Environmental management and firm performance: a case study

This study has as its aim to help to clarify the relationship between environmental management and economic performance by integrating it into a wider framework that includes the relationship between environmental strategy and firm performance, the latter being understood as the combination of environmental performance, competitive advantage and economic performance. A case study of the COATO farming cooperative showed us that its environmental management, focused on prevention logic, has had a positive net effect on its environmental performance. Besides, the order in which these practices were adopted favoured the development of new organisational capabilities that have contributed to the appearance of advantages derived from the greater accumulated experience of employees in creating new projects that are designed to reduce residues and pollution. COATO has also obtained a competitive advantage in differentiation thanks to an improved brand image and to its increased credibility in business relationships. Finally, a positive correlation exists between the pioneering proactive strategy adopted by this cooperative and the improvement of its firm performance with respect to the other firms in its sector.     

Challenges and opportunities for REDD+: A reality check from perspectives of effectiveness,efficiency and equity

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a promising mechanism of payments for ecosystem services with the aim to effectively reduce emissions in an efficient and equitable manner. REDD+ is part of the Paris-agreement reached at the UNFCCC COP21 in December 2015, but questions on whether REDD+ will work and bring multi-benefits are still hotly debated. Moreover, the results and messages from research on REDD+ in different regions are mixed, context-based and fragmented. Here, we employ a survey among REDD+ stakeholders, researchers, and consultants to evaluate the opportunities and challenges of REDD+ for achieving effective, efficient and equitable outcomes and co-benefits (3E+). We substantiate our survey results with a literature review. Results suggest that the challenges in achieving the 3E+ relate to the disproportionality between deforestation drivers and mitigation measures, diverging perceptions of equity among REDD+ stakeholders, complexity of property rights, and fragile willingness of stakeholders to engage in REDD+. If these challenges can be successfully addressed by the involved stakeholder groups, they can be turned into opportunities for realizing REDD+.     

城市交通系统的可持续发展

从城市交通发展战略、交通规划和交通环境量化评价指标三方面，研究了可持续发展理论如何在城市交通体系中得以体现，同时给出了可持续发展观念下的城市交通规划流程。     

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in China

1Background of ISDRSince man appeared on the planet,various natural disasters such as flood,drought,earthquake,typhoon,volcano and so on have been a constant threat to the existence and development of themankind.Itis through long-standing struggle with the disasters thatthe human race has survivedand evolved.In this sense,the human history is a history of human beings fighting againstdisasters.In the long history,human beings have combated disasters in a more and more organized way,from indi…     

Stakeholder involvement in strategic adaptation planning: Transdisciplinarity and co-production at stake?

To address increasing climatic variability and extremes, cities are gradually forced to develop climate change adaptation strategies that can ensure a continuous and transformative adaptation process. There is widespread consensus that the sustainable establishment of such strategies requires transdisciplinary approaches, that is, the involvement of internal and external stakeholders (state, civil society and market actors) to become part of the change and find innovative ways to unite their efforts and capacities. However, there is little research and hardly any empirical evidence on the process of stakeholder involvement and co-production in the development of municipal adaptation strategies. Against this background, this paper examines the factors that influence how and why different stakeholders are involved (or excluded) during the processes of developing adaptation strategies, and how this gets reflected in process outcomes. Based on applied participatory analysis of two pioneering municipalities in Germany and Sweden, the paper identifies and contrasts existing patterns to feed back into both theory and practice. Synergies, mismatches, barriers and driving forces for adaptation co-production are identified and contrasted with current adaptation discourses. The results highlight how the level of internal and external stakeholder involvement is conditional on (changes in) the broader governance context, and the associated power constellations in which stakeholders act (e.g., standing of departments, proximity to the decision-making body, changes in [or constellations of] political parties, contractual arrangements for staff, individual champions, progress in mainstreaming). On this basis, conclusions are drawn regarding how to foster sustainable and transformative adaptation through increased stakeholder involvement. The results and conclusions are crucial to advance theory on adaptation co-production, providing a basis for further analyses, research and action. They inform how existing theory, policies and/or guidelines for strategic adaptation planning need to be revisited to support change across current risk governance.     

江苏昆山市人口,资源,环境与可持续发展的战略思考

本文从区域可持续发展的角度,着重分析了搞土地批租给经济建设、农业生产和环境保护带来的利弊,指出土地批租具有经济发展上的进取性,资源利用上的合理性,环境治理上的主动性和社会发展的全面性,关键是要因势利导,加强管理,才能达到可持续发展的根本目的。     

影响中小企业实施积极主动型环境策略的管理因素分析

通过对以往实证性研究文献的回溯,分析了影响中小企业作出积极主动型环境策略选择的某些管理层面的因素及其变化,并提出了今后我国在该领域的研究方向和建议。     

太原市大气污染防治战略研究

以太原市2003年-2013年大气中主要污染物SO2、NO2、PM10为依据,分析了其季节、年度变化特征和外源输入的影响。2013年污染物的季节变化显示,SO2在冬季较高是受采暖排放影响;PM10在春季由于扬尘使其浓度最高。2003年-2012年间SO2和PM10浓度呈显著下降趋势,但仍较严重。重污染天气受来自西南、西北和东南方向的气团影响。太原市城区SO2和氮氧化物的排放总量已超过大气环境容量,其中主要是工业排放。对重点工业企业搬迁的方向也将对太原市空气质量改善产生影响。     

旅游视角下的宜居城市发展战略研究——以江西宜春市为例

随着旅游业的迅速发展,宜居城市发展与旅游业之间的关系越来越紧密.通过对宜居城市内涵及其判别标准的把握,选取江西宜春市为研究对象,简要分析宜春市的宜居表征,宜春地区具有旅游资源丰富、旅游经济增长快、旅游接待能力不断增强等方面的旅游发展优势,基于城市宜居与旅游发展的互动关系,从旅游视角着手探讨出宜居城市应采取旅游主导性、文化产业化、区域合作化、旅游可持续等发展战略,以期促进宜居城市与旅游业的协调发展.     

循环经济投融资模式创新与发展策略探析

循环经济适应规模化生产,对技术水平要求较高,又具有正外部性特征。因此,开展循环经济需要大量的资金支持。面对目前企业开展循环经济存在的投融资难题,政府要加强调控作用,加大对循环经济的投资支持力度,强化银行的绿色信贷业务,减少企业贷款障碍,多元化企业融资渠道,引导社会投资流向,促进循环经济形成较大规模,为建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会提供政策保障。