Achieving sustainable development is today a basic premise for all companies and governments. The 2030 Agenda has outlined an action plan focused on all areas and interest groups. Achieving economic growth and technological progress, social development, peace, justice, environmental protection, inclusion ...
sustainability Article The Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in "BRICS" Countries Sajjad Ali 1 ID , Talib Hussain 1 ID , Guoliang Zhang 1,*, Mohammad Nurunnabi 2,3 ID and Benqian Li 1,* 1 School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800, Dongchaun Road,...
The growing appreciation of SMEs in the economy [11] comes with an increased recognition of their social impact [12], such as the creation of jobs and the attention devoted to environmental protection [13]. As such, prosocial goals are gaining momentum in SMEs [14]. Stakeholders increasingly ...
Governance policies and data protection are rarely relevant in the extractive sector [4]. According to KPMG [11], social inequality and climate change are transforming the business environment and leading to the evolution of ESG risks and opportunities within organizations. Stakeholders, i.e., ...
Decent conditions include social protection a healthy work environment, among others. Additionally, employees and workers must be an essential part of the dialogue between the company and its collaborators, with an active role in reaching an agreement on decent work [74]. Meeting the objectives ...
Breadth of protection, defined by WHO to be the average coverage across 11 vaccines, doubled from 34% in 2000 to 68% in 2021 [7], meaning an increased number of children in the world are now protected against an array of vaccine-preventable diseases. However, while many life-saving ...
Australia announced the decision to create a PRTR in 1992. This was followed by the Australian Government's Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency releasing a Public Discussion Paper, outlining some of its goals in 1994 [4,7]. This document referred to the need to satisfy international ...