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Research paper thumbnail of Success in integrating conservation and development? A study from Zambia

World Development, Jun 1, 1998

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated investment analysis: Investment implications of the reach regulation

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Research paper thumbnail of Critical Success Factors Facilitating the Propagation of Demonstrator Projects

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Research paper thumbnail of The interpretation and implementation of sustainability strategies in UK local government

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Research paper thumbnail of Commercial yet social: The practices and logics of bringing mini-grid electricity to rural villages in Kenya

Energy research and social science, Oct 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Sustainability evaluation for brownfield redevelopment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mar 1, 2006

Redevelopment of brownfield land has been identified as an essential component to the achievement... more Redevelopment of brownfield land has been identified as an essential component to the achievement of sustainable urban regeneration. However, in some cases, brownfield redevelopment has been characterised by a lack of long-term consideration of impacts, as well as the failure to holistically examine the environmental, economic and social issues, which form the basis of sustainability. It is therefore important to develop and implement a new approach that can be used to address and monitorcc sustainability throughout the life cycle of land-use, thus addressing the intergenerational principle of sustainable development. This paper describes a new Redevelopment Assessment Framework that will enable the use of sustainability indicators to monitor holistically the long-term sustainability of brownfield redevelopments. The framework's key characteristics are that it is dynamic in nature, allowing for sustainability monitoring through the land-use life cycle of a brownfield project, as well as being participatory and transparent as a process. The framework incorporates consideration of the risk perception and risk communication issues that are typical of brownfield projects. By design, the new framework is aimed at developing site-specific indicators within the overall context of the existing monitoring and planning processes that brownfield redevelopment projects are required to undergo.

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Research paper thumbnail of Visioning Futures: Switzerland’s Scene Setting for Transition Pathways and Their Long-Term Conversion Into an Intergenerational Just and Sustainable Future

EDULEARN proceedings, Jul 1, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated investment analysis

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Research paper thumbnail of Book reviews : George Medvedev. The Truth About Chernobyl. Basic, New York, 1991 (Russian original published by VAAP, 1989). $22.95

Industrial crisis quarterly, Dec 1, 1992

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Research paper thumbnail of Contamination and the Public - The Theory vs. Experience

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Research paper thumbnail of Who’s Afraid of Local Agenda 21? 1

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Research paper thumbnail of Reviewing Corporate Environmental Strategy: Patterns, Positions and Predicaments for an Uncertain Future

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Research paper thumbnail of CSR Mapping: Swiss Stakeholder Salience, Concerns, and Ethics

Social Science Research Network, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Reviewing Corporate Environmental Strategy

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Research paper thumbnail of Stakeholder mapping of CSR in Switzerland

Social Responsibility Journal, Oct 5, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Doing well or doing good?

UmweltWirtschaftsForum, Aug 14, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of A critical assessment of how non-governmental organizations use the capital markets to achieve their aims: a UK study

Business Strategy and The Environment, 2003

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Research paper thumbnail of Who's Afraid of Local Agenda 21?: A Survey of UK Local Government Environmental Co-ordinators' Background, Values, Gender and Motivation

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Research paper thumbnail of Company Case Study 1: To (Crafts)Man Up—How Swiss SMEs Cope with CSR in Harsh Times

Springer eBooks, Sep 15, 2019

Many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland have highly sophisticated Corporate... more Many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland have highly sophisticated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agendas. In many cases, they are unintended, informal as they are coming from corporate cultures that nurture a “raison d’etre” and a noble business purpose beyond profit-maximisation. Previous research aggregated this core logic to an overarching SME business model, L’EPOQuE, making Swiss SMEs, arguably, hidden CSR champions about social, economic, and environmental responsibilities. This model is borne by a set of key features: i.e., the process of work socialisation, soft assets, proximity and informality, agility, the nexus of company ownership and government, the focus on education, and long-range planning. By the methods of focus group discussion with seven SME owner-managers combined with case studies located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, this research looked at the impact of different financial crisis on the Swiss CSR business model. The results show surprisingly strongly, that there is no substantial leverage. The psychological and sociological tradition of stewardship and the SMEs’ emphasis on excellent craftsmanship help sustain morale and ethics despite economic downturns. As their business model evolves from CSR as “moral activity” it prevents the potential sacrifice of ethics due to financial scarcity. At the same time, it mirrors a highly competitive business approach that can be generalised to other unconventional, “non-standard” milieus where money might be short (e.g., in start-up companies). Considering the economic, political, and social competitiveness of Swiss SMEs and their relevance within CSR, this study demonstrates the power of the small business approach as it works detached from economic situations.

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated Sustainability Management System Models for Global Businesses

Business Strategy and The Environment, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Success in integrating conservation and development? A study from Zambia

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Research paper thumbnail of Commercial yet social: The practices and logics of bringing mini-grid electricity to rural villages in Kenya

Energy research and social science, Oct 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Sustainability evaluation for brownfield redevelopment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mar 1, 2006

Redevelopment of brownfield land has been identified as an essential component to the achievement... more Redevelopment of brownfield land has been identified as an essential component to the achievement of sustainable urban regeneration. However, in some cases, brownfield redevelopment has been characterised by a lack of long-term consideration of impacts, as well as the failure to holistically examine the environmental, economic and social issues, which form the basis of sustainability. It is therefore important to develop and implement a new approach that can be used to address and monitorcc sustainability throughout the life cycle of land-use, thus addressing the intergenerational principle of sustainable development. This paper describes a new Redevelopment Assessment Framework that will enable the use of sustainability indicators to monitor holistically the long-term sustainability of brownfield redevelopments. The framework's key characteristics are that it is dynamic in nature, allowing for sustainability monitoring through the land-use life cycle of a brownfield project, as well as being participatory and transparent as a process. The framework incorporates consideration of the risk perception and risk communication issues that are typical of brownfield projects. By design, the new framework is aimed at developing site-specific indicators within the overall context of the existing monitoring and planning processes that brownfield redevelopment projects are required to undergo.

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Research paper thumbnail of Visioning Futures: Switzerland’s Scene Setting for Transition Pathways and Their Long-Term Conversion Into an Intergenerational Just and Sustainable Future

EDULEARN proceedings, Jul 1, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated investment analysis

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Research paper thumbnail of Book reviews : George Medvedev. The Truth About Chernobyl. Basic, New York, 1991 (Russian original published by VAAP, 1989). $22.95

Industrial crisis quarterly, Dec 1, 1992

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Research paper thumbnail of Contamination and the Public - The Theory vs. Experience

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Research paper thumbnail of Who’s Afraid of Local Agenda 21? 1

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Research paper thumbnail of Reviewing Corporate Environmental Strategy: Patterns, Positions and Predicaments for an Uncertain Future

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Research paper thumbnail of CSR Mapping: Swiss Stakeholder Salience, Concerns, and Ethics

Social Science Research Network, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Reviewing Corporate Environmental Strategy

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Research paper thumbnail of Stakeholder mapping of CSR in Switzerland

Social Responsibility Journal, Oct 5, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Doing well or doing good?

UmweltWirtschaftsForum, Aug 14, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of A critical assessment of how non-governmental organizations use the capital markets to achieve their aims: a UK study

Business Strategy and The Environment, 2003

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Research paper thumbnail of Who's Afraid of Local Agenda 21?: A Survey of UK Local Government Environmental Co-ordinators' Background, Values, Gender and Motivation

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Research paper thumbnail of Company Case Study 1: To (Crafts)Man Up—How Swiss SMEs Cope with CSR in Harsh Times

Springer eBooks, Sep 15, 2019

Many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland have highly sophisticated Corporate... more Many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland have highly sophisticated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agendas. In many cases, they are unintended, informal as they are coming from corporate cultures that nurture a “raison d’etre” and a noble business purpose beyond profit-maximisation. Previous research aggregated this core logic to an overarching SME business model, L’EPOQuE, making Swiss SMEs, arguably, hidden CSR champions about social, economic, and environmental responsibilities. This model is borne by a set of key features: i.e., the process of work socialisation, soft assets, proximity and informality, agility, the nexus of company ownership and government, the focus on education, and long-range planning. By the methods of focus group discussion with seven SME owner-managers combined with case studies located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, this research looked at the impact of different financial crisis on the Swiss CSR business model. The results show surprisingly strongly, that there is no substantial leverage. The psychological and sociological tradition of stewardship and the SMEs’ emphasis on excellent craftsmanship help sustain morale and ethics despite economic downturns. As their business model evolves from CSR as “moral activity” it prevents the potential sacrifice of ethics due to financial scarcity. At the same time, it mirrors a highly competitive business approach that can be generalised to other unconventional, “non-standard” milieus where money might be short (e.g., in start-up companies). Considering the economic, political, and social competitiveness of Swiss SMEs and their relevance within CSR, this study demonstrates the power of the small business approach as it works detached from economic situations.

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated Sustainability Management System Models for Global Businesses

Business Strategy and The Environment, 2014

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