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Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement (2013)
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Bratton, A. (2013). Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement. https://www.sbs.strath.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=188

With workplaces accounting for a fifth of UK carbon emissions, reducing the environmental impact of organisations is crucial to limiting our impact on the environment. As a result, despite other economic concerns, business leaders are facing increasi... Read More about Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement.

Beyond Risk: Social Sciences and Sustainability (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bratton, A. (2012, May). Beyond Risk: Social Sciences and Sustainability. Paper presented at Scottish Doctoral Colloquium in Business and Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Sustainable Workplaces in Scotland (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bratton, A. (2010, November). Sustainable Workplaces in Scotland. Presented at Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roop, R., St. Martin, C. C., & Weaver, M. (2021, March). Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad. Presented at Caribbean Science Symposium on Water: Building Resilience in the Regional Water Sector to Address Climatological and Hydrological Risks and Threats, Online

Hydrometeorological hazards (droughts, floods, and heatwaves) threaten the life and livelihoods of the most vulnerable people worldwide, including the 500 million smallholder farmers who directly depend on seasonal rainfall and marginal soils for foo... Read More about Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad.

Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament

Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament.

A case study of timber demolition recycling in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2020, December). A case study of timber demolition recycling in the UK. Presented at Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering – WSE2020, Online (Helsinki)

Development of a BIM-enabled and Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment System for Buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria (2020)
Thesis
Olawumi, T. O. (2020). Development of a BIM-enabled and Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment System for Buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria. (Thesis). Hong Kong Polytechnic University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2804043

The increasing urbanization of the built environment has bolstered the need of promoting sustainable practices and Building Information Modelling (BIM) initiative in building and construction projects. However, there has not been a unified adoption a... Read More about Development of a BIM-enabled and Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment System for Buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria.

Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment (CSA) System for Automating the Sustainability Decision-Making Process of Built Assets (2021)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2022). Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment (CSA) System for Automating the Sustainability Decision-Making Process of Built Assets. Expert Systems with Applications, 188, Article 116020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116020

Digital tools help facilitate the implementation of sustainability practices in the built environment in the era of rapid urban developments. However, the extant literature revealed salient gaps in the use of cloud-based systems and digital tools to... Read More about Cloud-based Sustainability Assessment (CSA) System for Automating the Sustainability Decision-Making Process of Built Assets.

Ethical Discourse in Finance: Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives (2021)
Book
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (Eds.). (2021). Ethical Discourse in Finance: Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7

Ethical discourse is commonly not a priority in a conventional finance syllabus. Moral sentiments often take a back seat to market sentiments, even in shaping the direction of ethical finance business. This anomaly persists despite growing interest i... Read More about Ethical Discourse in Finance: Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives.

The Integrity of Islamic Finance (2021)
Book Chapter
Minhat, M., Dzolkarnaini, N., & Abdullah, M. (2021). The Integrity of Islamic Finance. In M. Minhat, & N. Dzolkarnaini (Eds.), Ethical Discourse in Finance - Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives (103-123). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7_6

This chapter provides a critical account of popularly used Islamic financial instruments and discusses the gap between theory and practice in Islamic financial industry. The critical discussion is mainly related to financial innovations, which were d... Read More about The Integrity of Islamic Finance.

Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions (2021)
Book Chapter
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2021). Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions. In M. Minhat, & N. Dzolkarnaini (Eds.), Ethical Discourse in Finance - Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives (171-200). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7_9

This chapter reveals critical issues and risks in relation to the regulatory strategies for Islamic financial market in the UK. It is argued that improper regulation would expose the Islamic financial market to (1) sharia compliance risk, (2) restric... Read More about Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions.

The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics (2021)
Journal Article
Kulpa, R., & Ludwin, K. (2021). The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics. interalia: a journal of queer studies, 16, 82-94. https://doi.org/10.51897/interalia/rgrq6813

In this article, we call for greater recognition of friendship as a basic social relation that should play a pivotal role in re-imagining social resilience if it is to be future-proof in the face of social upheaval, such as the current pandemic. Draw... Read More about The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics.

Sustainability Hub (2021)
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Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2021). Sustainability Hub. [MOOC]

Hub for learning about sustainability. Available for students and businesses engaged in Everyone's Edinburgh.

Critical factors that influence lean premise design implementation: a case of Hong Kong high-rise buildings (2024)
Journal Article
Lam, E. W., Chan, A. P., Olawumi, T. O., Wong, I., & Kazeem, K. O. (online). Critical factors that influence lean premise design implementation: a case of Hong Kong high-rise buildings. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2024.2302416

When a building design fails to meet the end-user's needs after construction, it is considered faulty. Faulty designs often lead to renovation, demolition, and material waste. This study aims to identify critical factors that influence the implementa... Read More about Critical factors that influence lean premise design implementation: a case of Hong Kong high-rise buildings.

Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland (2023)
Book Chapter
Fonseca, A., Crossan, K., Weaver, M., Tan, H., Bratton, A., & Pershina, E. (2023). Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland. In W. Leal Filho, M. A. Pimenta Dinis, S. Moggi, E. Price, & A. Hope (Eds.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_38-1

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social structure, and ecosystem. Overcoming this situation is only possible when envir... Read More about Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland.

Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Matouq, M. (2023). Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region. In W. L. Filho, N. Aguilar-Rivera, B. Borsari, P. R. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (405-427). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16017-2_112

Agriculture production emits approximately 29% of greenhouse gases, contributing to climatic changes. These changes increase pests and disease outbreaks according to the frequency and severity of droughts and floods, which results in crop failures an... Read More about Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region.