Environmental sustainability and progress towards Agenda 2030
Environmental sustainability and progress towards Agenda 2030
Environmental sustainability is one of humanity's most daunting issues and continues to garner attention from researchers and policymakers. The substantial corpus of work on sustainability has focused on broader sustainable development goals (SDGs), with occasional discourse on the progress of environmental issues within the SDGs. In this issue, we draw precise attention to environmental SDGs and their implementation progress at country and company level, underscoring the actions required to accomplish Agenda 2030. The contributions to this special issue provide incremental knowledge of the state of progress made towards accomplishing Agenda 2030, as well as advance our understanding of corporate environmental research particularly in developing countries. We report a concise viewpoint of the chapters featured in this special issue of Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management on the progress and prospects of environmental sustainability and Agenda 2030. Our review and summary highlights crucial findings from each contribution, the implications of such findings for policymakers, and areas for immediate and future actions pertinent for the accomplishment of the Agenda. The overarching outcome from the chapters featured in the special issue suggests a positive change in the appetite for sustainable practices at both country and company level. Yet, the practicality and approach to attain the goals set by United Nations Agenda 2030 is still a distance away. We believe insights from chapters in this issue would provide pragmatic support to managers and governments in developing and implementing strategic actions to confront the growing yet emerging state of environmental SDGs accomplishment at country and company levels.
Agenda 2030, Environmental management, GHG emissions, SDGs, SDGs implementation progress, Sustainability
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Moses, Olayinka
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Tauringana, Venancio
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28 March 2022
Moses, Olayinka
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Tauringana, Venancio
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Moses, Olayinka and Tauringana, Venancio
(2022)
Environmental sustainability and progress towards Agenda 2030.
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Environmental Sustainability and Agenda 2030: Efforts, Progress and Prospects.
(Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management, 10)
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(doi:10.1108/S1479-359820220000010001).
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Environmental sustainability is one of humanity's most daunting issues and continues to garner attention from researchers and policymakers. The substantial corpus of work on sustainability has focused on broader sustainable development goals (SDGs), with occasional discourse on the progress of environmental issues within the SDGs. In this issue, we draw precise attention to environmental SDGs and their implementation progress at country and company level, underscoring the actions required to accomplish Agenda 2030. The contributions to this special issue provide incremental knowledge of the state of progress made towards accomplishing Agenda 2030, as well as advance our understanding of corporate environmental research particularly in developing countries. We report a concise viewpoint of the chapters featured in this special issue of Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management on the progress and prospects of environmental sustainability and Agenda 2030. Our review and summary highlights crucial findings from each contribution, the implications of such findings for policymakers, and areas for immediate and future actions pertinent for the accomplishment of the Agenda. The overarching outcome from the chapters featured in the special issue suggests a positive change in the appetite for sustainable practices at both country and company level. Yet, the practicality and approach to attain the goals set by United Nations Agenda 2030 is still a distance away. We believe insights from chapters in this issue would provide pragmatic support to managers and governments in developing and implementing strategic actions to confront the growing yet emerging state of environmental SDGs accomplishment at country and company levels.
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We would like to thank all authors whose works are featured in this issue for working hard to see them through the finish line despite the difficult global situation due to COVID-19. Special thanks also to the Africa Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) for providing delegates at the 2020 AAFA virtual doctoral colloquium a special session to meet with the special issue editors.
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Agenda 2030, Environmental management, GHG emissions, SDGs, SDGs implementation progress, Sustainability
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/456825
ISSN: 1479-3598
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