Sustainable development can be achieved by organisations in a supportive environment that includes a culture of transparency, accountability and shared values. This short, open access contributed volume presents an overview of sustainable development practices through a comprehensive analysis of various initiatives, frameworks, and challenges faced by both governments and businesses in the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It includes data-driven insights and analysis, as well as practical tools, policy recommendations, and theoretical frameworks to address sustainability challenges, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, sustainable development governance and the impact of geopolitical risks on SDG progress.
With a focus on the European Union and Ukraine, this book includes several interconnected chapters that each explore a different contributing factor required for successful sustainable development governance. Fully open access, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable development practices, sustainable governance and innovation, as well as practitioners and policymakers looking for strategic insights for sustainable business in the European Union.
Chapter 1: Social Preferences Towards the Environment: Assessing and
Quantifying Public Support for Sustainable Development by Oksana Liashenko.-
Chapter 2: Empowering Local Authorities for Sustainable Development The
Council of Europes Role in Promoting Human RightsBased Approaches by Natalia
Mishyna.
Chapter 3: Sustainability Transparency in the Banking Sector by
Inna Makarenko and Bodo E. Steiner.
Chapter 4: EU Insights on Innovative
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Following Sustainable Development Goals by Oksana
Khymych.
Chapter 5: Barriers to Progress How Geopolitical Risks Affect the
EUs SDG Agenda by Ruslana Kuzina and Bodo E Steiner.
Bodo Steiner is Professor of Food Economics and Business Management at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also head of the research group Management and Organizations For Sustainable Food Systems, and Deputy Director at the Department of Economics and Management.. He has previously held faculty and visiting appointments at the University of Alberta, University of California - Berkeley, University College Cork, University of Kiel, and University of Southern Denmark. His research interests focus on social and environmental sustainability issues in global agri-food value chains and food systems, with particular focus on social capital and organizational networks.
Inna Makarenko is a Professor of Accounting and Taxation at Sumy State University, Ukraine. She is also a Lecturer in Sustainable Finance and Accounting at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her interdisciplinary research interests are in corporate transparency and accountability, non-financial measurement of business performance and accounting and assurance issues around the incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
