The sustainable development goals: A case study |
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| Institution: | 1. CSIRO, Land and Water, Hobart, Australia;2. Centre for Marine Socio-Ecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia;3. CSIRO, Land and Water, Canberra, Australia;4. Tassal, Hobart, Australia;1. Marine Institute, 3rd Floor Marine Building, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK;2. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, the Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK;3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment, Biogeography Branch SSMC4, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States;4. Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative Programme Coordinator, Seascape Consultants Ltd, Belbins Valley, Romsey SO51 0PE, UK;1. Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (IES), School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;2. Sustainability Assessment Program (SAP), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;3. ISA, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;1. Federal Fluminense University, Department of Post-Graduation in Sustainable Management Systems, Rua Passo da Pátria, 156, São Domingos, Niterói, RJ, Brazil;2. Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science and the Environment, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD United Kingdom;3. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Civil Engineering, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;4. UFSM - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000 - Camobi, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil;1. Politics and International Relations Program, School of Social Sciences, Centre for Marine Socioecology, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1340, Newnham, Tasmania 7250, Australia;2. Ocean and Cryosphere Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Centre for Marine Socioecology, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs 44] are an ambitious step towards sustainable development, taking a much broader view of sustainability than ever achieved previously, yet practical challenges remain, including how to implement change. The aims of this research were to determine how an influential aquaculture company in Australia - Tassal, Tasmania's largest salmon aquaculture company - perceived the SDGs, and to ascertain the motivations and barriers for Tassal to work towards implementing the goals. Interviews were conducted with leaders, employees and external business partners. Tassal was not aware of the SDGs prior to this project, but were open to considering implementing them in their current sustainability practices. The survey responses were analysed using the Values-Rules-Knowledge (vrk) framework of decision making. Key findings were: 1) corporate and personal values were the key component driving Tassal's positive responses to the SDGs; 2) awareness of the SDGs resulted in Tassal recognising the potential gains from engaging with some of the seemingly less aquaculture-related goals (such as health and wellbeing). These findings demonstrate that businesses can fruitfully engage with the SDGs, even without government requirements or societal expectations, if they are prepared to broaden their interpretation of business sustainability and be reflective about their values. The vrk model is a potentially useful addition to current SDG and sustainability tools, such as those of the UN Global Compact, as a way to diagnose organisational barriers to adopting practices aligned with the SDGs. An emerging area of importance to social, economic and environmental sustainability – social license – was also identified as implicit in many, but not explicit in any of the SDGs. |
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| Keywords: | Sustainable development goals Aquaculture Case study Implementation Social license |
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