The challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chains

dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage279eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue2eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.journalTitleSustainabilityeng
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage297eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume9eng
dc.contributor.authorClift, R.
dc.contributor.authorSim, S.
dc.contributor.authorKing, H.
dc.contributor.authorChenoweth, J.L.
dc.contributor.authorChristie, I.
dc.contributor.authorClavreul, J.
dc.contributor.authorMueller, C.
dc.contributor.authorPosthuma, L.
dc.contributor.authorBoulay, A.-M.
dc.contributor.authorChaplin-Kramer, R.
dc.contributor.authorChatterton, J.
dc.contributor.authorDeClerck, F.
dc.contributor.authorDruckman, A.
dc.contributor.authorFrance, C.
dc.contributor.authorFranco, A.
dc.contributor.authorGerten, D.
dc.contributor.authorGoedkoop, M.
dc.contributor.authorHauschild, M.Z.
dc.contributor.authorHuijbregts, M.A.J.
dc.contributor.authorKoellner, T.
dc.contributor.authorLambin, E.F.
dc.contributor.authorLee, J.
dc.contributor.authorMair, S.
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, S.
dc.contributor.authorMcLachlan, M.S.
dc.contributor.authorMilà i Canals, L.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, C.
dc.contributor.authorPrice, E.
dc.contributor.authorRockström, J.
dc.contributor.authorSuckling, J.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T12:26:37Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T12:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in business and public policy to respect these constraints in strategic planning, the PB framework needs to be developed to generate practical tools. With this objective in mind, we analyse the recent literature and highlight three major scientific and technical challenges in operationalizing the PB approach in decision-making: first, identification of thresholds or boundaries with associated metrics for different geographical scales; second, the need to frame approaches to allocate fair shares in the 'safe operating space' bounded by the PBs across the value chain and; third, the need for international bodies to co-ordinate the implementation of the measures needed to respect the Planetary Boundaries. For the first two of these challenges, we consider how they might be addressed for four PBs: climate change, freshwater use, biosphere integrity and chemical pollution and other novel entities. Four key opportunities are identified: (1) development of a common system of metrics that can be applied consistently at and across different scales; (2) setting 'distance from boundary' measures that can be applied at different scales; (3) development of global, preferably open-source, databases and models; and (4) advancing understanding of the interactions between the different PBs. Addressing the scientific and technical challenges in operationalizing the planetary boundaries needs be complemented with progress in addressing the equity and ethical issues in allocating the safe operating space between companies and sectors.eng
dc.description.versionpublishedVersioneng
dc.identifier.urihttps://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/5174
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.34657/3803
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBasel : MDPI AGeng
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su9020279
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0 Unportedeng
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.subject.ddc360eng
dc.subject.otherBiodiversityeng
dc.subject.otherBusinesseng
dc.subject.otherChemical pollutioneng
dc.subject.otherClimate changeeng
dc.subject.otherPlanetary boundarieseng
dc.subject.otherWater useeng
dc.subject.otheranalytical frameworkeng
dc.subject.otherbiodiversityeng
dc.subject.otherbusinesseng
dc.subject.otherchemical pollutanteng
dc.subject.otherclimate changeeng
dc.subject.otherdatabaseeng
dc.subject.otherdecision makingeng
dc.subject.otherenvironmental managementeng
dc.subject.otherglobal tradeeng
dc.subject.otherpollution incidenceeng
dc.subject.otherstrategic approacheng
dc.subject.othersupply chain managementeng
dc.subject.othertrade-environment relationseng
dc.subject.otherwater useeng
dc.titleThe challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chainseng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeTexteng
tib.accessRightsopenAccesseng
wgl.contributorPIKeng
wgl.subjectUmweltwissenschafteneng
wgl.typeZeitschriftenartikeleng
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