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Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: "Our Common Future"
Saleh A. Al-Athel,Lamine Mohammed Fadika,Istvan Lang,Ma Shijun,Margarita Marino de Botero,Nagendra Singh,Paulo Noqueira-Nato,Shridath S. Ramphal,William D. Ruckelshaus,Mohamed Sahnoun,Vladimir E. Sokolov +10 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory
Elisabet Garriga,Domènec Melé +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors classify the main CSR theories and related approaches in four groups: (1) instrumental theories, in which the corporation is seen as only an instrument for wealth creation, and its social activities are only a means to achieve economic results; (2) political theories, which concern themselves with the power of corporations in society and a responsible use of this power in the political arena; (3) integrative theories, focusing on the satisfaction of social demands; and (4) ethical theories based on ethical responsibilities of corporations to society.
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Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions
TL;DR: In this paper, the circular economy is most frequently depicted as a combination of reduce, reuse and recycle activities, whereas it is oftentimes not highlighted that CE necessitates a systemic shift.
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Sustainable development: a critical review
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Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify three categories of challenges that have to be addressed to maintain and enhance human health in the face of increasingly harmful environmental trends: conceptual and empathy failures (imagination challenges), such as an overreliance on gross domestic product as a measure of human progress, the failure to account for future health and environmental harms over present day gains, and the disproportionate eff ect of those harms on the poor and those in developing nations.
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Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the circular economy is most frequently depicted as a combination of reduce, reuse and recycle activities, whereas it is oftentimes not highlighted that CE necessitates a systemic shift, which may eventually result in the collapse of the concept.
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Our common future: report of the World Commission on Environment and Development
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Academy of Sciences of the USSR
TL;DR: The Academy of Sciences of the USSR is one of the oldest institutions in the country and it was established by Peter the Great in St. Petersburg almost 250 years ago and became the centre of scientific thought in Russia.
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The United Nations World Charter for Nature: The Developing Nations' Initiative to Establish Protections for the Environment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the development of the World Charter for Nature, the debate over the Charter in the United Nations, and the goals and principles embodied in the final form of the Charter.