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Addressing business from a social-ecological perspective to understand and deal with risk and resilience

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Nel, D ; Trotter, D Date: Aug 2010 Corporate sustainability, as currently practiced, is largely directed at reducing direct and immediate environmental impacts in terms of resource consumption and waste emissions. Despite two decades of engagement with corporate sustainability, ... Read more
Analysis of opportunities for biofuel production in sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Von Maltitz, Graham P ; Haywood, Lorren K ; Mapako, M ; Brent, A Date: Jun 2009 The world’s population consumes more oil than any other single energy source, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro and renewables (EIA 2005). By 2030, global demand for oil is expected to have increased by 50 per cent (IEA 2008:116). ... Read more
Application of a multi-criteria analysis approach for decision-making in the energy sector: the case of concentrating solar power in South Africa

Author: Broughton, EK ; Brent, AC ; Haywood, Lorren K Date: Dec 2012 The current decision-making processes that are involved in Environmental Impact Assessments in the energy sector of South Africa suffer from, amongst others, the lack of coherence and the integration of the opinions of decision-makers in the ... Read more
An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Nortje, Karen ; Dafuleya, G ; Nethengwe, T ; Sumbana, F Date: Sep 2020 Rural tourism contributes towards socio-economic development. In South Africa, rural areas experience significant development challenges with limited opportunities. Rural tourism as an instrumental tool against poverty requires rural tourism ... Read more
Building resilience into business strategy, management and reporting: Principles and maturity tool to facilitate resilience in business, 2016

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Van der Watt, C Date: Sep 2016 This is a conference presentation on Building resilience into business strategy. Resilience within business is very appealing in that, it enables organisations to put sustainability into context: business is not a self-contained system but ... Read more
Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Boihang, Mothusi Date: Sep 2020 The private sector has a critical role in terms of countries being able to meet the SDGs. We evaluate the extent to which South Africa’s top 100 listed companies have responded to the SDGs, through a review of their early disclosure of the ... Read more
Circular economy and environmental health in low- and middle-income countries

Author: Wright, CY ; Godfrey, Linda K ; Armiento, G ; Haywood, Lorren K ; Inglesi-Lotz, R ; Lyne, K ; Nayna Schwerdtle, P Date: Dec 2019 The circular economy framework for human production and consumption is an alternative to the traditional, linear concept of ‘take, make, and dispose’. Circular economy (CE) principles comprise of ‘design out waste and pollution’, ‘retain ... Read more
Contextualising risk within enterprise risk management through the application of systems thinking

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Forsyth, Gregory G ; De Lange, Willem J ; Trotter, Douglas H Date: Jun 2017 New and emerging risks create growing uncertainty and unpredictability within enterprise risk management. While ISO 31000:2009 is a progressive risk management framework, it is limited in its guidance on how to contextualise complex risks. ... Read more
Corporate sustainability: a social-ecological research agenda for South African business

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Brent, AC ; Trotter, DH ; Wise, R Date: 2010 In this paper authors consider the increasingly prominent expectations that business can and will significantly contribute to sustainable development. They use the framework of social-ecological systems, and the principles thereof, as a lens ... Read more
Diversity of the practice of corporate sustainability: An exploratory study in the South African business sector

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Trotter, Douglas H ; Faccer, Kristy ; Brent, AC Date: 2013 Various driving forces originating from society, government, employees and partners are forcing business to incorporate both sustainable development in its internal operations and practices, and to align these with the principles thereof. The ... Read more
Ensuring sustainability in developing world biofuel productoin

Author: Von Maltitz, Graham P ; Haywood, Lorren K ; De Wet, Benita Date: Jun 2009 This poster focuses on a typology of biofuel projects and how to ensure sustainability. Read more
Governance options for addressing changing forest-water relations

Author: Ellison, D ; Claassen, Marius ; Van Noordwijk, M ; Sullivan, CA ; Vira, B ; Xu, J ; Archer, Emma RM ; Haywood, Lorren K Date: Jul 2018 From a systems perspective, governance represents a key driver when it comes to the potential for addressing rapid environmental, climate, social and even technological change. As our knowledge of forest-water interactions and their potential ... Read more
Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; De Wet, Benita ; De Lange, Willem J ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Nov 2019 While the waste hierarchy promotes the reuse of waste there currently remains limited reuse of mine waste in South Africa. Overburden, waste rock, tailings and slag are stockpiled or disposed leading to environmental liabilities including ... Read more
Legislative challenges hindering mine waste entering the circular economy in South Africa

Author: Haywood, Lorren K Date: Jun 2018 Presentation on the legislative challenges hindering mine waste entering the circular economy in South Africa. Putting mine waste into perspective. Read more
Measuring progress: Environment and the SDGs

Author: Alva, IL ; Brooks, T ; Campbell, J ; Comte, A ; Coppens, L ; Ekins, P ; Elayouty, A ; Fairbrass, A ; Gemayel, TEI ; Haywood, Lorren K Date: Jan 2021 This Measuring Progress report serves two purposes. It explores the potential and limitations of using a statistical correlation analysis between indicator pairs (“state of the environment” and “drivers of change” indicators; “state of the ... Read more
Principles for internalising systems resilience into business management and value creation

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Nahman, Anton ; De Wet, Benita ; Nortje, Karen ; Van Der Watt, C ; Kelling, NK Date: 2019 This article introduces principles for internalising the concept of social ecological systems resilience into business management and value creation. It is no longer enough for businesses to simply reduce their impact on the environment. ... Read more
Private sector contribution to SDG 3: Health and Well-being – a South African case study

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Wright, C Date: Sep 2019 Since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were globally adopted by world leaders in 20151, worldwide the private sector has openly embraced them and committed to address the SDG targets2-4. The United Nations Global Compact5 lists 10 ... Read more
Putting risk management into the corporate sustainability context

Author: Haywood, Lorren K Date: Oct 2021 Purpose: This research investigates what is driving corporate sustainability within South African organisations and to what extent these drivers intersect with risk management. This is important as new and emerging business risks are proving ... Read more
Sustainability assessment: a tool for planning for sustainability as a desired outcome for a proposed development

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; De Wet, Benita Date: Aug 2009 This paper presents a theoretical framework for planning for sustainability for any proposed development project. The objective of this framework is to foster and preserve the social ecological system in which the proposed development project ... Read more
The sustainable development goals in South Africa: Investigating the need for multi-stakeholder partnerships

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Funke, Nicola S ; Audouin, Michelle A ; Musvoto, Constansia D ; Nahman, Anton Date: Apr 2018 Achieving the SDGs depends on partnerships between stakeholders, from government, the private sector, civil society, academic and research intuitions, and international agencies. The UN system provides governance and support from an international ... Read more

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