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Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 December 2024 | Viewed by 4036

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1. Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, Insurance and Risk Management Department, University of Malta, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta
2. Faculty of Business, Management and Economics, University of Latvia, LV-1050 Riga, Latvia
Interests: financial technologies; financial management and asset management; risk management; compliance and regulations; corporate finance; corporate governance; audit management; financial services; behavioral economics
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to continue the work of the previous Issue entitled “Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing”.

The great challenge of our time is to create a sustainable and desirable future—one that the achieves the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In today’s “Anthropocene” world, human impacts on ecological life support systems are increasingly complex and far-reaching. At the same time, there are increased demands on the planet’s life support functions to maintain living standards in developed nations and to reduce poverty in developing nations. In this “full” world, the emphasis in research, education, and policy needs to shift from addressing problems in isolation to studying whole, complex, and interconnected systems and the dynamic interactions between their parts. Several scholars have focused on how the concepts of vulnerability and resilience may be employed in the analysis of future sustainability and wellbeing. Various approaches have been proposed to address different fields of application, raning from environmental concerns to financial settings. While much of the existing literature on vulnerability and resilience is sector- or country-specific, in this volume we propose a more holistic approach that allows for the sustainability of human well-being to be analyzed as a whole. Our understanding is that well-being, which involves multiple linked domains, equates to sustainability. Moreover, while the majority of studies consider vulnerability and resilience as aspects of the sustainability of a “system”, i.e., a society, a country, an organization, or even the whole planet, this volume’s focus is on the interrelated dimension of well-being. In particular, this publication considers the exposure to risk and the ability to manage it. We are seeking the use of both objective and subjective indicators of well-being in case studies, theory, and practice.

Prof. Dr. Simon Grima
Prof. Dr. Eleftherios I. Thalassinos
Prof. Dr. Inna Romānova
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Keywords

  • air pollution
  • climate change
  • water pollution and sanitation
  • pandemics, finance and the economy
  • industrial development
  • energy crisis
  • toxic chemicals and hazardous and radioactive wastes
  • population explosion and urbanization
  • impact of globalization
  • degradation of ecosystems and species
  • education
  • health

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Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sustainability—A Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry
by Alina Matuszak-Flejszman, Anna Preisner and Joanna Katarzyna Banach
Sustainability 2024, 16(17), 7749; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177749 - 5 Sep 2024
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The fast fashion industry significantly impacts the environment at every stage of a product’s life cycle. The transport of products to wholesalers and stores, as one of the stages of the product life cycle, is often overlooked during the analysis of their carbon [...] Read more.
The fast fashion industry significantly impacts the environment at every stage of a product’s life cycle. The transport of products to wholesalers and stores, as one of the stages of the product life cycle, is often overlooked during the analysis of their carbon footprint. Therefore, research is needed on the impact of fast fashion on the environment through its logistics and transport, especially in relation to air emissions. This article attempts to determine how extensively fast fashion companies disclose the impact of their transport operations on their overall corporate carbon footprint, determine the proportion of total emissions attributed to transport, and evaluate the effectiveness of companies’ efforts to mitigate their transport-related environmental impact. This research used a case study method on selected brands (H&M Group, Inditex, Shein), using secondary data available in non-financial reports for 2023. As a result of the analysis of their non-financial reports on transport emissions, several key findings have been presented. Companies predominantly rely on external frameworks and standards, particularly the Global Reporting Initiative. However, the level of detail of the data presented varies. The priority for the surveyed companies is to reduce emissions from significant sources, such as production processes. The data disclosed in the reports (scope 1, 2, 3) must be clearly formulated and can be used to calculate the level of their CO2 emission reduction or increase. Companies should improve their environmental reporting by including indicators of their transport-related emissions. This approach provides a comprehensive view of their environmental impact, highlighting absolute values and efficiency metrics. Full article
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