Environmental, social, governance and sustainable development goals

Promoting sustainability in universities

Bibliographic Data

ID21721080
AuthorsCarla Patricia Finatto (Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina), Paulo Guilherme Fuchs (Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina), Ana Regina Aguiar Dutra (0000-0002-0337-5639, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina), José Baltazar Salgueirinho De Andrade Guerra (Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina)
Year2024
Volume25
Issue6
Pages1121-1136
Publication date2024-07-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1467-6370 • E-ISSN: 1758-6739
PublisherEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/ijshe-11-2022-0361
OpenAlexW4390143734
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited30

Purpose Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly aware of their role in developing and implementing a sustainable paradigm, with the potential to accelerate progress toward sustainable development (SD). Therefore, this study aims to investigate the environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) practices of the University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL) and, based on this analysis, indicate how HEIs in general can contribute to the promotion of these concepts. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on the authors' experiences and participant observations made during the establishment of sustainability practices at UNISUL. Additional data collected from documentary research and literature review were analyzed qualitatively. Findings The results show that sustainability is present in UNISUL’s educational and management processes as actions related to all SDGs and, thus, to all ESG dimensions. On the other hand, it was noted that many actions identified in the literature are not present, with governance being the dimension with fewer practices, thus indicating possibilities for improvement. In this way, new practices were suggested. Originality/value New actions linked to SDGs and ESG at UNISUL were identified that can be adopted by other HEIs

Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental education · Environmental resource management · Higher education · Originality · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Social sustainability · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Higher Education and Sustainability · Sustainability in Higher Education · Ecology

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