期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：11
页码：2117-2125
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：In the past decades environmental problems have continued to multiply and change character from both local to global and from low complexity to high complexity. As the complexity enlarges, business enterprises are confronted with social, economic and environmental claims (Oribu, King'oriah and Agwata, 2014). In this regard, there is need for businesses to establish what the local communities consider to be the greatest influence over their sustainability so that the same is taken into account in the preparation of business strategic plans. In order to do this business enterprise will need to share information on the initiatives that they are putting in place to mitigate on environmental degradation.The main objective of this paper is to establishthe role of information sharing in attaining a sustainable society. The specific objectives are to analyse the role ofvoluntary business action in achieving sustainable development, analyzing the role of stakeholder collaboration in sustainable development and analyzing the effects of government regulations in achieving sustainable development. A survey was conducted in September and October2013 to establish what the local communities considered to be the greatest influence in the achievement of sustainable development around the Lake Naivasha Ecosystem in Nakuru County, Kenya. Respondents were asked to rate on a Likert scale whatamong voluntary business action, collaboration with stakeholders and government regulations that they thought would influence sustainable exploitation of the natural resources. Data collected was analyzed using pie charts and bar charts.The study recommends that in order to achievesustainable development, there is need to share information and collaboration with all the stakeholders. This implies that there should be stakeholder involvement in the development of various business strategic plans in order to understand how various business activities will affect the community.
关键词：Sustainable development;Stakeholder collaboration; Lake Naivasha ecosystem
