Greening of the economy through partnerships: Issues and impacts on skills development

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Abstract

The importance of transitioning towards a greener economy, which is part of the sustainable development agenda, has been recognized throughout the world. This chapter analyzed greening initiatives at the regional, government and industry levels to understand the current and desirable role of partnerships for pushing the greening of economies to a new level. Intergovernmental collaboration between ASEAN countries that deal with environmental issues and countries' initiatives illustrate the ways challenges have been addressed individually and through coordinated efforts. At the industry level, greening measures are also adopted driven by CSR policies and targets to decrease cost of running operations.

The chapter suggests conceptualisation of current and future actions for greening hotels in Hong Kong through a shareholders' value framework enables a clarification of strategies required for improvement in a systematic manner as well as identifying ways in which partnerships between TVET and the hotel industry can contribute to innovations for greening. It is a useful tool that allows hotels to focus attention on current and future actions that can bring green development for a company. Although this set of actions has been formulated in the context of Hong Kong, they can provide useful guidelines for the hotel industry throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Copyright © 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of vocational education and training: Developments in the changing world of work
EditorsSimon MCGRATH, Martin MULDER, Joy PAPIER, Rebecca SUART
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
ISBN (Electronic)9783319497891
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Citation

Pavlova, M. (2019). Greening of the economy through partnerships: Issues and impacts on skills development. In S. McGrath, M. Mulder, J. Papier, & R. Suart (Eds.), Handbook of vocational education and training: Developments in the changing world of work. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49789-1_116-1

Keywords

  • Green economy
  • ASEAN collaboration
  • Strategies for greening Hong Kong hotel industry
  • Shareholders’ value framework
  • Partnerships for greening
  • TVET

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