Theory And Practices On Innovating For Sustainable Development
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Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental impacts and how the huge global markets for sustainable innovation are currently hampered by protectionist policies. Subsequently, diverse sustainable innovators are presented in ascending order of the complexity of interactions between innovators and stakeholders. In this context, innovating consumers who create communities of peers in solar powered mobility are examined in the first case. It also focuses on regional tacit inventors, who spur innovation in tourism mobility thanks to the informal policies but whose efforts are obstructed by the formalities of the European Union. Artists with an interest in both innovations and the environment develop art services that deliver experiences of environmental qualities. Though these experiences have gone unrecognised so far, they are nonetheless socially beneficial. The book also shows how technology suppliers develop four different patterns of sanitation, each with its own pros and cons for the specific community’s needs and conditions. It discusses how project developers also make innovations in office systems, including socially beneficial ones that do away with the need to commute. It includes an analysis of interactions between consumers pursuing ethical consumption and international trailblazers in corporate responsibility and concludes that it is more rewarding to support social entrepreneurs than to attempt to moralise consumers. Further analysis of interactions between sustainable investors and innovators reveals different groups’ opinions about policies and markets, helping to explains their weak influence on policies. Mushrooming local energy initiatives are now evolving into energy service companies, producing shifts on energy markets. Why these innovators emerge and how certain policies are blocking them are explained. The policies of the United States and European Union are compared with regard to the main barriers to and drivers of, the renewable energy business. Though the US invests more money and takes more risks, it is less cost-effective in terms of the number of enterprises and jobs, thanks to the feed-in tariffs in Europe. Lastly, the book also discusses policies that invest in education, skills, knowledge and know-how exchange, but instead abolish perverse?? subventions of vested interests to?? create conditions for sustainable development.
Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Development in Industry 5.0
Author: Atiku, Sulaiman Olusegun
language: en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date: 2024-06-05
In the era of Industry 5.0, the world faces a critical juncture where technological advancement collides with escalating socio-environmental challenges. Climate change, energy consumption, and threats to public health are exacerbated by the rapid embrace of Industry 4.0 technologies. As businesses pursue efficiency, the compromise on human and social sustainability becomes inevitable. The need for a holistic approach to sustainable development is urgent, where economic growth aligns seamlessly with environmental, social, and human well-being. Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Development in Industry 5.0 serves as a guide in the pursuit of sustainable development within Industry 5.0. This book dissects the intricate challenges posed by socio-environmental issues and seamlessly offers a multidisciplinary approach to achieving sustainable development goals. The detrimental impact of Industry 4.0 on sustainable development necessitates the paradigm shift proposed within the book. Economic pursuits can no longer overshadow the crucial pillars of human, social, and environmental sustainability. The delicate balance required for a sustainable future is at risk, demanding a multidisciplinary approach to reconcile these seemingly conflicting objectives. This book is a call to action, to bridge the knowledge gap and provide tangible solutions for achieving sustainability in Industry 5.0.
Smart Sustainable Development: Exploring Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Practices for a Resilient Future
Author: Terri-Ann Berry
language: en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date: 2025-06-17
United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as a blueprint to address the world's most pressing challenges, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Research plays a pivotal role in understanding these complex issues, providing evidence-based insights to guide policy formulation, program development, and implementation strategies. Smart sustainable development refers to an innovative, forward thinking, and or technologically advanced approach that combines innovative solutions with sustainable practices to promote long-term environmental, social, and economic well-being. This Research Topic has been created in collaboration with an international event comprising online and face-to-face opportunities to highlight practical solutions to sustainability, in line with the United Nations' SDGs. This presents a unique opportunity for a wide range of sustainable practitioners, from academia, industry, and communities to present research works and projects with an innovation focus, enabling international networking and knowledge sharing to support a more sustainable and inclusive future. This Research Topic seeks to investigate both complete or ongoing projects introducing innovative solutions that are strongly aligned with the UN SDGs and have led to tangible outcomes with remarkable impact and benefit to sustainable development. The key aspects contributing to smart sustainable development include technological integration, environmental stewardship, social equity, economic prosperity, resilient communities and infrastructure, and collaboration and governance. We welcome contribution from individual researchers, academic groups and partnerships between academics and professionals. Research focused on using innovation to bridge the gap between global aspirations and local realities, taking into account diverse cultural, social, economic, and environmental contexts is particularly welcome. Topics can cover (but are not limited to) the following themes: Smart technologies to further sustainable development, including in built environment, biotechnologies, energy systems, health care, education, transportations, and emergency, and disaster risk management Sustainable infrastructure, including policies, creative design and the implementation of new methods, materials and approaches to the planning, construction and use of sustainable buildings, water and wastewater management, stormwater design and solid waste management Digitalization and intelligence for the uptake of sustainable solutions, including through smart energy systems, mobility, digital transformation and disruption, resilience and disaster management, and the growth of digital cities Community and healthcare solutions to benefit gender equality, community development, indigenous peoples, and the preservation of local, region and national cultural heritage in new ways Nature resource protection and management approaches, including environmental conservation, water-sensitive design, coastal erosion, systems solutions and adaptation to climate change Sustainable agricultural initiatives to increase the uptake and use of new approaches and methods, including ones which incorporate creative solutions to supporting natural ecosystems.