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Corporate sustainability
About: Corporate sustainability is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3517 publications have been published within this topic receiving 94075 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a methodology based on fuzzy logic to assess the corporate sustainable performance of a representative European automotive company ranked in the top 10 worldwide by Forbes in 2017.
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TL;DR: Sustainability has attracted increasing attention from business scholars as corporations have started to take more responsibility for their environmental, social, and development impacts as discussed by the authors, and the role of business and management research in sustainability science and the potential for interdisciplinary work with other academic fields.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the concept of global strategic sustainability, represented by a conceptual framework, the "spheres of strategic sustainability" and examine routes, solutions and a vision for corporate strategic sustainability in the macro context of the global physical environment and the planet.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the concept of global “strategic sustainability”, represented by a conceptual framework, the “spheres of strategic sustainability”. The paper examines routes, solutions and a vision for corporate strategic sustainability in the macro context of the global physical environment and the planet. This builds on previous research identifying key drivers and strategies for corporate sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual in nature and underpinned by Gaia theory, ecosystems theory and the laws of thermodynamics. These three offer specific foci for sustainability research including holism, integration and synthesis: without which, sustainability research would be difficult to achieve. Findings – The paper identifies two major domains – “corporate” and “consumer” strategic sustainability. It examines the corporate domain in which routes are identified through responses to existing globalisation, corporate strategy and corporate culture. Research limitations/implications – The paper provides insight and preliminary conceptual development towards a full theoretical model of corporate and consumer strategic sustainability. The framework will guide future conceptual and empirical investigations and broaden and deepen our understanding of how firm's can construct strategic business models that incorporate sustainability. Originality/value – The paper offers a conceptual framework that develops the concept of “corporate strategic sustainability” and provides positive, practical solutions to incorporating sustainability into business models. It also challenges the current dominant socio-economic paradigm and sets the scene for a more positive eco-paradigm that serves the present and future needs of the planet, environment, businesses and human society.
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TL;DR: Corporate sustainability is essential to long-term corporate success and for ensuring markets deliver value across society, and despite its importance, there is no clear consensus as to whether the... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Corporate sustainability is essential to long-term corporate success and for ensuring markets deliver value across society, and despite its importance, there is no clear consensus as to whether the...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate publicly available index ratings to assess strategies for and qualitative measurement of the sustainable development and innovation performance of eight top-ranked international companies and find that the strategies of the identified companies correspond well to our typology and allow suggestions of where efforts for corporate sustainability and entrepreneurship could be reinforced to gain or maintain a benchmark positioa.
Abstract: The field of sustainable corporate entrepreneurship is in a nascent stage. By developing a position matrix of companies with respect to their corporate entrepreneurship and sustainability performance, we make conceptual contributions to an integrated perspective on elements supporting a sustainable corporate entrepreneurship process. We propose that such a process without evolving corporate sustainability is misleading. Methodologically, we investigate publicly available index ratings to assess strategies for and qualitative measurement of the sustainable development and innovation performance of eight top-ranked international companies. Findings show that the strategies of the identified companies correspond well to our typology and allow suggestions of where efforts for corporate sustainability and/or entrepreneurship could be reinforced to gain or maintain a benchmark positioa. The article will clarify underlying elements of, and help to advance strategies for the implementation of, a sustainable corporate entrepreneurship process. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
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