Being one of the open social innovations business entities, responsibility is taking an important role in our society. It not only contributes to improvement financial indicators but also has a significant impact on economic development countries and creation well-being society members. The contribution environmental initiatives influences various processes and, at same time, affects level pove...

This paper discusses the incorporation of supra-local social structure (SLSS) analysis into impact assessment (SIA) practice in order to afford a deeper and more complex understanding production impacts planned interventions. We define SLSS as total set political, economic, socio-cultural ideological driving forces external structural phenomena shaping vulnerability affected communities. advoca...

Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to institutionalize a National Environmental Policy in 1981, including the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process of economic activities with anticipated impacts on the environment. Today, EIA practice in Brazil comes with a number of limitations: it is constrained by its environmental advocacy role; application is strongly oriented ...

The majority of sustainability assessments of the bio based industries are primarily focused on the environmental and economic aspects, while social impacts are rarely considered. While overlooking social dimension can have a serious harmful impact across supply chains. To address this issue, this study proposes a modified systemic approach for a social sustainability impact assessment of the te...