Jamilia Jeenbaeva
regenerative ecology and deep adaptation (climate change) practitioner, researcher of migration and population dynamics, social and environmental accounting, ecological footprint, green jobs and competences, green supply chain management
Address: Kyrgyzstan
Address: Kyrgyzstan
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contributes to the studies of social and environmental change by analysing three aspects of this change: a) the institutionalisation of the global green and low-carbon discourses as values, norms, and discursive practices within organizations in Kyrgyzstan and China; b) the
emergence of the green organizational identity; c) and the development of the new competences for the climate change adaptation and mitigation along with the “green identity” of workers and members of greening organizations. The key argument formed as a result of this research is that the development of standards for measuring and reporting of the Personal and Organizational consumption of Earth Resources (i.e.,. personal and organizational carbon and/or ecological footprints), requires a more democratic and inherently more participative approach through developing green competences of organizations’ workers. Would the democratization of the carbon emissions
MRV (measurement, reporting, and verification) make the emissions figures (reported and used in investment and trade decisions) more reliable and grounded? Does not the tendency of organizations to advance performative interpretations of their environmental and social
responsibilities in the quest of staying competitive and enact greenness actually prevent environmental conduct that reduces carbon? Often the organizational infrastructure and incentives are set in such a way that it discourages the pursuit of de-carbonization. Instead “being green” becomes a negotiable and a transient state, in which reported greenness is a result of a multitude of interpretations and data bending in order to fit in the new green economy club or to become if not the leader of de-carbonization then at least a member of a supply chain of a “green” industry leader. The genuine belief in the virtues of being green and acting green becomes negligible in value as company leaders face the large suppliers or partners in the value chain. The large members of value chains had negotiated their “greenness” through an enactment of the environmental conduct in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Carbon compliance reporting to fit the bill of the global financial communities. While at the top of this “green” pyramid are the global development and investment banks that are in a rush to reap the benefits of the emerging green economy trough formulating “green” or “sustainable” requirements and regulation, within their global “business and economy clubs”.
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In Bishkek, where more than one third of the population of Kyrgyzstan resides, these internal migrants have changed the urban environment by joining the urban workforce that provides goods and services, as well as becoming consumers and voters. They continue being the most visible and effective actors in changing economic, social and, eventually, political practices in the Kyrgyz capital. This policy paper draws mainly on the cooperation between the development consultancy DialectICON, public foundation Erayim, and the Bishkek mayor’s office. This was possible during research and training projects called "Opportunities for Legalising Small Businesses of Self-Help Housing Districts of Bishkek" (April-June 2008).
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contributes to the studies of social and environmental change by analysing three aspects of this change: a) the institutionalisation of the global green and low-carbon discourses as values, norms, and discursive practices within organizations in Kyrgyzstan and China; b) the
emergence of the green organizational identity; c) and the development of the new competences for the climate change adaptation and mitigation along with the “green identity” of workers and members of greening organizations. The key argument formed as a result of this research is that the development of standards for measuring and reporting of the Personal and Organizational consumption of Earth Resources (i.e.,. personal and organizational carbon and/or ecological footprints), requires a more democratic and inherently more participative approach through developing green competences of organizations’ workers. Would the democratization of the carbon emissions
MRV (measurement, reporting, and verification) make the emissions figures (reported and used in investment and trade decisions) more reliable and grounded? Does not the tendency of organizations to advance performative interpretations of their environmental and social
responsibilities in the quest of staying competitive and enact greenness actually prevent environmental conduct that reduces carbon? Often the organizational infrastructure and incentives are set in such a way that it discourages the pursuit of de-carbonization. Instead “being green” becomes a negotiable and a transient state, in which reported greenness is a result of a multitude of interpretations and data bending in order to fit in the new green economy club or to become if not the leader of de-carbonization then at least a member of a supply chain of a “green” industry leader. The genuine belief in the virtues of being green and acting green becomes negligible in value as company leaders face the large suppliers or partners in the value chain. The large members of value chains had negotiated their “greenness” through an enactment of the environmental conduct in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Carbon compliance reporting to fit the bill of the global financial communities. While at the top of this “green” pyramid are the global development and investment banks that are in a rush to reap the benefits of the emerging green economy trough formulating “green” or “sustainable” requirements and regulation, within their global “business and economy clubs”.
In Bishkek, where more than one third of the population of Kyrgyzstan resides, these internal migrants have changed the urban environment by joining the urban workforce that provides goods and services, as well as becoming consumers and voters. They continue being the most visible and effective actors in changing economic, social and, eventually, political practices in the Kyrgyz capital. This policy paper draws mainly on the cooperation between the development consultancy DialectICON, public foundation Erayim, and the Bishkek mayor’s office. This was possible during research and training projects called "Opportunities for Legalising Small Businesses of Self-Help Housing Districts of Bishkek" (April-June 2008).