Sustainable Education: A Buzzword of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia
01 Jan 2017-pp 255-279
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the role of HEIs in sustainable development by selecting the case of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia and found that the university has good and meaningful contributions towards three dimensions of sustainable development i.e. economic, social and environment.
Abstract: The sustainable development (hereafter, S.D.) aims a growth that could satisfy the wants and needs of present generation without affecting future generations. Accordingly, this study investigates the role of HEIs in S.D. by selecting the case of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. The study adapted the universities sustainable development initiatives checklist/index for qualitative analysis of the main website, operational documents, and practical initiatives of the university for S.D. The findings revealed that the university has good and meaningful contributions towards three dimensions of S.D. i.e. economic, social and environment. The study proposed an improvement in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and implementation of S.D. framework for universities. The findings have significance and practical implications for academia, regulatory bodies, policy makers, and HEIs. Also, the findings are significant in association with new economic model (NEM) and vision 2020 of Malaysia.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of sustainable transport on corporate sustainability performance with the moderating role of organization age was examined in Malaysia chemical manufacturing organizations, and the results showed that there is a positive relationship between sustainable transport and corporate sustainable performance.
Abstract: Sustainability has been seen as a crucial issue that is being faced by many sectors in Malaysia which involves manufacturing sector. The Malaysian government has enhanced manufacturing organizations to apply green practices in the working environment to achieve corporate sustainability performance. In order for an organization to achieve corporate sustainability performance, the practices of the organization in using green technology such as sustainable transport is very important. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of sustainable transport on corporate sustainability performance with the moderating role of organization age. Drawing data from 130 Malaysia chemical manufacturing organizations, the model studies the moderating role of organization age on the sustainable transport and the corporate sustainable performance of the organizations. Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis is used in this study in order to analyze the data and the multistage sampling technique has also been used in this study. The results show that there is a positive relationship between sustainable transport and corporate sustainability performance. The results also suggest that organization age do not moderates the effect of sustainable transport and corporate sustainability performance. In achieving corporate sustainability performance, this study is important as it will guide employees in the manufacturing sector especially in chemical manufacturing organizations to practice the appropriate green practices such as sustainable transport.
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...Hence, this study is important as it focuses on all dimensions of corporate sustainability performance as most of the previous studies focus on the three dimensions separately [2]....
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