Article
Environmental Sciences
Lindsay C. Worley, Kristen L. Underwood, Rebecca M. Diehl, Jeremy E. Matt, K. S. Lawson, Rachel M. Seigel, Donna M. Rizzo
Summary: Floodplain reconnection and wetland restoration projects have multiple benefits, including enhancing flood resilience, nutrient storage, and improved habitats. A decision-support tool linked to a hydraulic model can help planners simulate restoration scenarios, assess trade-offs between stakeholder objectives, and arrive at optimal restoration designs.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Belinda Williams, Sumit Lodhia
Summary: Integrated reporting is a voluntary reporting approach that aims to transform corporate reporting by integrating financial and sustainability information, requiring coordinated efforts by all organizational departments to address social and environmental issues, leading to integrated thinking.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mairin C. M. Deith, Daniel J. Skerritt, Roberto Licandeo, Daniel E. Duplisea, Caroline Senay, Divya A. Varkey, Murdoch K. McAllister
Summary: There is a growing demand for fisheries management to incorporate stakeholder participation, scientific uncertainty, multiple objectives, and risk characterizations. Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) is one approach that relies on participation with fishery interest groups to define goals and evaluate management options. The technical aspects of MSE have the potential to alienate participants without experience, with literature often focusing on implementation steps. Challenges in MSE include identifying participants, defining roles, educating on purpose and mediating disagreements for critical cooperation.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Leah M. Sharpe, Matthew C. Harwell, Chloe A. Jackson
Summary: This paper proposes ten criteria drawn from the literature that can be used to prioritize stakeholders for environmental management decision making. These criteria include level of interest, level of influence, magnitude of impact, probability of impact, urgency/temporal immediacy, proximity, economic interest, rights, fairness, and underrepresented/underserved populations.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Erik Siems, Stefan Seuring
Summary: Engaging with stakeholders and managing their issues in sustainable supply chain management is a significant challenge. This study enriches the theoretical debate by proposing stakeholder management practices based on a case study approach in bioenergy supply chains in Chile. The core of stakeholder management is two-way communication, but a true orientation towards stakeholders requires a willingness to learn and transform supply chain design.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ellen Wohl, Richard L. Knox
Summary: The lack of watershed-scale estimates of floodplain carbon stocks limits recognition of the important role of floodplains and river corridor restoration in efforts to enhance carbon sequestration. This study uses the South Platte River watershed in Colorado, USA as a case study and spatially explicit data to illustrate the spatial patterns of floodplain carbon stocks and prioritize floodplain restoration for carbon sequestration.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Kamalesh Kumar, Rishtee Batra, Giacomo Boesso
Summary: This study explores the differences between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large companies in their approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and how these approaches are associated with financial and social performances. Large companies tend to use explicitly articulated and formally enacted CSR approaches, while SMEs integrate social responsibility in informal and implicit ways. The findings show that explicit CSR approach is positively correlated with financial performance, while implicit approach is positively correlated with social performance.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ran Motoori, Benjamin C. McLellan
Summary: Japan is actively pursuing deep sea mining, with a preference for domestic development over overseas operations. Society in Japan has low understanding of DSM and tends to favor recycling and development of substitutes rather than DSM. There is a need for more detailed surveys and stakeholder consultation to ensure social acceptance and mitigation of local impacts.
Article
Business
Peter Kotzian
Summary: Sustainability issues are increasingly important for business strategies. Firms integrate sustainability aspects in their strategies to meet stakeholders' expectations and avoid controversies. However, the effectiveness of sustainability engagement in avoiding controversies is limited, as factors beyond firms' control, such as firm size and country of origin, strongly influence the occurrence of controversies.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rowan Dunn-Capper, Laura C. Quintero-Uribe, Henrique M. Pereira, Christopher J. Sandom
Summary: This study assesses nature recovery scenarios in an urban boundary landscape using a multicriteria mapping study and the Nature Futures Framework. The results show that the Nature Futures Framework is a reliable framework for evaluating diverse stakeholder values for land use change.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Donizete Beck, Marcos Ferasso
Summary: Our research investigates how Stakeholder Capitalism can contribute to global governance in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through a mixed study combining research synthesis, categorization, and network analysis, we found that Stakeholder Capitalism and its principles provide a favorable environment for the majority of SDGs and can particularly support SDGs 8, 9, and 17. However, further research is needed to address the limited literature on Stakeholder Capitalism's impact on SDGs 6, 14, and 15, specifically considering non-human stakeholders and the environment. We also discussed the linkage between Stakeholder Theory and Stakeholder Capitalism constructs, demonstrating their potential in achieving the SDGs.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Alena Havrdova, Jan Douda, Jana Doudova
Summary: Floodplain forests provide diverse habitats and resources for various species, but they are facing intense anthropogenic pressures and habitat homogenization. Climate change, invasive species, river regulation, landscape fragmentation, and other factors have heavily degraded floodplain forests. Restoration projects need to consider the interplay of natural and artificial processes and mitigate other threats to effectively restore and preserve these ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alessia Patuelli, Fabio Saracco
Summary: In order to achieve sustainable development, the United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. This paper presents a novel interdisciplinary approach using big data from Twitter to analyze firms' engagement with SDGs. The results show that the social dimension is predominant and the attention to different SDGs themes varies depending on the community and sector firms belong to. The paper has theoretical contributions and practical implications for firms, policymakers, and management education.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jingwen Su, Boyan Xu, Hujun Yin
Summary: This paper presents an extensive review of deep learning methods for image restoration tasks. Deep learning techniques, particularly convolutional neural networks, have been widely used in image processing, but image restoration remains a challenging topic. This paper compares deep learning techniques for image denoising, deblurring, dehazing, and super-resolution, and summarizes the principles and methods involved.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sigrid Engen, Vera Helene Hausner, Georgina G. Gurney, Else Grete Broderstad, Rose Keller, Aase Kristine Lundberg, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Emma Salminen, Christopher M. Raymond, Jannike Falk-Andersson, Per Fauchald
Summary: Studies have shown that the rapid development of the blue economy and regulation of coastal activities can lead to social injustices and exclusion of marginalized groups. This social survey protocol aims to assess the fairness of decisions related to coastal planning and development in the context of small-scale fisheries, and to ensure that the interests of various sectors of society are represented, including small-scale fishers, women, Indigenous peoples, and youth.