Table 1. The ten criteria for... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

The ten criteria for sustainable development used for labelling courses and programs in education at the University of Gothenburg (University of Gothenburg, 2024)

#	Description	Content
1	Sustainability as a concept	The history in a global context of the concept of sustainability and sustainable development and the current study field related to global challenges
2	Analysis from a globalization perspective	How products, services or activities in their own lives or in the future professional profession affect the natural environment, social conditions and the economy in a global perspective, both today and in the future
3	Natural limits	Demographic trends and lifestyle in relation to the exploitation of natural resources, or the finite capacity of natural ecosystems to provide for human needs
4	Maintaining ecosystems	Conservation of natural resources and practices to protect and maintain the integrity of viable ecosystems in the face of rising human demands
5	Human rights and social equity	Distribution, discrimination, health and poverty issues and the mutual interaction between social inequality, poor health, the natural environment and people’s opportunities for good living conditions
6	Values, culture and ethics	How norms, culture, religion, ethics and social conditions can shape human behavior toward the natural world
7	Consumer and customer power	How demands for environmental consideration and social responsibility from private and public clients and consumers affects individuals, policies and corporate strategies and business opportunities
8	Governance and management	How regulations, policies, economic policy instruments and voluntary agreements and leadership shape human behavior and the actions of nations and companies in respect of the natural world and social issues
9	Planning and design	How community planning and product and service design can influence human well-being and human impact on the natural environment
10	Actors’ work and responsibility	The efforts of various global and local actors and their monitoring of environmental performance and social and economic responsibility

#	Description	Content
1	Sustainability as a concept	The history in a global context of the concept of sustainability and sustainable development and the current study field related to global challenges
2	Analysis from a globalization perspective	How products, services or activities in their own lives or in the future professional profession affect the natural environment, social conditions and the economy in a global perspective, both today and in the future
3	Natural limits	Demographic trends and lifestyle in relation to the exploitation of natural resources, or the finite capacity of natural ecosystems to provide for human needs
4	Maintaining ecosystems	Conservation of natural resources and practices to protect and maintain the integrity of viable ecosystems in the face of rising human demands
5	Human rights and social equity	Distribution, discrimination, health and poverty issues and the mutual interaction between social inequality, poor health, the natural environment and people’s opportunities for good living conditions
6	Values, culture and ethics	How norms, culture, religion, ethics and social conditions can shape human behavior toward the natural world
7	Consumer and customer power	How demands for environmental consideration and social responsibility from private and public clients and consumers affects individuals, policies and corporate strategies and business opportunities
8	Governance and management	How regulations, policies, economic policy instruments and voluntary agreements and leadership shape human behavior and the actions of nations and companies in respect of the natural world and social issues
9	Planning and design	How community planning and product and service design can influence human well-being and human impact on the natural environment
10	Actors’ work and responsibility	The efforts of various global and local actors and their monitoring of environmental performance and social and economic responsibility

Source(s): Authors’ own work