Deployment of Sustainable Development
Framework in Export Manufacturing
Firms for the Common Good
Usama Awan, Mohammed Khurrum S. Bhutta, Janne Huiskonen,
and Andrzej Kraslawski
1 Introduction
United Nations reports on SDGs suggest that the developing world is meeting the
challenges of sustainable development by pursuing programs designed to promote
the well-being and good health, decent work, economic growth, and encouraging
equal opportunities as well as reducing inequalities (United Nations 2016). Many
of today’s industrial, environmental, and social issues have had an impact on the
natural environment. Since 2015, sustainable development provides a case for the
development of human well-being and natural environment while less attention has
been given to social sustainability issues in inner-firm relationships (Awan et al.
2018a). Rapid changes in the global economic environment have made industries
much more aware of the importance of sustainable development (Li et al. 2014).
The most serious challenges facing the developing countries include the reduction
of health and safety risks to workers in the working environment resulting from
poor quality of energy management systems which results in catastrophic accidents
inside premises often caused by electric installations as well as ensuring equality
in the workplace and solving wage-related issues. The management of health and
safety issues, workplace infrastructure, equal opportunities, and child labour add on
to the challenge of sustainable development. Besides, developing countries should
focus on the development of socially sustainable policies, promoting health and
safety, developing and maintaining energy management systems, and promoting
equal opportunities in all spheres and social growth to ensure long-term sustainability.
U. Awan (B) · J. Huiskonen · A. Kraslawski
Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta,
Finland
e-mail: awan.usama@gmail.com; usama.awan@lut.fi
M. K. S. Bhutta
College of Business, Ohio University, 522 Copeland Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Framework in Export Manufacturing
Firms for the Common Good
Usama Awan, Mohammed Khurrum S. Bhutta, Janne Huiskonen,
and Andrzej Kraslawski
1 Introduction
United Nations reports on SDGs suggest that the developing world is meeting the
challenges of sustainable development by pursuing programs designed to promote
the well-being and good health, decent work, economic growth, and encouraging
equal opportunities as well as reducing inequalities (United Nations 2016). Many
of today’s industrial, environmental, and social issues have had an impact on the
natural environment. Since 2015, sustainable development provides a case for the
development of human well-being and natural environment while less attention has
been given to social sustainability issues in inner-firm relationships (Awan et al.
2018a). Rapid changes in the global economic environment have made industries
much more aware of the importance of sustainable development (Li et al. 2014).
The most serious challenges facing the developing countries include the reduction
of health and safety risks to workers in the working environment resulting from
poor quality of energy management systems which results in catastrophic accidents
inside premises often caused by electric installations as well as ensuring equality
in the workplace and solving wage-related issues. The management of health and
safety issues, workplace infrastructure, equal opportunities, and child labour add on
to the challenge of sustainable development. Besides, developing countries should
focus on the development of socially sustainable policies, promoting health and
safety, developing and maintaining energy management systems, and promoting
equal opportunities in all spheres and social growth to ensure long-term sustainability.
U. Awan (B) · J. Huiskonen · A. Kraslawski
Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta,
Finland
e-mail: awan.usama@gmail.com; usama.awan@lut.fi
M. K. S. Bhutta
College of Business, Ohio University, 522 Copeland Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_9
133