{"id":4893,"date":"2026-08-03T18:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/?page_id=4893"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:33:07","slug":"volume-19-issue-08-pg-175-180-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/?page_id=4893","title":{"rendered":"Volume 19, Issue 08, Pg. 175-180, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development<\/strong>
\nOpen-access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64211\/oidaijsd190812<\/a>
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Linking Entrepreneurship, Environmental Justice, and Sustainable Development: Pathways to Ecological and Social Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fikile Xaba *1<\/sup>, Nondumiso Hadebe 2<\/sup>, Dumile Gumede 3<\/sup>, Mandla A Mubecua 4
\n<\/sup><\/strong>1, 2<\/sup> Department of Social Work, University of Zululand, South Africa.
\n3, 4<\/sup> Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
\n*Corresponding authour: \u00a0Xabaf@unizulu.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

Volume 19, Issue 08, Pg. 175-180, 2026.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/strong>We are living through an era in which climate change, ecological collapse, and deepening socioeconomic inequality are no longer distant threats but immediate, lived realities, particularly for communities in the Global South. In response, green and social entrepreneurship have been championed as promising vehicles for addressing these interconnected crises. But is entrepreneurship truly capable of delivering environmental justice and sustainable development? This paper grapples with that question. We argue that when deliberately anchored in justice-oriented frameworks, entrepreneurship can indeed serve as a catalyst for ecological and social transformation. Drawing on the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model, Environmental Justice in Technology principles, and case studies from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, we make the case for ethical design, robust institutional support, and context-sensitive innovation. Yet we also acknowledge significant gaps, especially the underrepresentation of Global South perspectives and the absence of structural justice metrics in mainstream entrepreneurship research. We conclude by calling for more interdisciplinary, equity-focused scholarship and policy innovation that embeds fairness across green entrepreneurship ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>: Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Justice, Green Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Socio-economic Inequalities, Sustainable Development<\/p>\n

Full-text paper download here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development Open-access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64211\/oidaijsd190812 Linking Entrepreneurship, Environmental Justice, and Sustainable Development: Pathways to Ecological and Social Transformation Fikile Xaba *1, Nondumiso Hadebe 2, Dumile Gumede 3, Mandla A Mubecua 4 1, 2 Department of Social Work, University of Zululand, South Africa. 3, 4 Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. *Corresponding authour: \u00a0Xabaf@unizulu.ac.za Volume 19, Issue 08, Pg. 175-180, 2026. Abstract: We are living through an era in which climate change, ecological collapse, and deepening socioeconomic inequality are no longer distant threats but immediate, lived realities, particularly for communities in the Global South. In response, green and social entrepreneurship have been championed as promising vehicles for addressing these interconnected crises. But is entrepreneurship truly capable of delivering environmental justice and sustainable development? This paper grapples with that question. We argue that when deliberately anchored in justice-oriented frameworks, entrepreneurship can indeed serve as a catalyst for ecological and social transformation. Drawing on the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model, Environmental Justice in Technology principles, and case studies from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, we make the case for ethical design, robust institutional support, and context-sensitive innovation. Yet we also acknowledge significant gaps, especially Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4897,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893\/revisions\/4897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}