Mohammad Abul Kashem, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam
{"title":"Environmental consequence of Australian agricultural trade: An asymmetric analysis","authors":"Mohammad Abul Kashem, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam","doi":"10.1002/sd.2814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2814","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Link between environmental degradation and agricultural trade balance (ATB) is an under investigated issue. This article, therefore, investigates the issue for Australia using the data of 1988–2021. In this investigation when a linear model is applied, support for short‐run impact is revealed. However, linear model is unable to explore the asymmetry of the relationship. Therefore, to assess the asymmetry a nonlinear model is applied. The latter model has supported both short‐ and long‐run asymmetry adjustment by the ATB on Australian pollution. The findings reveal that improvement of the ATB is harmful for Australian environment, and agro import related economic activities are environmentally more efficient than agro export activities. However, to improve the environmental condition, agricultural commodity import substitution is not a viable option for the country. The result also validates the EKC hypothesis, and additionally when environmental pollution is concerned, national income is as important as the ATB of Australia.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"35 35","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134953930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging environmental, social, and governance strategies for sustainable tannery solid waste management towards achieving sustainable development goals","authors":"Md. Abdul Moktadir, Jingzheng Ren","doi":"10.1002/sd.2812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2812","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Tannery solid waste (TSW) management is vital for promoting sustainable development in the leather industry. However, sustainable management of TSW is challenging as it contains hazardous chemicals. Implementing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices can support managing TSW towards achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, it is not easy to implement ESG practices for TSW management since numerous challenges exist in the system. To assist TSW management through ESG implementation, it is imperative to investigate the interactions among challenges and mitigation strategies. However, the existing decision‐making models cannot deal with the uncertainty and vagueness on a border scale during interaction evaluation and alternatives ranking. Additionally, there is a shortage of scientific works on ESG practices in emerging economies. Therefore, this study, for the first time, offers an integrated novel Dombi t‐norm and Dombi t‐conorm grounded interval valued Fermatean fuzzy sets (IVFFSs) Delphi, an extended IVFFSs‐weighted influence non‐liner Gause system (WINGS), and novel IVFFSs‐TODIM approach which is utterly lacking in the present literature. Also, the study offers a strategic roadmap to understand the interlinkage of findings with SDGs. The results of the IVFFSs‐WINGS analysis confirmed that the “Lack of solid waste management policy” is the most critical challenge for ESG implementation. Further, IVFFSs‐TODIM analysis confirmed that the “Policy development for TSW management complying with ESG and SDGs” is the top ESG challenges mitigation strategy for TSW management. The study's findings will provide guidance for government agencies, policymakers, and relevant stakeholders of the emerging economies tannery industry for successful implementation of ESG practices, thus helping to achieve SDGs.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"63 23","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bei Liu, Xing Bao, Zhaoxuan Qiu, Yunyun Zhang, Qiu Xia
{"title":"How does financial openness affect pollution emission of industrial enterprises?—Empirical evidence from the entry of foreign banks in China","authors":"Bei Liu, Xing Bao, Zhaoxuan Qiu, Yunyun Zhang, Qiu Xia","doi":"10.1002/sd.2826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2826","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Currently, the effects of financial openness (FO) on the environment have not been assessed at the micro level of enterprises. This article uses the difference‐in‐differences method to explore the pollution abatement effect of FO. The results show that FO can effectively promote pollution abatement with a significant environmental performance enhancement effect. In addition, the pollution abatement effect of FO is stronger in large, heavy industrial, and state‐owned enterprises. Besides, FO significantly alleviates financing constraints and promotes the pollution abatement by driving R&D investment and strengthening the intensity of end‐of‐pipe treatment. Policy recommendations are given to steadily expand the FO pattern, improve the financial disclosure system of small and medium‐sized enterprises, and optimize subsidies for increased R&D investment to stimulate pollution abatement. A reference for other emerging economies, especially transitioning economies, is provided to fully utilize the financial system under construction or improvement to realize the value of pollution control.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"19 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136351766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Babatunde S. Eweade, Selin Karlilar, Ugur Korkut Pata, Ibrahim Adeshola, John O. Olaifa
{"title":"Examining the asymmetric effects of fossil fuel consumption, foreign direct investment, and globalization on ecological footprint in <scp>M</scp>exico","authors":"Babatunde S. Eweade, Selin Karlilar, Ugur Korkut Pata, Ibrahim Adeshola, John O. Olaifa","doi":"10.1002/sd.2825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2825","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper investigates the asymmetric effects of fossil fuels, foreign direct investment (FDI), and globalization on the ecological footprint (EFP) in Mexico from 1975 to 2020. To this end, the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL), and the wavelet coherence approach are conducted. Based on the outcomes of the ARDL method, economic growth and fossil fuel consumption lead to ecological degradation, while foreign direct investment improves environmental conditions. Globalization has no impact on the environment. The NARDL approach illustrates that a positive shock to fossil fuels, FDI, and globalization degrades the environment. The wavelet coherence results emphasize the adverse environmental influence of economic growth and fossil fuels. These results imply that the Mexican government should conduct its economic expansion considering the principle of sustainable development. In this context, policymakers should propagate carbon taxes and similar instruments to promote clean energy sources that can replace fossil fuels and are compatible with sustainable development policies.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"20 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136351759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Convergence innovation for sustainable development: Unraveling <scp>post‐COVID</scp> dynamics for a resilient future","authors":"Jamshed Ali","doi":"10.1002/sd.2810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2810","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper explores the potential of Convergence Innovation (CI) as an effective catalyst for dealing with the COVID‐19 pandemic and devising a trajectory toward a sustainable post‐crisis future. It offers novel perspectives on sustainable innovation approaches that can enhance organizational performance and extend beyond it. The paper makes significant contributions to both the theoretical and practical aspects of innovation. It illustrates the impact of market forces in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Digital Technologies (DT), highlighting the significance of sustainable innovation for organizational prosperity and individual welfare. Convergence Innovation is explained as a self‐regulating ecosystem that promotes and goes beyond value creation. Different technologies in the ecosystem enhance CI's sensing capabilities for fluctuations in market forces and facilitate the transmission of data for decision‐making. The study recommends splitting off the S‐curve of innovation and the life cycle of competitive intelligence, as the S‐curve of CI tends to be shorter in the digital age. This paper provides managers with a new framework for thinking about innovation and its role in achieving sustainable business success. By embracing CI, managers can create more agile and adaptable organizations that are better positioned to navigate the complex and rapidly changing world of the digital age.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"58 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136349180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable development: Driving force from the relationship between finance inclusion, green finance and green growth","authors":"Tran Thi Kim Oanh","doi":"10.1002/sd.2808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2808","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper studies sustainable development and its driving force—the linkage between financial inclusion, green finance and green growth in 14 low financial development countries (LFDCs) and 11 high financial development countries (HFDCs) from 2005 to 2019. Bayesian regression results show that when green finance is not taken into account, the probabilities that green GDP growth positively impacts sustainable development in HFDCs and LFDCs are 58.31% and 61.06%, respectively. The probability that financial inclusion positively impacts sustainable development in HFDCs is 88.34% and it is 100% in LFDCs. The interaction between green finance and financial inclusion positively impacts sustainable development in both groups of countries. In addition, this article also provides evidence that the rate of urbanization and trade openness positively affect sustainable development. In contrast, the rate of inflation and the population growth rate impact sustainable development negatively.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"5 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135391636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable agricultural management: How to achieve carbon neutrality in agriculture – evidence from China agricultural sustainable development plan","authors":"Pengyu Chen, Jinglong Li","doi":"10.1002/sd.2821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2821","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Agricultural sustainable development is of significant importance for achieving food security, environmental protection, climate change adaptation, natural resource conservation, and economic development. We conducted a study using the 2015 China Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan (ASDP) as a natural experiment and employed the Difference‐in‐Differences (DID) model to estimate the impact of ASDP on agricultural carbon neutrality. Path analysis and heterogeneity analysis were also performed. The results of this study are as follows: First, ASDP promotes agricultural carbon neutrality. Second, increasing per capita agricultural machinery usage, agricultural labor efficiency, livestock manure management, wastewater and waste treatment capacity, toilet coverage rate, greening efforts, and reducing pesticide usage are potential pathways of ASDP. Third, the analysis of carbon emission types indicates that current ASDP mainly focuses on carbon emissions from traditional agricultural practices, with limited impact on carbon emissions associated with modern agricultural activities, such as diesel fuel and pesticides. Lastly, the heterogeneity analysis of agricultural regions demonstrates that ASDP has a more positive impact on grain, oil, fruit and vegetable low‐producing areas, cotton high‐producing areas, and poultry, meat, eggs and milk aquaculture high‐producing areas. This study estimates the carbon reduction effect of ASDP and provides new policy recommendations and reform directions for agricultural sustainable development in China and other developing countries.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"5 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135391640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between green innovation and sustainable growth in Korean companies: Moderated mediation effect of <scp>ESG</scp> score by industry","authors":"Mi Sook Lee","doi":"10.1002/sd.2807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2807","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sustainable development of companies is emphasized by many asset management companies around the world as an investment decision criterion. So, the most important issue in business management is Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG). But, criticism of ESG has been raised and some studies have found the impact of green innovation and ESG on financial performance to be inconclusive or inconsistent. At this point, this study reviewed ESG‐related researches and examined the relationship between green innovation, ESG, and sustainable growth. By analyzing the mediating effect of ESG score, this study examined whether investment for green innovation directly affects corporate sustainable growth or indirectly affects it through ESG score, an external evaluation. In addition, a moderating variable was added to see if this relationship varies by industry. For this research purpose, the moderated mediation effect analysis using PROCESS macro was conducted in‐depth. Companies received ESG evaluation by Korea Corporate Governance Service were selected as a sample. The results of this study will provide many implications for companies that are driving ESG.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":" 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135340950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongyang Li, Shuying Fang, Long Chen, Vanessa Menadue, Skitmore Martin
{"title":"Extended reality (<scp>XR</scp>)—A magic box of digitalization in driving sustainable development of the construction industry: A critical review","authors":"Hongyang Li, Shuying Fang, Long Chen, Vanessa Menadue, Skitmore Martin","doi":"10.1002/sd.2818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2818","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Against a background of global resource shortage and climate change, there is an urgency for the construction industry to aim towards sustainable development. With the rapid development of information technology, the emergence of extended reality (XR) has provided new ideas and options for sustainable construction (SC). Such technologies are applied in research and practice of the whole construction lifecycle, which can well meet the requirements of SC. This paper presents a critical review of XR applications in SC, aiming to systematically summarize the specific uses and advantages of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies. This study also examines the gap in research into the imbalance between the use of technology and the construction stages involved. Most XR applications focus on the preconstruction stage, while visualization and interactivity are the main features for further application. Through qualitative analyses, different applications of XR are introduced in stages throughout the entire lifecycle of building projects. In addition, the current challenges and limitations are presented, and several suggestions are proposed to facilitate further advancements in SC research and practice in the near future. This review provides valuable information to help stakeholders understand the advances in XR research and benefit future exploration and practice in the field.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":" 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135341281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md Sarwar Hossain, Sayantani M. Basak, Md Nurul Amin, Carl C. Anderson, Emilie Cremin, Fabrice G. Renaud
{"title":"Social‐ecological systems approach for adaptation to climate change","authors":"Md Sarwar Hossain, Sayantani M. Basak, Md Nurul Amin, Carl C. Anderson, Emilie Cremin, Fabrice G. Renaud","doi":"10.1002/sd.2801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2801","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adaptation to climate change has become part of national development programs (e.g., National Adaptation Planning). Though communities are adapting to climate change across the world, this perspective argues that understanding social and ecological systems requires greater attention to enhance resilience for achieving and moving beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in response to climate change across the world. In addition, based on a systematic literature review, this perspective identifies key research gaps and addresses relevant key challenges and future research direction for social and ecological systems (SES) adaptation to climate change. Ultimately, this may also help move from the existing limits to adaptation (intolerable risks through adaptive actions) concept to social‐ecological limits to adaptation and offers an opportunity to integrate adaptation to climate change in development planning by considering both SES.","PeriodicalId":48174,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Development","volume":"79 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135539980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}