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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="advisor">Tsvere, Maria</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="author">Mwatukange, Hanna</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="accessioned">2025-08-13T10:49:11Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="available">2025-08-13T10:49:11Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="issued">2022</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="identifier" qualifier="uri">http://hdl.handle.net/11070/4074</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description">A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Management Strategy</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract">The significance of environmental sustainability has emerged increasingly in the 21st Century. The 
aim of this study was to develop a framework for corporate environmental sustainability strategies 
for the Namibian industries through the identification of the adopted environmental sustainability 
strategies and challenges encountered in implementing environmental sustainability programmes by 
the selected industries. This study applied a qualitative research apvroach using a case study from 
21 corporate industries by applying a purposive sampling method. The study used thematic analysis 
to analyse the data and descriptive analysis to interpret differences in the results. The findings of 
this study presented environmental sustainability measures to be adopted through strategies of 
awareness and education, product development, design and infrastructure, financial, supply chain, 
resource efficiency and technology. The challenges found to affect environmental sustainability 
adoption consisted of financial, technological, capacity, legislation and guidelines, increasing 
complexity, long-term business strategy and security. The proposed framework consists of five 
classification themes; strategic planning and development, corporate materiality assessment, 
strategy description, support structures and systems, including implementation tools. For future 
research related studies in other geographical regions and industries shall complement the 
understanding of the environmental sustainability concept as well as studies quantifying the 
economic beneficiation of corporate sustainability adoption. The study suggests the need to 
financially invest in corporate environmental sustainability promotion and improving 011 corporate 
responsibility requirements with regards to environmental sustainability adoption at country level</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="publisher">University of Namibia</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject">Namibian industries</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject">Environmental sustainability programmes</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject">Namibia</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject">University of Namibia</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title">Developing a framework for corporate environmental sustainability strategies for the Namibian industries</dim:field>
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