Being a Sustainable Firm
Takeaways for a Sustainability-Oriented Management
- 1st Edition - May 30, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Maria Cristina Longo, Eleonora Cardillo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 6 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 6 3 - 1
Being a Sustainable Firm: Takeaways for a Sustainability-Oriented Management addresses the key strategic issues that firms encounter when entering the complex world of sustainab… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBeing a Sustainable Firm: Takeaways for a Sustainability-Oriented Management addresses the key strategic issues that firms encounter when entering the complex world of sustainability. Faced with a proliferation of approaches, regulations and procedures, the text outlines the contours of the meaning of being a sustainable firm and provides a theoretical framework within which to place the environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategic decisions.
The volume critically retraces the way in which companies approach sustainability starting from the EU SDG goals content and the set of indicators for sustainable business. It pays particular attention to SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for their interrelationships and implications on the firm competitiveness and the development of cities of the future. In addition, it unfolds across the broad spectrum of international standards and sustainability reporting guidelines, as relevant voluntary socio-environmental reporting systems recognized at international level. Understanding the logic of sustainability reporting and applying sustainable reporting models to specific business areas offers critical insights and application tools for organizations committed to integrating sustainability into their business and creating new sources of value starting from a common vision of sustainable development and social responsibility. The book highlights these aspects by linking them to the firm challenges and sustainability models in sectors particularly interested in sustainable development, including fashion, tourism, and public-private partnerships for sustainable local communities.
The book provides useful support for students and scholars of managerial disciplines, interested in the topics of innovation management, sustainability-based strategies, sustainable entrepreneurship, socio-environmental reporting systems and performance evaluation. The delineation of the regulatory framework and sustainability reporting standards within which strategic decisions are placed constitutes a valuable guide for consultants and entrepreneurs interested to deepen the state of the art of the tools connected to corporate sustainability management and provides takeaways for managers and practitioners on sustainable practices implementation and reporting of activities.
- Uses case studies, guidelines and sustainability reporting tools to compare different sustainability areas and understand critical issues, approaches and performance evaluation systems within the circular economy framework
- Devotes specific chapters to SDG goals 9, 11 and 12 and the related sets of indicators to outline the coordinates within which firms manage sustainability in specific business areas.
- Provides useful insights on ESG parameters and corporate sustainability to entrepreneurs, managers, practitioners, and stakeholders in the cutting-edge sectors of sustainability management
Scholars in universities and business schools, sustainable development practitioners, primarily working in the private sector in the field of sustainability, Professionals in sustainability management, innovation and business models, accountability, social and environmental reporting; some specific sectors such as fashion, hospitality, private-public partner, local development, smart cities, inclusive communities
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Declaration
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Sustainability: Meaning and boundaries
- 1. Sustainability: Key concepts and challenges
- 2. The main sustainability regulations
- 3. Circular economy models and approaches
- 4. Framing the sustainability strategy: Being born versus becoming a sustainable firm
- Chapter Two. EU SDG goals: Content and monitoring for sustainable business
- 1. EU SDG goals and Green Deal
- 2. SDG 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
- 3. SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- 4. SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumptions and production patterns
- Chapter Three. SDG indicators set for sustainability assessment
- 1. UN SDG indicators set
- 2. EU SDG indicators set
- 3. ISTAT SDG indicators set in Italy
- 4. Focus on SDG 9, 11, and 12 indicators
- Chapter Four. Sustainability reporting standards and guidelines
- 1. European sustainability reporting standards
- 2. Sustainability reporting standard: Setting and issue
- 3. The sustainability reporting standards list
- 4. The Global Reporting Initiative
- 5. ESG pillars and corporate sustainability reporting
- Chapter Five. Strategies for sustainable innovations in fashion firms
- 1. SDG 9 for sustainable fashion
- 2. Circularity in the fashion life cycle
- 3. Directives, regulations, and certifications for sustainable textiles
- 4. Patterns of sustainability in fashion
- 5. Takeaways for fashion managers: Toward Sustainable Eco-Chic Fashion Tech
- Chapter Six. Ensuring sustainable patterns in tourism
- 1. SDG 12 for sustainable tourism
- 2. Key enablers of sustainable digital tourism
- 3. Corporate social responsibility and thematic areas in sustainable tourism
- 4. Sustainability reporting and disclosure information in tourism
- 5. Takeaways for tourism managers: Moving forward on regenerative tourism
- Chapter Seven. Building sustainable cities through SDG public–private partnerships
- 1. SDG 11 for sustainable cities and local communities
- 2. City systems integration and livability
- 3. The SDG public–private partnerships
- 4. SDG evaluation methodology in public–private partnerships
- 5. Takeaways for sustainable PPP managers: Thinking about nature-based solutions and natural step approach
- Conclusions: Sustainable Development Goals implications and interconnections on the sustainability management
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 30, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 168
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443140624
- eBook ISBN: 9780443140631
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Maria Cristina Longo
Cristina Longo is an Associate Professor of Business Economics and Management at the University of Catania where she teaches Innovation Management, Tourism Management, and Principles of Management. She was a Canon Foundation in Europe 2021 Research Fellow at Institute Advanced Studies (IAS) and Graduate School of Environment, Yokohama National University, Japan. Her research interests focus on the topics of innovation management, entrepreneurship, and strategy.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Educational Science, Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, ItalyEC
Eleonora Cardillo
Eleonora Cardillo is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Catania, where she teaches Financial Accounting and Public Accounting. She was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research, School of Management—University of St. Andrews. Her research interests regard public accounting systems, performance evaluation, sustainability, and social reporting.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, ItalyRead Being a Sustainable Firm on ScienceDirect