This tool delves into practical fields essential for social sustainability within SMEs. The social sustainability checklist guides VET Learners and Professionals through critical social sustainability dimensions. Within this checklist, three key areas are explored: • Fair and Safe Working Conditions: Assessing workplace safety, fair wages, and employee rights to start a supportive environment for all. [...]
The Social Sustainability Checklist is a practical tool tailored for SMEs. As responsible SME owners, managers, or entrepreneurs, understanding the impact your organisations may have on people is crucial. This checklist focuses on three key areas: 1. Fair and Safe Working Conditions: • Understand the importance of written guidelines and policies in promoting ethical behaviour [...]
The Label Comparison Matrix is a practical tool for SME owners, managers, and entrepreneurs. It provides a detailed understanding of social sustainability labels. Key areas covered include: - Label Details: Participants explore the specifics of various certifications, exploring criteria, benefits, and real-world examples. Understanding these labels can help participants make informed decisions. - Comparisons: the [...]
Through this practical tool, participants learn the intricacies of creating a health assessment tool tailored for employee wellbeing within SMEs. The following topics are covered: Aims of the Health Assessment Tool: - Early Detection and Prevention - Customised Wellbeing Plans - Data Insights Importance of Health Assessment: - Productivity and Happiness - Social Sustainability - [...]
The "Case study of Ohrid-Prespa Lakes" through the frame innovation approach will present the importance and relevance of system design thinking. Frame innovation is a tool to enhance innovative partnerships for sustainable growth in solving and reframing complex problems. It delves deeply into many aspects of system and design thinking, participatory research, system innovation, transformation [...]
This case study illustrates how an SIA can be implemented in a real-life setting, showcasing potentially diverse European regions facing various challenges at a diversified scale. The example(s) will demonstrate how to co-develop concrete innovation pathways for climate adaptation, ensuring they answer the needs and challenges faced by the local communities. The case study will [...]
A challenge to sustainable business models is the increasing and inefficient use of resources, which has negative effects, including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, ill health, and poverty. The importance of environmental management, social practices, and responsible governance (ESG) is increasing. Businesses are challenged to rethink their strategies and use innovative business models to embed [...]
Green energy communities network key sustainable partners who support business models for optimising business performance, product design, and manufacturing/recycling/repairs. The case study promotes: - Energy production for the community's own needs - Reinvestment of revenues with the ESCO model in infrastructure and projects for green socially responsible services to the community - Commercialised support for [...]
Green business ideas generated by communities refer to the use of local resources and the revitalization of the disappearance of traditional production chains and community markets. The case study promotes green ideas at the national level but also reaches rural areas and marginalised communities - will inspire green innovation in European regions facing different environmental [...]
The case study focuses on "Die nachhaltige Kreisslerei" in Graz, Austria. This company was established in early 2024 and is trying to not only sell sustainable products but also empower small and local (sustainable) brands and foster professional cooperation in the region. Best practice examples will highlight cases from the industry, such as Patagonia, Umweltdruckerei, [...]
European VET Excellence Centre for Leading
Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation
Ref. number 101056114 — CATALYST — ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-COVE
The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program, CoVEs
Partnership for Excellence – Centers of Vocational Excellence.
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