The latest progress in global development has seen all aspects of development aimed at the fourth level of the industrial revolution or better known as Industrial Revolution 4.0. However, in the excitement to see the potential of global and national industries expand in line with the emergence of Industrial Revolution 4.0, there arises two questions, such as what would happen to the objectives of sustainable development, which is also the aim of many other parties all this while. Could it be achieved in line with the objective of extensive involvement in Industrial Revolution 4.0? This article tried to adduce the presumption that Industrial Revolution 4.0 must consider issues related to sustainable development so that achieving Industrial Revolution 4.0 does not jeopardise the long-term harmony of the world’s population. Since Malaysia is a Muslim majority country and Muslims are projected to form the majority of this earth’s population in 5 decades’ time; hence, discussions in this paper focused on Islamic sustainable development in Industrial Revolution 4.0. As an exploratory stage, the discussions in this study focused on the element of Islamic sustainable development, namely Islamic green practices, which could become a catalyst and activating agent in unifying and elaborating the contradictions between Islamic sustainable development and Industrial Revolution 4.0. For this purpose, the document study and qualitative content analysis methods were used.
Islamic Green Practices as Catalyst for Islamic Sustainable Development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0
Fadzila Azni Ahmad1, a, Wan Norhaniza Wan Hasan1,b, Norazilawati Md Dahlal1,c
1Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Email: asukainah@usm.my, bwanhaniza@usm.my, bwanhaniza@usm.my
Abstract
The latest progress in global development has seen all aspects of development aimed at the fourth level of the industrial revolution or better known as Industrial Revolution 4.0. However, in the excitement to see the potential of global and national industries expand in line with the emergence of Industrial Revolution 4.0, there arises two questions, such as what would happen to the objectives of sustainable development, which is also the aim of many other parties all this while. Could it be achieved in line with the objective of extensive involvement in Industrial Revolution 4.0? This article tried to adduce the presumption that Industrial Revolution 4.0 must consider issues related to sustainable development so that achieving Industrial Revolution 4.0 does not jeopardise the long-term harmony of the world’s population. Since Malaysia is a Muslim majority country and Muslims are projected to form the majority of this earth’s population in 5 decades’ time; hence, discussions in this paper focused on Islamic sustainable development in Industrial Revolution 4.0. As an exploratory stage, the discussions in this study focused on the element of Islamic sustainable development, namely Islamic green practices, which could become a catalyst and activating agent in unifying and elaborating the contradictions between Islamic sustainable development and Industrial Revolution 4.0. For this purpose, the document study and qualitative content analysis methods were used.
Keywords: Islamic sustainable development, Islamic green practices, Industrial Revolution 4.0, Sustainability.
Introduction
Sustainable development is said to be a solution for the development crises being faced by almost the whole world. Initiated as an effort to preserve the environment, sustainable development later emerges to fulfill societal well-being then economic justice and now become the main agenda of current world leaders through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Sustainable development refers to development that considers every element of the ecosystem in efforts to ensure the well-being of humankind, including future generations. The sustainable development is also closely related to green development because of its association to environment and natural resources. The term ‘green’ is used to express elements of nature friendliness and responsibility towards the environment (IAAMSC, 2009). When answering the call for sustainable development, various concepts and products with a green status have emerged namely green economy, green technology and green buildings, in which all these refer to green practices or a green lifestyle.
Current trend of rapid global industrialization and technological development as well as the presence of the fourth industrial revolution or commonly called the Industrial Revolution 4.0, have witnessed the transmission era in world economics from digital systems to Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) (Pauzi, 2017). Previously, the industrial revolution was frequently equated with issues related to the environment. In order to achieve the aim of industrialization, the environment was manipulated to be the means of industrial input and at the same time being burden by the industrial waste. Air pollution for example, occurs due to widespread burning of fuels as a source of energy, changes in land use due to industrial factories, buildings, townships and transport facilities as well as changes in the usage of natural and human resources that were all identified as the effects of industrial revolution. This similar circumstance also caused air, land and noise polluti
In-Text Citation: (Ahmad, Hasan, & Dahlal, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Ahmad, F. A., Hasan, W. N. W., & Dahlal, N. M. (2018). Islamic Green Practices as Catalyst for Islamic Sustainable Development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(11), 1122–1133.
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