Tag: SDGs

Textile Industry and the SDGs


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819750725 | 132 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 12 MB
This book offers an exploration of the textile industry and their relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), catering specifically to academic researchers and providing a roadmap for aligning aligning textile research with the SDGs. It covers a wide range of topics, starting with an overview of the SDGs and their relevance to the textile industry. It examines the environmental footprint of textiles, including issues related to raw material sourcing, manufacturing processes, and waste management. Additionally, it explores the social and economic aspects of textiles, such as labor conditions, fair trade, and responsible consumption.

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Localizing the SDGs in African Cities


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English | ISBN: 3030959783 | 2022 | 246 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This volume brings together a unique set of interventions from a variety of contributors to bridge the gap between research and policy with a distinct focus on Africa, drawing on work conducted as part of multiple interconnected research projects and networks on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global policy implementation in African cities. Through the framework of the SDGs, and in particular Goal 11, the book aims to contribute to generating new knowledge about approaches to SDG localization that are grounded in complex and diverse local contexts, needs and realities, integrated perspectives and collaborative research.

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Islamic Wealth and the SDGs Global Strategies for Socio-economic Impact


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English | ISBN: 3030653129 | 2021 | 692 pages | PDF | 11 MB
The SDGs, developed by the UN in 2012, focuses on 17 goals for the betterment of humanity and humanitarian causes. Among the core objectives of Shari’ah in Islamic finance is to offer a helping hand, emphasizing the efforts and scope of the SDGs. This book explores how Islamic ethical wealth is structured to contribute to the SDGs and an overall socio-economic impact within the principles of Maqasid al-Shari’ah. Focusing areas such as Islamic micro-finance, wealth inclusion, corporate and agro-Zakat, Awqaf, SRI Sukuk, and green Sukuk, this book will feature contributions from the leading researchers in sustainability and Islamic finance and will be of interest to scholars, researchers, industrialists, NGOs, UNDP and students studying both areas.

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SDGs in the European Region


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031174607 | 1576 Pages | PDF (True) | 30 MB
This volume describes the thinking on sustainable development and a variety of initiatives across Europe, illustrating regional efforts to foster sustainable communities and ecological and social innovation. It contains various contributions which showcase examples of thinking, economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns needed, to implement the SDGs.

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SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031160169 | 1672 Pages | PDF (True) | 35 MB
​This volume provides an overview of the ways sustainable development issues as a whole, and the SDGs in particular, are perceived and practiced in a variety of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It also discusses the extent to which its many socio-economic problems hinder progresses towards the pursuit of a sustainable future, and documents successful experiences from across the region.

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