Sustaining Sustainability in Organizations

• DOI: 10.32920/27614205.v1
• Publication Date: 2024-11-05T18:40:21Z
• Authors: Deborah E. de Lange; Timo Busch; Javier Delgado-Ce...
• Keywords: 9. Industry and infrastructure; 13. Climate action; 11. Sustainability; 06 humanities and the arts; 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion; 12. Responsible consumption

<p>[para. 1]: " The importance of social issues and the natural environment to societies firms has dramatically evolved in preceding 50 years. Corporate managers are becoming aware need broaden their goals, beyond traditional financial expectations. Since term sustainability entered business world, an ever increasing number realize emphasize environmental goals organizations (Bansal <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-012-1425-0#ref-CR4" target="_blank">2005</a>; Hoffman href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-012-1425-0#ref-CR20" target="_blank">1999</a>; GRI href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-012-1425-0#ref-CR16" target="_blank">2011</a>). How seriously these considered corporate strategy? Is a trendy buzzword without any substantial meaning for operational processes? Or, can we observe tangible improvements performance over time? These related questions lead overarching question: be sustained organizations? "</p>