Category: Sustainability
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From Information Providers to Sustainability Partners: A Practical Model for Helping SMEs Take Climate Action
Small and medium enterprises repeatedly say the same thing: they’re not short of sustainability information — they’re short of the capacity to use it in real business settings. National supports tend to flood SMEs with webinars and PDFs, but rarely offer the hands-on, relationship-centred help required to turn climate knowledge into meaningful action. To close…
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Bridging Vision and Action: Enhancing Sustainability in Irish Family-owned enterprises through Service Innovation
In response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our study explores the pivotal role of Sustainability-Oriented Service Innovation (SOSI) in translating sustainability visions into tangible strategies. Focused on Irish family-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which constitute a significant majority of businesses in Ireland, employing two-thirds of the working population, our research…
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Micro-hydropower Energy Recovery System at Blackstairs Group Water Scheme
The micro-hydropower energy recovery system at Blackstairs Group Water Scheme in Ireland is a good example for innovation realised by collaborating with many different groups, site managers, government agencies, suppliers and researchers from many countries. This video summarizes the project and includes interviews from some of the stakeholders.
Dr. Katrin Dreyer-Gibney 