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2. Discursos e Iniciativas Educacionais de Desenvolvimento de Competências para a Sustentabilidade do World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Robson Malacarne and Janette Brunstein
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educational actions ,Derrida ,WBCSD ,think tank ,developing sustainability competences ,ações educacionais ,desenvolvimento de competências para a sustentabilidade - Abstract
The adoption of the logic of developing sustainable development (SD) competences in the business environment has grown both in the literature in the area and in business initiative programs. One player that emerges with the aim of assuming leadership in this process is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). This article aims to answer the following research question: Are the WBCSD’s discourses and initiatives for developing sustainability competences spaces of various translations of corporate sustainability or a place for reaffirming logocentric and definitive discourses on the theme? For this, we analyzed the institutional documents (Vision 2050 and Action 2020) and carried out a series of on-site visits at the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs. In addition, we conducted a set of in-depth interviews with the managers and participants in the initiatives for developing sustainability competences (DSC). The data were analyzed according to the categories of Derrida’s deconstruction process. The analysis of the educational initiatives of the Brazilian and Portuguese BCSDs showed that they include the various discourses on corporate sustainability in their formative approach; however, logocentric and definitive thinking about the theme is reaffirmed in that the way the Vision 2050 guidelines are carried out is limited to the application of management tools. Resumo A adoção da lógica de competências para pensar o desenvolvimento sustentável (DS) no ambiente empresarial vem crescendo tanto na literatura da área, como também em programas de iniciativa empresarial. Um ator que desponta com o propósito de assumir a liderança nesse processo é o World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Este artigo buscar responder ao seguinte problema de pesquisa: Os discursos e iniciativas de desenvolvimento de competências para a sustentabilidade do WBCSD são espaços de várias traduções sobre a sustentabilidade corporativa ou lugar de reafirmação de discursos logocêntricos e definitivos sobre a temática? Para tanto, analisou-se os documentos institucionais (Visão 2050 e Ação 2020) e procedeu-se a uma série de visitas in loco nos Conselhos Empresariais do WBCSD (brasileiro e português). Além disso, conduziu-se um conjunto de entrevistas em profundidade com os gestores e participantes das iniciativas de desenvolvimento de competências para a sustentabilidade (DCpS). Os dados foram analisados de acordo com as categorias do processo de desconstrução de Derrida. A análise das iniciativas educacionais dos Conselhos Empresariais do WBCSD (brasileiro e português) demonstrou que se acolhe os diversos discursos sobre sustentabilidade corporativa no percurso formativo, no entanto, reafirma-se um pensamento logocêntrico e definitivo sobre a temática quando se entende que o modo de se realizar as diretrizes do Visão 2050 limita-se a aplicação de ferramentas gerenciais.
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- 2021
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3. Orchestrating Consent: Post-politics and Intensification of Nature TM Inc. at the 2012 World Conservation Congress
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Robert Fletcher
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neoliberalism ,collaborative event ethnography ,post-politics ,ecosystem services ,natural capital ,IUCN ,WBCSD ,World Conservation Congress ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
This article reports on the results of a collaborative event ethnography (CEE) conducted at the 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC) on Jeju Island, South Korea. The WCC is organised every four years by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which bills the Congress as the world′s most important conservation forum. Hence, analysis of the event illuminates current and future trends in the global conservation movement. This analysis builds on a previous study conducted at the 2008 WCC in Barcelona, Spain, which provides something of a baseline for assessing changes in conservation policy in the intervening period. I contend that one of the most salient trends at the 2012 WCC was a dramatic increase in emphasis on market-based mechanisms and corporate partnerships, elements of a growing global pattern that has been called ′neoliberal conservation′ or ′Nature TM Inc.′, on the part of IUCN leadership and its major partners, particularly the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). While this agenda remains actively contested by elements of the IUCN′s membership, little of this contestation was reflected in the Congress′s public spaces. I therefore describe the WCC as an effort to ′orchestrate′ the appearance of general consent around a neoliberal agenda-a dynamic that I characterise, following recent theorisation, as ′post-political′-by means of a variety of strategies, including staging consensus, synchronising discourse, expanding alliances, disciplining dissent, appropriating a ′radical′ agenda, and ′cynical′ reasoning.
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- 2014
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4. Orchestrating Consent: Post-politics and Intensification of Nature™ Inc. at the 2012 World Conservation Congress.
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Fletcher, Robert
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This article reports on the results of a collaborative event ethnography (CEE) conducted at the 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC) on Jeju Island, South Korea. The WCC is organised every four years by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which bills the Congress as the world's most important conservation forum. Hence, analysis of the event illuminates current and future trends in the global conservation movement. This analysis builds on a previous study conducted at the 2008 WCC in Barcelona, Spain, which provides something of a baseline for assessing changes in conservation policy in the intervening period. I contend that one of the most salient trends at the 2012 WCC was a dramatic increase in emphasis on market-based mechanisms and corporate partnerships, elements of a growing global pattern that has been called 'neoliberal conservation' or 'NatureTM Inc.', on the part of IUCN leadership and its major partners, particularly the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). While this agenda remains actively contested by elements of the IUCN's membership, little of this contestation was reflected in the Congress's public spaces. I therefore describe the WCC as an effort to 'orchestrate' the appearance of general consent around a neoliberal agenda—a dynamic that I characterise, following recent theorisation, as 'postpolitical'— by means of a variety of strategies, including staging consensus, synchronising discourse, expanding alliances, disciplining dissent, appropriating a 'radical' agenda, and 'cynical' reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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5. WBCSD
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Idowu, Samuel O., editor, Capaldi, Nicholas, editor, Zu, Liangrong, editor, and Gupta, Ananda Das, editor
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- 2013
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6. Learning with futures to realise progress towards sustainability: The WBCSD Vision 2050 Initiative.
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Wilkinson, Angela and Mangalagiu, Diana
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EMPIRICAL research ,LONGITUDINAL method ,DECISION support systems ,SUSTAINABILITY ,CLIENTS ,COLLECTIVE action - Abstract
Abstract: This paper addresses the limited evidence of how futures work bears fruit in the present by exploring a specific, yet significant, empirical case study. The results of our longitudinal study into the WBCSD Vision 2050 Initiative shed light on how organisations are harnessing the perspective of the long term future to identify what can and should be done in the near term to keep progress towards sustainability on track. We provide evidence of the expected and realised benefits of this collaborative futures initiative. These benefits extend beyond direct decision support, manifest at multiple levels and vary over time. We note that shift from single client to collaborative futures work is inherent to addressing sustainability challenges and call for more research into how collaborative futures practices are evolving to deal with new puzzles and wicked problems. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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7. ECOEFICIÊNCIA: UMA ANÁLISE DAS METODOLOGIAS DE MENSURAÇÃO E SEUS RESPECTIVOS INDICADORES.
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Munck, Luciano, Cella-de-Oliveira, Flávio Augusto, and Bansi, Ana Claudia
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BIOINDICATORS ,SUSTAINABILITY ,SUSTAINABLE development ,DECISION making ,PARAMETER estimation - Abstract
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- 2011
8. Against corporate responsibility: critical reflections on thinking, practice, content and consequences.
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Fougère, Martin and Solitander, Nikodemus
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SOCIAL responsibility of business ,THOUGHT & thinking ,BUSINESS enterprises & the environment - Abstract
This article critically reflects on today's dominant articulation of corporate responsibility (CR) in terms of thinking, practice, content and consequences. We examine what has and has not changed since a seminal critique of the notion of business social responsibility put forward by Theodore Levitt 50 years ago. We illustrate our argument with the case of Botnia in Uruguay, which has recently generated much discussion in international media, and other examples that are illuminating on the problematic nature of contemporary CR. We find that little in fact has changed between the 1958 and 2008 versions of CR except for the context of (global) business, especially the threat posed by sustainability questions and the more systematic ideological rejection of regulation. As opposed to these contemporary evolutions, we call for alternative, regulation-based articulations of CR, which would improve corporate accountability on social and environmental questions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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9. Desenvolvimento de competências para a sustentabilidade: uma análise dos discursos educacionais do BCSD Brasil e BCSD Portugal à luz de Derrida
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Malacarne, Robson, Brunstein, Janette, Gouvêa, Ricardo Quadros, Teixeira, Maria Luisa Mendes, Coelho Júnior, Pedro Jaime de, and Dias, Sylmara Lopes Francelino Gonçalves
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Derrida ,skills development for sustainabilit ,conselhos empresariais ,deconstruction ,business councils ,WBCSD ,desconstrução ,CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO DE EMPRESAS [CNPQ] ,think tank ,desenvolvimento de competências para a sustentabilidade - Abstract
The adoption of the powers of logic to discuss Sustainable Development (SD) in the business environment arises from the concern of developing actions that recognize the strategic environmental issue in the relationship with stakeholders. In this context, Stone (2005) analyzes the emergence and performance of a relevant actor, the Think Tanks, which are groups seeking to influence governments and companies to adopt certain discourses and initiatives. Among these actors emerge those who are engaged in building an agenda for the business world into the DS, as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). But what sense the educational actions taken by these think tanks take in this process? What kind of skills promote? To answer these questions we chose to study the performance of the Think Tank WBCSD, from Derrida's deconstruction. Took to this discourse and Skills Development Actions for Sustainability (SDfS), held by the Boards (BCSDs) of Brazil and Portugal. The research question that guided this research was as follows: What are the meanings of SDfS initiatives, disseminated by the WBCSD, which are revealed in his speeches and educational activities? In the study of the trajectory analyzed the documents that present the thought of the DS entity (Vision 2050 and Action 2020) in order to understand the discourses and sustainable initiatives. In addition, interviews were performed with Coordinators, Associate Specialists and BCSD Brazil and BCSD Portugal to understand the initiatives and educational activities of DCPS developed by these councils between the years 2010 to 2013. To understand this discursive game developed the metaphor read Think Tanke, used to analyze the performance of the WBCSD, which can develop a "thought armored car" closed the other translations, and/or assume the posture of a moderator speeches, most associated with the "thought tank " Explains that the "tank" is a popular technology that is based on the principles of sustainability and is applied in the Northeast of Brazil through water harvesting during the rainy season, so that the supply times of crisis to use liquid reserved. In this sense, the "thinking tank" is the work of "think tanke " that opens the diversity of opinions and readings in order to develop strategies to act in a sustainable way in times of plenty and in crisis situations. In light of Derrida, the survey results show the ambiguities and the nature of expertise in the speeches and initiatives that predominate in SDfS programs. Values to adapt the business to DS logic in a discursive context that want to build a new relationship between business and society, expressed in the document Vision 2050, but still can not be consistent enough to consolidate an effective change. For the WBCSD go in his ways the entity needs to recognize its responsibility in the concrete and the effectiveness of SDfS initiatives. This finding requires that the entity's educational activities as well as developing skills to meet the urgent environmental crisis, also needs to promote more associated skills to understand a " thought tank" that seek to respond social and environmental issues in their complexity when considering the various translations on the theme. A adoção da lógica de competências para discutir o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (DS) no ambiente empresarial surge a partir da preocupação em desenvolver ações que reconhecem a questão socioambiental estratégica na relação com os stakeholders. Neste contexto, Stone (2005) analisa a emergência e atuação de um ator relevante, os Think Tanks, que são grupos que buscam influenciar os governos e as empresas a adotar determinados discursos e iniciativas. Entre esses atores emergem aqueles que se ocupam em construir uma agenda para o mundo empresarial em direção ao DS, como o Conselho Empresarial Mundial para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (WBCSD). Mas que sentido as ações educacionais promovidas por estes Think Tanks assumem nesse processo? Que natureza de competências promovem? Para responder a estas perguntas optou-se por estudar a atuação do Think Tank WBCSD, à luz da desconstrução de Derrida. Tomaram-se para isso os discursos de Desenvolvimento de Competências para a Sustentabilidade (DCpS), realizado pelos Conselhos (BCSDs) de Brasil e Portugal. A pergunta de pesquisa que orientou a presente investigação foi a que segue: Quais as traduções da lógica de DCpS, disseminadas pelo WBCSD, que se revelam em seus discursos educacionais? Na trajetória do estudo analisaram-se os documentos que apresentam o pensamento de DS da entidade (Visão 2050 e Ação 2020), a fim de entender os discursos e as iniciativas sustentáveis. Paralelamente, realizaram-se entrevistas com Coordenadores, Associados e Especialistas do BCSD Brasil e do BCSD Portugal para compreender as iniciativas e ações educativas de DCpS desenvolvidas por estes Conselhos entre os anos de 2010 a 2013. Para entender este jogo discursivo desenvolveu-se a metáfora de leitura Think Tanke, que serve para analisar a atuação do WBCSD, que pode desenvolver um pensamento carro blindado , fechado a outras traduções, e/ou assumir a postura de um moderador de discursos, mais associado ao pensamento cisterna . Explica-se que a cisterna é uma tecnologia popular que se baseia nos princípios de sustentabilidade e é aplicada no Nordeste do Brasil por meio da captação de água nos períodos de chuva, a fim de que nos momentos de crise de abastecimento utilize-se o líquido reservado. Nesse sentido, o pensamento cisterna representa a atuação do think tanke que se abre à diversidade de opiniões e leituras visando desenvolver estratégias para agir de um modo sustentável nos períodos de abundância e nas situações de crise. À luz de Derrida, os resultados da pesquisa revelam as ambiguidades e a natureza das competências presentes nos discursos e nas iniciativas que predominam nos programas de DCpS. Valoriza-se a adaptação dos empresários à lógica do DS num contexto discursivo que deseja a construção de uma nova relação entre empresa e sociedade, expressa no documento Visão 2050, mas que ainda não consegue ser consistente o suficiente para consolidar uma mudança efetiva. Para que o WBCSD avance em seu modo de agir, a entidade necessita reconhecer a sua responsabilidade na concretude e na efetividade das iniciativas de DCpS. Essa constatação exige que as ações educacionais da entidade além de desenvolver competências para responder a crise ambiental urgente, também precisa promover competências mais associadas a compreensão de um pensamento cisterna , que buscam responder a questão socioambiental em sua complexidade ao considerar as diversas traduções sobre a temática.
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10. Critical Reflections on Thinking, Practice, Content and Consequences
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Fougère, Martin, Solitander, Nikodemus, Hanken School of Economics, Management and Organisation, Helsinki, and Hanken School of Economics, Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography, Helsinki
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critical theory ,SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY ,WBCSD ,corporate responsibility ,sustainability - Abstract
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- 2009
11. How to motivate primary school children to think and act in an environmental way
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CHLOUPKOVÁ, Magda
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The Kids{\crq} ISO 14000 Programme ,Recycling ,Ekovýchova ,Elektrická energie ,Ekoškola ,Ekodesign ,The Earth Summit ,Life-cycle of materials ,SAGE ,Recyklace ,Waste ,UNDP ,ISO ,Úspora materiálu ,EMS ,Obalové značky ,Environmental Public Education ,European Union ,UNCED ,ISO 14000 ,Pavučina - The Association of Centres of Environmental Education ,Environmentální výchova ,Pavučina {--} Sdružení středisek ekologické výchovy ,Evropská unie ,Třídění ,Ecolabelling ,Světový summit ,Ekoznačení ,WBCSD ,Odpady ,Material saving ,The Kids' ISO 14000 Programme ,OSN ,Life-cycle of products ,M.R.K.E.V ,Místní Agenda 21 ,Eco-schools ,Ekologická stopa ,Energy saving ,Summit Země ,Ekoznačky ,Slunce do škol ,UNEP ,Životní cyklus materiálu ,Eco-labels ,EVVO ,Local Agenda 21 ,Ecodesign ,Obaly ,Ecological Print ,The Sun in the Schools ,Sustainable development ,Labels ,Trvale udržitelný rozvoj ,Packaging ,Electric energy ,UN ,Životní cyklus produktů ,Environmental education ,Úspora energie ,Eco-education ,Agenda 21 - Abstract
The contents of the Thesis feature a survey of contemporary international attitude to environmental development and its effect on the educational trends in the Czech republic. Also, the short-term eco-educational project intended for primary school children is included here in the Thesis. The aim of the project is to arouse environmental awareness of children and excite their interest in this matter, which is considered to be the first essential step towards the sustainable development.
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- 2007
12. Reporting Matters 2016: Communicating on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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BUSINESS enterprises ,SUSTAINABLE development reporting ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article reports on the content of the Reporting Matters report by the advocacy association World Business Council for Sustainable Development for 2016, which features examples of good practice of Sustainable Development Goals that can be shared by members of the organization.
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- 2016
13. The Paris Agreement: What It Means for Business.
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CLIMATE change conferences ,BUSINESS & economics - Abstract
The article offers information on the report from the We Mean Business Coalition, a coalition of organizations such as BSR, CDP, and Ceres, concerning the policies identified at the Paris Climate Agreement which are relevant to the global business upon its transition into a clean economy.
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- 2016
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