Embracing Sustainability in Shipping
Assessing Industry’s Adaptations Incited by the, Newly, Introduced ‘triple bottom line’ Approach to Sustainable Maritime Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13025855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ioannis Fasoulis (0000-0003-0067-8682, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author), Rafet Emek Kurt (0000-0002-5923-0703, University of Strathclyde) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 208-208 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci8070208 |
| OpenAlex | W2954572506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 59 |
Increasing environmental, social and economic problems, born by unceasing economic growth, have transformed our approach to the development concept. The 1980s saw the appearance of the sustainable development term and, during the 1990s, sustainability notion was implicitly framed as an integrated concept, frequently, termed as the ‘triple bottom line’ approach. Among several initiatives and efforts to balance our economic and societal pursuits with environmental challenges the, lately, introduced United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) refer to a remarkable evolution, which came to strengthen and establish sustainability conception as an integrated social, economic and environmental triptych. International shipping, as the major carrier of world trade and significant contributor to environmental degradation has, definitely, a vital role to play in facilitating the UN’s sustainability venture. Although there is a great amount of legislative instruments, codes and guidance to address sustainability in shipping, though, limited research has been devoted to identify how the tanker and dry bulk maritime sector has responded to such recent cohesive attitude to sustainable maritime development. Through a quantitative research approach this empirical study aimed to investigate maritime industry’s insights and attitudes in relation to the, newly, introduced triple bottom line approach to global sustainable development. Research data were collected via a questionnaire survey conducted to 50 tanker and/or dry bulk shipping companies. Pearson’s chi-square test of independence and Spearman’s correlation coefficient measures were utilized to test our three formulated hypotheses. Findings highlighted increasing awareness and adaptation of the maritime sector to the triple bottom line approach and, subsequent, sustainability absorption under the auspices of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) business model. Introduction of sustainable development in an integrated manner appears to have influenced the extent that statutory maritime regulations occupy to the formulation of marine safety management systems. To sum up, the integrated management system model turned out to be the most rated tactic to manage sustainability and, as such, a conceptual CSR framework was proposed to facilitate such an objective
Business · Economics · Environmental resource management · Political science · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Triple Bottom Line · Engineering · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Maritime Ports and Logistics · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Ecology
Corporate Social Responsibility
Policy
Sustainable development goals for people and planet
What is maritime security?
Managing Corporate Sustainability and CSR
Beyond the business case for corporate sustainability
The Case for and Against Business Assumption of Social Responsibilities.
What is Sustainability?
“Implicit” and “Explicit” CSR
The Chi-square test of independence
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
Tourism and Sustainable Development
Debates on Sustainable Development
Reflections on the opportunities for mining companies to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in sub – Saharan Africa
Development by People
The Economics of Exhaustible Resources
Three pillars of sustainability
Sustainability and sustainable development
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |