Achieving Sustainable E-Commerce in Environmental, Social and Economic Dimensions by Taking Possible Trade-Offs

Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation.

Triple-bottom-line outcomes from resource management and conservation, where conservation goals and equity in social outcomes are maximized while overall costs are minimized, remain a highly sought-after ideal. However, despite widespread recognition of the importance that equitable distribution of benefits or costs across society can play in conservation success, little formal theory exists fo...

An Information Note by Unep on Illegal Trade in Wildlife: the Environmental, Social and Economic Consequences for Sustainable Development

Presenting a Conceptual Model of Sustainable Supply Chain with Indicators in Dimensions of Economic, Social, Environmental, and Governance in Iranian Automotive Industry

Today's competitive world has led managers to shift from traditional management to scientific management. Supply chain management is one of key issues in industries because, considering a high number of competitors in today's competitive world, competition has been extended from company level to the level of competition on their supply chain. For any organization seeking to achieve its goals in...

Eliciting Skyline Trade-Offs using Example-Based Heuristics for E-Commerce Applications

The ubiquitous access to information via the Web has changed our daily life. For instance, e-commerce application allow for a wide variety of vendors to compete in a world-wide market. But with a growing number of vendors, also the amount of available offers is increasing, which in turn leads to an information flood that hampers the user experience. Skyline algorithms as introduced by the infor...

Trade-Offs between Economic and Environmental Impacts of Introducing Legumes into Cropping Systems

Europe's agriculture is highly specialized, dependent on external inputs and responsible for negative environmental impacts. Legume crops are grown on less than 2% of the arable land and more than 70% of the demand for protein feed supplement is imported from overseas. The integration of legumes into cropping systems has the potential to contribute to the transition to a more resource-efficient...