Essays about: "Environmental work"

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  1. 16. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Lucas Rennkamp; Alicia Schmidt; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Sustainability Managers; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Sustainability Logic; Sustainable Business Development; Institutional Theory; Institutional Logic; Qualitative Research;

    Abstract : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. READ MORE

  2. 17. KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN CONTESTED GREEN PROJECTS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Francisco Soto Fernández; [2023-06-28]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to understand why non-polluting energy facilities in Europe are not always well accepted notwithstanding their positive effect on greenhouse gas reduction and their contribution to transforming the EU into a thriving society, as intended by the European Green Deal. The thesis draws on public acceptance theory and has been conducted as a two-step Case Study, namely, the deployment of renewable energy facilities in La Rioja, a Spanish region wherein two waves of wind and solar energy plants – during the 2000s and the 2020s – have enjoyed very different degrees of public support. READ MORE

  3. 18. A New Landscape for Management Control: Managers Reaching a Balance of Remote Work in a Post-Pandemic Era

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johannes Akkaya; Oscar Jebsen Setterberg; [2023-06-27]
    Keywords : Remote work; COVID-19; Enabling versus Coercive; Trust; Productivity; Post-Pandemic; Management Control; Managers;

    Abstract : In recent years organisations have faced the COVID-19 pandemic, which entailed extensive restrictions and lockdowns around the world. The new challenges have created new patterns for organisations to work after the pandemic and remote work has been implemented. The overall usage of remote work is applied to various extents in organisations. READ MORE

  4. 19. IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE SKAGERRAK FJORDS BY DEEP LEARNING IMAGE MODELING

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Marko Plavetic; [2023-06-26]
    Keywords : benthic foraminifera; deep learning; environmental monitoring; YOLOv7;

    Abstract : Over the several past decades, there has been increasing interest in using foraminifera as environmental indicators for coastal marine environments. As compared to macrofauna, which are currently used in environmental studies, foraminifera offer several distinct advantages as bioindicators, including short generation times, a high number of individuals per small sample volume, hard and durable tests with high preservation potential, and low cost of sample extraction. READ MORE

  5. 20. Sustainability education in early childhood: Preschool teachers´perceptions and approaches in nurturing sustainability education practises

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Rose Anyanwu; [2023-01-25]
    Keywords : Education; Sustainability; Sustainable Development SD ; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; Early Childhood for Sustainable Education; Preschool teachers;

    Abstract : Aim: This study aims to examine early childhood teachers’ perceptions of Education for Sustainable Development as well as their pedagogical approaches for nurturing sustainability in Swedish preschools, and how their perceptions of ESD relate to their teaching strategies in nurturing sustainability education. Theory: Lev Vygotsky’s social constructivism emphasizes the significance of language and thought, social interaction, zone of proximal development, scaffolding, mediation, and collaborative work in learning. READ MORE