Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series – serie

Exploring the link between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the built environment, this erudite Companion provides a comprehensive overview and critical examination of key topics and complex research issues. Structured around the 5Ps of the SDGs - people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships - the Companion suggests potential routes for the future direction of research within this multidisciplinary field of study.Featuring thought-provoking contributions from an array of acclaimed scholars, the Companion analyses seminal literature and outlines up-to-date definitions for key concepts such as climate change, vulnerability, disaster risk, climate finance, and their connections to the built environment. Providing an examination of the theoretical dimensions of the field, it also explores the historical, current and future trends towards the realisation of the SDGs. Chapters further recognise the crucial role of the sustainable built environment in achieving the 17 SDGs as set out in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, presenting original expert analysis on key topics across these 17 goals.Innovative in its approach, this timely Companion will prove essential for researchers and students interested in construction and project management, industry, innovation and infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities, and urban and regional studies. It will also serve as a main source of reference for practitioners and decision-makers, acting as a guiding document for the built environment sector.

The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals is an essential reference for understanding the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its promotion of fair conditions, rights at work and employment opportunities for all. Bringing together contributions from over 60 leading labour scholars, this Companion critically investigates the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and how it links to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters look ahead to the future of labour trends and address a range of perspectives, including viewpoints from political science, economics, sociology and law. A comprehensive analysis of the decent work deficit is provided, along with an examination of the global labour market. Ultimately, the Companion discusses pressing issues such as ecological crises and the growing effect of the gig economy and automation on the changing nature of work, addressing the gap between aspirations and the reality of the global labour market. This prescient Companion is vital for students and scholars of labour studies, economics, international relations and law. Offering an important overview of the history of the Decent Work Agenda, it is also beneficial to practitioners and policy advocates.

This Companion provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary review of the future of energy, sustainability and societal well-being. It explores energy’s connection to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using a variety of perspectives from business sustainability, disruptive technologies, law, health and finance.Illustrating a worldwide perspective on energy challenges and sustainability dynamics, this Companion incorporates diversity, recognizes the complex interaction of factors in energy systems and advocates for a holistic understanding to inform sustainable development. Global experts and practitioners investigate key issues including business practices, disruptive technologies, legal considerations, health impacts and sustainable finance. The Companion further emphasizes the collective responsibility for an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future, and aligns with the ‘leave no one behind’ commitment in shaping a cleaner, fairer society. The Elgar Companion to Energy and Sustainability is an excellent resource for those working and studying in the energy field and in the interdisciplinary aspects of energy and business sustainability, energy and disruptive technologies, energy and health, energy and law, and energy and finance, as they will find the range of perspectives on policies and regulations to be thought-provoking. Researchers, policymakers of the SDGs and those looking to incorporate sustainable practices within organizations will also find this Companion to be a useful guide.

This timely Companion explores the connection between the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Human Resource Management (HRM), the SDG–HRM nexus. Expert contributors explore in-depth this developing area for HRM research and practice, analyzing how businesses and HRM can support progress towards and beyond the 17 SDGs, and how these efforts benefit employees and organizations. Chapters bring together academics and practitioners in the field to share thought-provoking conceptual and empirical insights into how HRM can contribute to the SDGs and address global challenges by seizing local opportunities across different geographic and cultural contexts. Including implications for quantitative and qualitative research, the Companion provides examples of managing people in organizations and presents a state-of-the-art overview to develop an agenda for future research. It responds to the need for HRM professionals to guide organizations and individuals through pressing, complex challenges using a more human-centered approach that respects planetary boundaries.This Companion is a fundamental resource for scholars and students of Human Resource Management corporate sustainability, strategic management, leadership, public management, and cross-cultural management. Practitioners and policymakers in the field will also benefit from its practical insights.

In light of the re-evaluation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this timely Companion adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide key insights on important topics, including sustainable food consumption and the mitigation of food waste.Bringing together a diverse array of prominent scholars in the field, the book combines theoretical discussion with practical applications, considering how consumer behaviour shapes our world, especially when trying to achieve the SDGs. The book highlights that, as our global community faces urgent challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality, understanding how people make choices and their impact is crucial.The Elgar Companion to Consumer Behaviour and the Sustainable Development Goals is a fundamental resource for scholars, researchers and students of business management, organisational behaviour, development studies, management and sustainability, social psychology, and behavioural and experimental economics. Practitioners and policymakers in the fields of sustainable consumption and production, food policy, and sustainable development policy will also find the book’s practical insights to be of benefit.

In this far-reaching Elgar Companion, leading scholars and practitioners survey the current state of knowledge, practice and policy on social innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to provide guidance for future research in the area. Considering the SDGs individually, together and sustainable development as a whole, they explore relationships between social innovation, the SDGs and the biosphere, society and economy, across organizational settings.A range of international contributors examine social innovation and the SDGs across diverse geographies, drawing on varied methodologies and theories. A valuable new definition and ‘propellor’ conceptualization of the intersection of social innovation and the SDGs is proposed. Chapters provide practical insights from case studies across the globe focusing on individual SDGs and the broader goals, addressing social innovation systems across sectors or problem domains. The Companion considers a variety of different social innovators including social entrepreneurs, nonprofits and traditional business ventures, as well as hybrid organizations such as social enterprises, universities, intermediaries and cross-sector partnerships.This Companion is a vital reference for students and academics in business and management, human geography, development studies, sociology and politics. Practitioners and policymakers working in the field of social innovation and the SDGs will also benefit from this insightful resource.

This interdisciplinary Companion explores the pivotal role of marketing in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides diverse perspectives on how marketing strategies can drive sustainable development including sustainable consumer behaviour and emphasises the importance of ethical considerations, stakeholder engagement and innovative approaches to positively impact society.Leading scholars and practitioners from across 15 countries discuss key themes such as consumer behaviour, strategic marketing, Base of the Pyramid marketing, technological innovations and marketing education. Real-world examples and global perspectives are used to demonstrate that marketing is not solely about selling and can also be a powerful tool for creating positive change for people and the planet. The Companion investigates how cutting-edge technologies including AI, blockchain and the Internet of Things can enable responsible consumption and transparency. It further highlights the necessity for marketers to actively shape the post-2030 framework to align with evolving global sustainability goals.Scholars and students of marketing, international business, sustainability, organisation studies and development studies will greatly benefit from this comprehensive Companion. Timely and engaging, it is also an essential resource for policymakers and practitioners in marketing and the business sector, as well as those working with the SDGs.

This expansive Companion examines the relationship between food systems and sustainability, exploring why transforming the food system is a vital step in achieving sustainability that extends beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Combining theoretical insights with practical applications, this Companion presents regional case studies spanning every continent to identify both current challenges and future prospects for sustainable food system development. Contributors interrogate the synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs and how they relate to nexus thinking, including the water-energy-food nexus and its recent variations. Examining governance from state, market, and voluntary sector perspectives, contributing authors argue that governance by goals, such as the SDGs, is an insufficient way to adequately reshape food systems in order to be more sustainable.The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development is a crucial resource for students and scholars of human geography, agronomy, agroecology, political ecology, climate science, and environmental studies. Policymakers, advocacy groups and civil society actors will also benefit from the book’s forward-thinking strategies and policy recommendations.

The United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative has embraced and driven awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout business and management schools across the globe. Whilst promoting a common, global framework for transitions, progress continues to be deeply entangled with wider neo-liberal structures which perpetuate economic advancement over equality, equity and environmental justice. Now, the achievement of the SDGs through management education requires creative and pluralistic approaches that embrace both Global North and Global South perspectives, taking into consideration differences in the challenges of sustainability and the on-going geopolitical inequalities in resources and power.This Companion is not only essential, but also critically timely; countries around the world continue to call climate and poverty emergencies as they see and feel the dramatic and unequally distributed effects of climate change. A group of leading contributors from across the globe tackle how and whether business schools can produce the next generation of leaders to tackle the SDGs.The book is suitable for those engaged in management education and the SDG, such as researchers, students, early career researchers or university teachers, the more experienced researcher or teacher, and importantly, leaders at different levels within business or management schools such as module or programme leaders, heads of department, associate or assistant deans of teaching and learning, and indeed, deans themselves.

In this timely Companion, leading experts from across the globe present a comprehensive and multifaceted study of how multinational enterprises engage with emerging sustainability challenges.Providing diverse theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence, contributors from both the Global North and South address six key topics: digital transformation, corporate governance, regional perspectives, future direction, measurement and accountability, and education. They adopt a methodological approach in order to bridge the theory-practice gap in SDG implementation, with a particular focus on SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 13, Climate Action, and SDG 17, Partnerships. Using both quantitative modeling and qualitative case studies, chapters analyse the emerging challenges that are shaping the future of sustainable business practice, such as AI, deep-seabed mining, and post-pandemic adaptation. Contributors also identify significant research gaps, particularly in the areas of poverty reduction, hunger elimination, and clean water access.The theoretical frameworks and research agendas presented in this Companion are of great benefit to scholars and students in the fields of international business, environmental studies, and development studies. Providing actionable guidance on how to integrate SDGs into business operations, this Companion is also an essential reference for corporate sustainability executives, ESG professionals, management consultants, and policymakers.

This Elgar Companion comprises theoretical, empirical, and conceptual chapters from leading international scholars, reflecting on critical debates and developments surrounding the role of tourism in progressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Paying particular attention to the impact of tourism in a polycrisis era the Companion critically analyses how tourism may progress the SDGs alongside the requirements of the 2030 agenda framework, and/or how SDG progress may be stifled given various crises. Using global case studies, contributing authors provide insightful solutions to the challenges of implementing sustainability agendas.The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals provides an excellent reference for scholars studying tourism and hospitality, environmental studies and government and political studies. Policy makers will also find the expert guidance contained within this Companion to be a useful resource for their day-to-day practices.

This dynamic Companion explores the connections - and disconnections - between migration and sustainable development as articulated by the UN’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Providing a critical appraisal of Agenda 2030, it examines the extent to which the SDGs encompass migration and migrant-related experiences within the context of the pledge to ‘leave no-one behind’.Presenting intersectional approaches alongside nuanced understandings of crisis and climate change induced mobility, this Companion interrogates the complex linkages and intersections between sustainable development and contemporary migration. Chapters assess the importance of the policy and governance of migration and the SDGs across local, regional, and global scales, drawing on examples from diverse sectors, geographies, and migration corridors. The Companion provides a comprehensive analysis of the importance of inserting migration into SDG debates on a wide range of issues, including poverty and inequality, climate change and food insecurity, education, labour rights, the migrant right to vote, and diaspora finance.This insightful Companion will prove an essential resource to postgraduate students and scholars of development studies, migration studies, human geography, education, and international relations. Its substantive focus on the core development agenda will also benefit policymakers invested in the implementation of the SDGs.

Complex geopolitical debate surrounds the role of intellectual property (IP) in advancing and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Summarising and advancing this discourse, this prescient Companion is a thorough examination of how IP law interacts, influences and impacts each of the seventeen SDGs.This comprehensive Companion brings together an array of leading international experts to assess and interrogate how IP law impacts each specific SDG in turn. Providing in-depth analysis and invaluable insight, chapters explore IP’s role in ending poverty and inequality, improving food security, ensuring a sustainable environment, better regulating gene patents, and supporting health and well-being through access to medicines. This Companion deftly explores a variety of models of technology transfer and diffusion. Ultimately, the book provides a realistic overview of current progress towards the SDGs and a blueprint to reform IP institutions, agreements and laws to achieve a more sustainable future.The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals will be an essential resource for academics, researchers, regulators and policymakers interested in the unique intersection between IP law and sustainable development. It will also prove a highly informative read for researchers specialising in development studies, as well as legal practitioners working in private law, public law, technology law, comparative law and international law.

This Companion explores the tension between the promises of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the realities of healthcare in a volatile and uncertain world wracked by climate change and conflict. Championing health as a pivotal public good, it presents solutions for improved access to health rooted in community empowerment and accountability of governance.Highlighting innovative research and practice, academics and practitioners from the Global South and North examine key strategies for success in the future of health and the SDGs, focusing on holistic structural approaches. Bringing different voices and perspectives to the fore, they cover a wide range of dimensions to the challenge, including: inequality, power and participation; health systems; gender-based discrimination and violence; sexual and reproductive health and rights; food and the environment; urbanisation; and governance and accountability. Ultimately, the Companion embodies a vision for change, offering practical insights from the inclusive work of social enterprises, NGOs, cross-sector integrated approaches to health, and reform dynamics in global and national-level institutions and governance systems.The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals is a crucial resource for students and academics in development studies, health policy and economics, social policy, sociology of development and sustainable development. It is also invaluable to practitioners and policymakers in NGOs, governments, private philanthropy and consultancy.