality That Favors Assessment
4 Regional Sustainability Assessment: Operational Challenges
5 RSA Operational Gaps and Methodological Pathways
5.1 Multilevel Interaction in the RSA
5.1.1 Interregional Multilevel Interaction
5.1.2 Intraregional Multilevel Interaction
5.2 Stakeholder Participation in RSA
5.3 Geospatial Approach in the RSA
5.3.1 Spatialization of Data for RSA
5.3.2 Geospatialized RSA
6 Final Considerations
6.1 Research Limitations
6.2 Gaps That Persevere
References
Chapter 5: Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Corporate Social Responsibility
1 Introduction
2 Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS)
2.1 Emergence and Purpose of the VSS
2.2 VSS: Voluntary Use or Mandatory Trend?
3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
4 The VSS, Global Trade, and CSR for a Sustainability Network
5 VSS Contributions to CSR
6 Challenges VSS and CSR
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Universities to Educate in Sustainability: From Pedagogy to Management
1 Introduction
2 Sustainable Universities
3 Pedagogical Transition
4 Management Transitions
4.1 Environmentalization
4.2 Tools for Assessing Sustainability Management at HEIs
4.2.1 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
4.2.2 Graphical Assessment of Sustainability in Universities (GASU)
4.2.3 Green Report Card
4.2.4 STARS
4.2.5 GreenMetric
4.2.6 AISHE
4.2.7 CSAF
4.2.8 SAQ
4.2.9 KAP
4.2.10 Other Initiatives
4.2.11 Green Campus
4.2.12 Living Labs
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Analysis of the Path of Studies on Financial Education and Sustainability
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Methodological Procedures
4 Presentation and Interpretation of Results
5 Final Remarks
References
Chapter 8: Unveiling Diversity and the Unwanted Inequality in Organizational Leadership
1 Introduction
1.1 Guaranteeing the Golden Ticket Is Not Enough
1.2 Consistent Signaling Diversity and Equity Through Leadership
2 Method
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Descriptive Data Analysis
3.2 Fixed and Random Effects on Panel Analysis
3.3 Hypothesis Results
4 Conclusions
4.1 Implications
References
Chapter 9: Critical and Instrumental Perspectives of Interdisciplinarity for Business Education
1 Introduction: The Generous Vision
2 Interdisciplinarity Genesis
2.1 Focus on the Society Issues: The Critical Dimension of Interdisciplinarity
3 Upstreaming CSR: The Principles for Responsible Management Education Role
4 PRME Harbors Interdisciplinarity in a “Brazilian Way”
4.1 Students Organizations Triggering Interdisciplinarity
5 Conclusion and Framework Proposal
References
Chapter 10: Who Pays for Corporate Social Responsibility?: Proposal for an Externalization Index of CSR Costs
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 The Theoretical Debate of Who Assumes CSR
2.2 An Index as an Answer
2.2.1 CSR Modality
2.2.2 Registry
2.2.3 Stakeholders
2.3 Proposed Behavioral Categories
2.4 The Proposed Externalization Index
3 Methods
3.1 Measuring Instrument
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Proposed Index
3.4 Index Validation
4 Results
4.1 Modality
4.2 Registry
4.3 CSR Cost Externalization Level
4.4 Registry Analysis
4.5 Modality Analysis
4.6 Overall Analysis
5 Discussion
6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 11: Emerging Civilian UAV Innovations Promoting Sustainability in Indian Agri-Insurance Through Embedding Culture-Specific Values
1 Introduction
2 Responsible Innovation
3 Methodology
4 Current Scenario
4.1 Agriculture Insurance
4.2 Civil UAV
5 Implications of Values in Civil UAV Deployment
6 Discussion of the Findings
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: COVID-19: The Urgency to Expand Sustainable Nutrition Solutions
1 Introduction
2 COVID-19 and Nutrition Disruption
3 Juxtaposing Nutrition and Sustainability
4 Advances in Science to Tackle Nutrition and Issue of Sustainability
5 Nutraceuticals and Sustainable Nutrition
6 Future Prospective
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Environmental Consciousness and Sustainable Development Goal with Special Reference to Public Transportation in India: A Review
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Analytical Discussion
4 Sustainable Public Transportation in Kolkata
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 14: Pandemic, Resilience and Sustainability: Agroecology and Local Food System as the Way Forward
1 Introduction
2 The Discourse of Agricultural Modernism in India: A Critical Inquiry
3 Implications for Sustainability, Food Security and Farmer’s Autonomy
4 The Way Forward: Agroecology, Resilience and Local Food Systems
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 15: Integrated Water Resources Management and Urban Sustainability
1 Urban Sustainability and Water Concerns
1.1 Urban Water Management Transitions
1.2 Focusing on the Stages of Urban Management Transitions
2 IWRM and Sustainability Perspectives
2.1 Integrated Water Resources Management: Definitions and Perspectives
2.2 Adaptive Strategy to Operationalize IWRM
2.3 Principles of IWRM
2.4 Principles for Sustainability: From the Principles of Bellagio to the BellagioSTAMP
2.5 Interrelationship Between IWRM Principles and BellagioSTAMP Principles
3 Food-Energy-Water Nexus for the Global Sustainable Development
4 Water Relevance for the 2030 Agenda
5 Mitigation and Adaptation to Natural Disasters
6 The Concept of Water Security
References
Chapter 16: Corporate Social Responsibility and Roles of Developers for Sustainability in Companies
1 Introduction
2 Efforts to Be Made by the Corporate Sector to Promote Sustainable Work Culture and Protecting Environment
3 Formal Practices for Corporate Sustainability
4 How CSR Leads Sustainable Corporate Sector
5 Total Disclosure on Region of Intervention in the CSR Policy
6 Employee Volunteering for the Implementation of CSR Projects
7 Similarities Between CSR and Corporate Sustainability
8 Differences Between CSR and Corporate Sustainability
9 Approaches for Sustainable Design
10 Eco-Labelling
11 Business Practices, Work Culture, and Environment
12 Overview
13 Principles of Corporate Governance and Work Culture
14 Role of Developers
15 Accountability of Software Developers
16 Futuristic Thoughts About CSR in New Normal
17 Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Plastic Pollution During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Disaster in the Making
1 Introduction
2 Diversity of Commonly Used Synthetic Plastics
3 Causes and Effects of Plastic Pollution on the Different Ecosystems: A Global Perspective
4 Generation of Biomedical and Domestic/Commercial Plastic Wastes During COVID-19 Pandemic
5 The Sustainable Road Ahead
5.1 Microbial Degradation of Plastics
5.2 Biodegradable Plastics or Bioplastics
5.2.1 Toxicological Impact of Biodegradable Plastics
5.3 Advocating the Principle of 4 Rs
5.4 Circular Economy
6 Conclusions and Way Forward
References
Weblinks
Chapter 18: Integrated Water Resources Management in Developing Nation: Status and Challenges Toward Water Sustainability
1 Introduction
1.1 The Three E Pillars of IWRM
1.2 Process of IWRM
1.2.1 IWRM Plan
2 Evolution of the Concept of IWRM
3 IWRM and Effective Water Governance
4 IWRM for SDG 6 Implementation
5 Status of IWRM in Developing Countries
6 Challenges and Future Prospects
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 19: Anti-Dam Discourse: Stakeholder Engagement and Decision-Making
1 Introduction
2 ‘Growth-Rate’ Driven Development Perspective: The Problem
3 The Approach of the Study
4 Participatory Decision-Making and Legitimising: A Saga of Resilience
5 India’s North-East and Anti-Dam Protest
6 Conclusion
7 Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 20: Environmental Management and Sanitation: Perspectives on Waste
1 Background
2 The Concept of Waste
3 Waste Generation and Influencing Factors
4 Waste Classification and Types of Wastes
4.1 Classification of Waste Based on Source
4.1.1 Municipal Waste
4.1.2 Agricultural Waste
4.1.3 Industrial Waste
4.1.4 Medical Waste
4.2 Classification of Waste Based on Nature
4.2.1 Hazardous Waste
4.2.2 Nonhazardous Waste
5 Waste Treatment and Management Technologies
5.1 Physical Treatment
5.2 Chemical Treatment
5.3 Biological Treatment
5.4 Thermal Treatment
5.5 Sustainable Treatment
6 Challenges Facing Waste Treatment and Management Technologies
7 Ensuring Environmental Sanitation and Sustainability on Waste: Achieving SDG
7.1 Environmental Sanitation and Sustainability on Waste
7.2 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 21: Promoting Sustainability in a Brazilian Higher Education Institution with Development of Sustainable Competencies
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Promoting Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Higher Education Institution (HEI)
2.2 Sustainable Competencies
3 Methodological Aspects
4 Promoting Sustainable Competencies: A Brazilian Welcome Early-Year Student Project
4.1 The Welcome Early-Student Project: “Solidary Hazing”
4.2 Results of the Project
4.3 Competencies Developed
5 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Further Research
References
Index