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Bevan, Emma A. M., and Ping Yung. "Implementation of corporate social responsibility in Australian construction SMEs." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 22, no. 3 (May 18, 2015): 295–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-05-2014-0071.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) related activities in small to medium sized construction enterprises within Australia. Reasons behind the implementation level are also evaluated. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative and qualitative company level data from 28 Australian small to medium sized construction enterprises were collected using an in-depth questionnaire. Levels of CSR implementation in three aspects, namely, environmental, social and ethical, were measured. Each aspect was broken down into sub-areas and implementation scores were aggregated and normalised. Awareness level and concern for economic aspect, the two hypothesised reasons for level of implementation, were also measured. Non-parametric correlation analyses were used to examine the hypotheses. Findings – The findings suggest small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) incorporate some aspects of CSR into their business activities even though they do not refer to the practices as CSR, as none of them have a formal CSR policy in place. Most SMEs in the construction industry implement ethical and economic aspect of CSR; however implementation across environmental and social issues is limited. Non-parametric correlation analyses show that higher awareness of CSR issues leads to higher levels of implementation and that concern about economic aspect is not a reason why CSR is not implemented into business practices. Research limitations/implications – Everett Rogers’ diffusion paradigm can also be applied to CSR implementation, but more research works are required to theoretically and empirically examine the relationships between CSR implementation and economic aspect. Originality/value – It is apparent that there is a significant gap in the research regarding Australian SMEs and sustainability issues as the majority of the literature is focused upon large organisations even though the approaches taken by SMEs towards CSR are very different to those of large corporations. The SME business sector is a significant sector in terms of its environmental, economic and social impacts. Hence recognition of this sector is growing and is now becoming the focus of an agenda to promote the implementation of CSR practices in SMEs. This paper aims to provide useful and detailed information to add to what is currently an underdeveloped body of knowledge in this area.
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Raar, Jean. "SMEs, environmental management and global warming: a fusion of influencing factors?" Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22, no. 3 (August 17, 2015): 528–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-10-2013-0157.
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Purpose – Stakeholder theory provided the broad theoretical lens to explore environmental issues in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The diversity in issues examined ranged from concern for immediate stakeholders, their industry group and the influence of global warming on their business activities, to the type of environmental information included within their internal information systems. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A mailed survey was used to obtain data from SMEs operating in Australia. The focus was primarily directed to medium size firms. Findings – The findings indicate that SMEs were aware that their stakeholders, particularly their employees and customers were concerned with environmental issues. The respondent SMEs were also aware that global warming would influence their activities, for example, the design of their projects, occupational, health and safety, labour contracts and customer relations. Overall, the findings suggest that any tailored approach to regulate or self-regulate environmental management in SMEs, be industry and stakeholder driven. Research limitations/implications – The limitations of this research are primarily those applicable to the survey method, SME response rates, and the geographical location covered by the survey. The focus of this study is primarily medium size firms, rather than micro small business. Originality/value – This study gains insights into some of the practical aspects of environmental management in SMEs and in so doing adds to the growing body of literature in this under researched area.
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Rybina, Olena I., Nataliia E. Letunovska, and Aleksandra Kuzior. "Socially responsible marketing as a way to increase the competitiveness of business entities." Mechanism of an Economic Regulation, no. 1 (2020): 86–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mer.2020.87.07.
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With the development of a market economy, there are problems of balancing the interests of all participants in production, consumers, and society as a whole. This arouses interest in the concept of socially responsible marketing, which allows companies to focus on sustainable development and social values in solving business problems. The purpose of the article is to study the implementation of the concept of socially responsible marketing by business entities. The article considers the main aspects of the concept of socially responsible marketing, its importance for businesses. Related areas of research related to socially responsible marketing are identified based on bibliometric analysis of articles published in the Scopus database from 2010 to 2019 using VOSviewer software. It was found that the largest number of publications on the subject is available in the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Australia. The basic principles of socially responsible marketing are grouped and its characteristic features are singled out. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of its basic tools. The tools of socially responsible marketing are broader than classical marketing and include marketing; consumer research; study of social and environmental consequences of production; consumption of manufactured goods and services. The authors noted that with traditional analytical methods in implementing the concept of socially responsible marketing, given the strategic direction of modern marketing, it is necessary to use multidimensional methods of analysis: SPACE-analysis, PEST-analysis, ETOM-analysis, QUEST-analysis, SNW-analysis, SWOT analysis, KPI analysis. The key features of the introduction of socially responsible marketing at the enterprises of Ukraine are analyzed. The paper substantiates that socially responsible marketing is a concept of marketing management, according to which the company's goal is to determine its own needs, needs and interests of target markets and meet them more effectively than competitors, ways to maintain or improve the welfare of both consumers and society in general. Keywords: marketing, principles of socially responsible marketing, socially responsible marketing, sustainable development.
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Harman, Elizabeth J. "GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1983–85: LEGAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OFTHE NEW HYBRID ENTERPRISES." Australian Journal of Public Administration 45, no. 3 (September 1986): 247–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1986.tb01537.x.
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Privarnikova, I., O. Zinchenko, N. Meshko, and V. Apalkova. "Environmental component of socially responsible policy of multinational companies." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 915, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/915/1/012020.
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Abstract The article is aimed at studying environmental responsibility of multinational enterprises in electronics and IT sectors. The main aspects of environmental policy of global business enterprises have been systematized, their characteristics for such high-tech market leaders as Alphabet Inc, IBM and Intel Corporation have been given. Corporate policies have been analyzed and compared in three aspects of environmental activity of the companies selected for this study: waste recycling, energy use and environmental impact. The results of the analysis of eco-responsible companies’ practices show that each company forms management style and tools by implementing environmental responsibility, but none of them has managed to hold higher positions in the ranking of business environmental responsibility. Reserves for activating eco-oriented companies’ policy in IT sector have been identified.
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Kireeva, Angelina Alexandrovna. "PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ASSESSING THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY OF RUSSIAN ENTERPRISES." Наука XXI века: актуальные направления развития, no. 1-1 (2022): 328–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.46554/sciencexxi-2022.03-1.1-pp.328.
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Liu, Siyu, and Jingyi Guo. "The influence of FDI and environmental uncertainty on the business performance of enterprises-- A case study of manufacturing enterprises." Advances in Engineering Technology Research 1, no. 2 (September 24, 2022): 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.56028/aetr.1.2.226.
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Based on the panel data from 2016 to 2020 in various provinces, the influence of FDI and environmental uncertainty on the business performance of enterprises is analyzed in this paper. According to the research results, it is found that, under the regulation of environmental uncertainty, FDI has a significant positive influence on improving the business performance of China's enterprises, while the enhancement of environmental uncertainty will significantly weaken the influence of FDI on business performance of enterprises, namely, inhibition effect will appear;In addition, due to the different regulatory effects of factors including the degree of economic development in different regions, a significant difference between the influence of FDI on business performance has formed. Finally, from the macro perspective, some suggestions that the state and the government should give support to manufacturing enterprises from the aspects of macroeconomic environment and policies are proposed in the paper. And from the micro perspective, manufacturing enterprises should look for measures to release the vitality of enterprises according to the internal factors affecting the business performance from the behavior of their micro-economic subjects is also put forward in this paper.
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Liu, Siyu, and Jingyi Guo. "The influence of FDI and environmental uncertainty on the business performance of enterprises-- A case study of manufacturing enterprises." Advances in Engineering Technology Research 2, no. 1 (September 24, 2022): 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.56028/aetr.2.1.226.
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Based on the panel data from 2016 to 2020 in various provinces, the influence of FDI and environmental uncertainty on the business performance of enterprises is analyzed in this paper. According to the research results, it is found that, under the regulation of environmental uncertainty, FDI has a significant positive influence on improving the business performance of China's enterprises, while the enhancement of environmental uncertainty will significantly weaken the influence of FDI on business performance of enterprises, namely, inhibition effect will appear;In addition, due to the different regulatory effects of factors including the degree of economic development in different regions, a significant difference between the influence of FDI on business performance has formed. Finally, from the macro perspective, some suggestions that the state and the government should give support to manufacturing enterprises from the aspects of macroeconomic environment and policies are proposed in the paper. And from the micro perspective, manufacturing enterprises should look for measures to release the vitality of enterprises according to the internal factors affecting the business performance from the behavior of their micro-economic subjects is also put forward in this paper.
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Kamyshnykova, Evelina. "ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ASSOCIATIONS OF ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE." Economic Analysis, no. 27(4) (2017): 205–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/econa2017.04.205.
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Introduction. The growing relationship between economic, environmental and social aspects of companies’ activities, which corresponds to the concept of sustainable development, has become today's characteristic. Administration of the implementation of environmental measures within the framework of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important task for modern management. Purpose. The article aims to develop theoretical bases on the environmental aspects of CSR in market conditions, to carry out the analysis of their implementation in the practice of domestic groups of enterprises and to improve the practical recommendations for improving the environmental component of CSR. Results. It has been substantiated that the concept of ecological responsibility is inextricably linked with the concept of CSR. It has been proved that a large business represented by big enterprises integrated into combinations of national origin or international corporate groups is the main subject of environmental initiatives in Ukraine. The state, problems and advantages of the development of CSR environmental aspects in Ukraine have been analysed. The range of assessment tools used by Ukrainian business entities to track the effectiveness of environmentally responsible CSR measures has been described. Measures to increase the effectiveness of environmentally responsible CSR practices for enterprises and their combinations have been proposed. They include the integration of environmental values into the mission and vision of companies, the formation of a managers’ team for the implementation of environmental projects, the environmental audits conduction, the priority of those projects where ecological effect is combined with business interests, the introduction of innovative forms of CSR, the implementation of vertical and horizontal environmental investments within the framework of business combinations.
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DEINEHA, OLEKSANDR, INNA DEINEHA, and TETYNA KOKHANEVYCH. "PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF APPLICATION OF CRM-SYSTEMS IN ACTIVITIES OF TOURIST ENTERPRISES." HERALD OF KHMELNYTSKYI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 300, no. 6 Part 2 (December 2021): 143–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.31891/2307-5740-2021-300-6/2-23.
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The role and importance of information systems, in particular CRM, in the conditions of macroeconomic instability and digitalization of the economy are considered. The peculiarities of CRM-systems application in tourism activity are determined, which create preconditions for corporate software for marketing, sales, customer service, content management and operations, allow timely notification of customers, offer the most favorable conditions and control all business processes of tourism. It is proved that CRM is a special approach to the tourism business, in which the first priority of the company is the customer and meet his needs. The main tasks that allow tourism companies to solve using CRM, in particular the formation of customer base, automation of business processes, improving the efficiency of personnel management, sales management and the formation of analytics. The main marketing tasks that CRMs solve with the help of CRM are identified, their content is determined and it depends on the benefits that the tourism business and customers receive. It is determined that the main indicators of CRM-system efficiency include: stability of appeals and resale; sales performance; profitability of transactions; number of sales, revenue; percentage of customer retention; costs associated with sales and advertising campaigns; efficiency of interaction with clients; consumer commitment to the brand. The practice of application of CRM-systems by tourist enterprises is considered on a concrete example. The necessity of using CRM-systems by tourist enterprises is substantiated. It has been proven that CRM is a relevant platform for all business units, used to build effective interaction of enterprises with their customers and meet all their needs. These systems create real preconditions for the application of customer-oriented approach by tourism enterprises, contribute to the formation of their stable long-term position in the market.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Business enterprises Environmental aspects Australia"
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Manning, Elizabeth Sophie Mary. "Local content and related trade policy: Australian applications /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm2832.pdf.
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Mcleod, Michelle. "Does environmental performance predict financial performance? A South African perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80774.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.Corporate environmental responsibility has engaged the attention of academics, practitioners and environmentalists for some time, creating pressure for companies to conduct business in an environmentally greener manner. To find economic support for such conduct by South African companies, this study aims to investigate whether superior environmental performance by South African listed companies leads to superior financial performance. A review of related literature identified significant diversity in research approach and methodology as well as environmental and financial performance measures employed and therefore also in the results obtained. Given the continuing emergence of climate change as a material issue for business, this study utilised South African Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI SA) ratings as proxy for South African companies’ environmental performance. The infancy of the Carbon Disclosure Project in South Africa does result in some data limitations which necessitated a portfolio approach to address the research question. This approach, however, prevented explicit consideration or judgement on the direction of causality between environmental and financial variables. The environmental performance data limitations and the resulting need for some assumptions resulted in this study being explorative in nature. Using CDLI SA ratings as distinguishing environmental performance characteristic, industrymatching, mutually-exclusive stock portfolios were constructed. Relative portfolio performance was measured with reference to the Sharpe and Treynor ratios and a simple statistical test. Considering the three years 2008 to 2010, the Sharpe and Treynor ratios for Environmental Leaders and Laggards portfolios did not clearly identify either Environmental Leaders or Environmental Laggards as superior financial performers and results also varied across industries. There appears to be some trend emerging which sees Environmental Leaders outperforming Environmental Laggards in more recent years for some industries, however, the short time frame under consideration provided insufficient support for such conclusion. Statistical means testing concluded that the mean returns of Environmental Leaders and Environmental Laggards are similar. Sensitivity analysis performed on the Financials sector indicated that the Sharpe and Treynor ratios are sensitive to portfolio construction. Despite this sensitivity, statistical means testing consistently found little evidence to infer that the mean returns of Environmental Leaders portfolios are either higher or lower than that of Environmental Laggards portfolios. It is suggested that the similar performance of the Environmental Leaders and Environmental Laggards portfolios may be attributed to the use of an environmental performance measure unable to sufficiently distinguish between environmental leaders and environmental laggards. Another interpretation of the results could be that investors consider disclosure-based environmental performance measures as unreliable, or less reliable as compared with outcome-based or combined measures. Finally, it may be that investors’ expectations have not yet been adjusted to reflect the fact that climate change constitutes a materiality issue for business in the long run, which will require companies to actively manage carbon risks. Although there exists voluminous international research on the topic of this study, South African research in this regard is restricted. This study adds to the existing body of South African specific research, but is only explorative in nature; therefore areas for future research have been recommended.
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Williams, Donna Clare, and n/a. "Doing Environment Business With China Through Cross-Cultural Networks: A Dynamic Model for Small-to-Medium Australian Enterprises." Griffith University. School of Environmental Engineering, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060313.140417.
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The research is a critical analysis of the operational aspects of doing environment business with China through cross-cultural networks. In particular the investigation involved establishing an intensively documented, longitudinal profile of a single network. This network comprised Australian Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Chinese players based in the People's Republic of China. This profile covers a period of two decades. The research adopted a broad multi-disciplinary and inductive approach, using action research, case study methods, and systems analysis techniques. An innovative approach used time values as a constant to analyse the relativity of player connections, activities and structural levels in the network. This approach drew its applied orientation from the environmental sciences, and its theoretical base from the social science disciplines of marketing and international business. The specific field of study was the structure and evolutionary dynamics of networks. The outcome of the research is a model Australian SMEs can use for doing environment business with China. This model sets environment business in the context of a wider trading network of Chinese, Australian, South East Asian, and Middle Eastern players. The cornerstone of this model is the corporate role of the academic sector in accessing the Chinese environmental market. The research shows in detail how Australian SMEs can, and do, use cross-cultural academic linkages for trade. Such linkages facilitate market research, negotiation, risk management, product development, and the establishment of distribution channels in Asian markets. The study also demonstrates the importance of using a number of parallel nets of Chinese players to facilitate trade and overcome interruptions or obstacles. The research has contributed to knowledge by establishing an Asia-oriented, empirically derived model that differs substantially from the mono-cultural models in current practice in the Australian environment industry. The intensive investigation of the network of SMEs and Chinese players has identified the entrepreneurial strengths of SMEs in the international marketplace. This finding contrasts with the prevailing view that SMEs must depend on larger players for export success. In addition, the research has established that this kind of network has a clan-like structure. This finding is central to the model. The research demonstrates that a clan-like structure is a flexible framework that is compatible with the independence and capacity of small firms to adapt to change and to make decisions. This characteristic of SMEs enables them to proceed without, and at times in spite of, the encumbrances of large and unwieldy corporate and institutional structures. This finding is directly contrary to the belief prevalent in the Australian environment industry that SMEs depend on larger players to enter international markets. The finding also challenges the established view that Chinese networks are relatively closed systems based on family ties. The research shows that Australian SMEs can become part of these systems either directly or through links, and have many common attributes with their Chinese counterparts. The research has made a key contribution to theory by using these findings to develop an organic network model that differs from the so-called contrived network. This empirically derived theoretical model represents the seven dimensions of cross-cultural collaboration. The four social dimensions are the personal, organisational, sectoral and regional levels of a person-centred network, composed of nets of individuals with extensive linkages to other individuals and to organisations. The three dynamic dimensions are the triadic, the temporal, and the trading levels of interaction between the players. This theoretical model also demonstrates the depth of cross-connection between the nets of individual, and the embeddedness of the network in other networks. The model emphasises the centrality of time as the key connector between the social dimensions of the network and the exchange processes that characterise clan-like interactions. The model also represents the layers of evolutionary development that characterise the exchange processes in the network. These layers include adaptive processes, short-term exchanges, and long-term exchanges, and exchanges that derive from particular arrangements of players and market openings at critical points in time. This model extends concepts that have emerged from the original International Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Interaction Model, and gives empirical credence to recent philosophical, but untested, views on the relevance of time as a context for interaction.
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Schoeman, Pieter Stephanus Johannes Albertus. "An empirical investigation of environmental performance and the market value of JSE listed companies." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97358.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the recent past, there has been increasing awareness of, and concern for, the impact that many companies are having on the natural and social environment. This has seen the emergence of a triple bottom line approach to business, with environmental and social metrics being used in addition to financial metrics when evaluating company performance. Despite the growing level of investment in corporate sustainability, it is not clear whether these investments are viewed positively by the market, and to what extent it creates shareholder value. To shed light on the relationship between environmental performance and financial performance, this research assignment used the event study methodology to investigate whether there is statistically significant stock market reactions to announcements relating to the environmental performance of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. A total of 260 news announcements related to environmental performance were collected from a variety of news sources. The 260 news announcements represented 67 different companies across 11 different industry sectors. News announcements were collected from several prominent business news sources including the Business Day, Financial Mail and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange News Service. Abnormal share returns were estimated for a three day event window around the announcement date by using the market model approach. Results were aggregated based on four different categories of environmental performance, including corporate environmental initiatives, environmental awards and certificates, negative environmental publicity and, environmental reporting, permits and licences. Consistent with related research in developed countries, this study found that the market rewards certain categories of positive environmental performance but penalises certain categories of negative environmental performance more severely. The results show that there is a significant positive market reaction to announcements of corporate environmental initiatives on the trading day following the announcement. This result indicates a positive relationship between corporate environmental initiatives and financial performance, as measured by market value. In terms of negative environmental performance, it was found that the market responds negatively to the broad category of negative environmental publicity. In particular, negative announcements from civil society and environmental groups seem to result in more significant market reactions than negative announcements from local or national government. In contrast to some studies done in developed countries, no statistically significant relationship was found between announcements of environmental awards and certificates and the market value of companies. Neither was there a statistically significant relationship between environmental reporting, permits and licences and the market value of companies. These results therefore indicate that the market is selective in its response to announcements of environmental performance.
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Rathnam, Sharad. "Designing an environmentally conscious decision support tool for capital investments in small and medium enterprises." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18922.
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Sze, Wai-mun, and 施惠敏. "Does the enhancement of employee environmental awareness help improve a company's environmental performance ?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45013238.
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Cox, Marcus Z. "When and Where Does It Pay to Be Green: Intra- and Inter-organizational Factors Influencing the Environmental/Financial Performance Link." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500091/.
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Managers are coming under increasing pressure from a wide array of stakeholders to improve the environmental performance of their firms while still achieving financial performance objectives. One of the most researched questions in the business and the natural environment (B&NE) literature is whether it pays to be green. Despite more than three decades of research, scholars have been unable to clearly answer this question. The purpose of this dissertation was to attempt to identify the antecedents that lead to increased, firm-level environmental performance and the conditions in which firms are then able to profit from enhanced environmental performance. First, I assessed three intra-organizational factors of top management teams (i.e. female representation, concern for non-financial stakeholders, and risk-seeking propensity) that theory indicated are associated with increased corporate environmental performance (CEP). Theory also leads us to believe that top management teams with these attributes should perform better in dynamic settings, so I tested to see if industry dynamism moderates these relationships. Second, I then examined industry-level forces that theory indicates would moderate the relationship between CEP and corporate financial performance (CFP). These moderating forces include industry profitability, industry dynamism, and the degree of industry environmental regulation. Hypotheses were tested using panel data obtained from the KLD, Compustat, and Environmental Protection Agency databases for the years 2000 to 2011. The sample consists of firms comprising the Standard and Poor’s 500 and was analyzed using fixed-effect regression and moderating variables were analyzed using the Johnson-Neyman technique.
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Haney, Aoife Brophy. "The evolution of firms' strategic responses to climate change : information, capabilities and impact." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648572.
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Lillah, Riyaadh. "Environmental management systems in South African small and medium-sized businesses." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/2909.
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Businesses have been criticised for their contribution towards the ever-increasing rate of destruction of the natural environment. Although businesses have responded by adapting their management practices, production processes and products, they still face a number of challenges in reducing their environmental impact. One way in which businesses have responded to the environmental crisis is by implementing environmental management systems. Despite the importance of environmental management implementation, researchers have neglected to identify the antecedents that could lead to environmental management system implementation in South African small and medium-sized businesses. Indeed, much of the research on environmental management has concentrated on large business in Europe or the United States. The limited research that has been conducted on environmental management in small and medium-sized businesses has been descriptive in nature, and fails to produce results that are generalisable and that advance the understanding on this topic. Given this situation, the objective of this study was to develop and empirically test a theoretical model to explain the implementation of environmental management systems in small and medium-sized businesses. A quantitative survey methodology was adopted in this study to test the proposed theoretical model empirically. In total, 417 small and medium-sized businesses participated in the survey; 326 of these were not implementing an environmental management system, and 91 were implementing such a system. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the sample data. The findings of this analysis suggest that the respondents had a favourable attitude toward environmental management systems; they were aware of environmental issues; they perceived themselves and their businesses as able to deal with the barriers to environmental management system implementation; they felt personally obligated to reduce their business‟ environmental impact; and they perceived actions aimed at reducing their businesses‟ environmental impact as socially desirable. To test the hypothesised relationships in the theoretical model, correlation and multiple regression analyses were used. The hypotheses dealing with the relationship between the environmental antecedents and the owner-manager‟s intention to implement an environmental management system, and the actual implementation of an environmental management system, were supported in this study. Thus, the environmental antecedents were found to be positively related to the small and medium-sized business owners‟ intention to implement an environmental management system; to their formal and informal implementation of an environmental management system; and to their practices related to waste management and legal compliance. Empirical evidence to support the hypothesised effect of resource constraints as a moderating variable was found in this study. In terms of environmental values, support was found for the moderating effect of egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values. In terms of the biographical characteristics of the business owners, significant moderating effects were found for gender and age, but not for education. Gender influenced the relationships between the environmental antecedents, attitude towards an environmental management system and personal pro-environmental norms, and the intention to implement an environmental management system. Age moderated the relationship between subjective pro-environmental norms, waste management, and legal compliance. Given the empirical evidence provided in this study, it is recommended that greater awareness of environmental issues be fostered among small and medium-sized business owners as well as the individuals who influence their decision-making. There is also a need to reinforce the positive business outcomes of environmental management system implementation, as well as the personal and social obligations to protect the natural environment among small and medium-sized business owners.
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Harris, Peter-Dirk. "South African environmental taxes and investment incentives in practice." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95565.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African economy is faced with a number of challenges as an upper-middle income country that is highly resource-intensive, with an open economy. It has a number of developmental goals that must be achieved in order to maintain environmentally conscious sustainable development. The country will have to find pioneering ways to address the poverty problems faced by a large proportion of its people, while still ensuring economic growth at a reduced cost to the environment. In an effort to promote the shift to a “green” economy, the South African state and its related entities have developed a number of incentive programmes aimed at easing the transition. These incentives primarily support businesses in their efforts to become more energy-efficient, or to convert to renewable energy sources. The objective of this study is to critically evaluate what the South African government is doing with regard to environmental instruments aimed at assisting the country to reduce carbon emissions. This case study follows a quantitative approach, considering the financial effects that the different environmental instruments could have on South African manufacturers. Through the study the researcher will be able to make certain recommendations to businesses in the manufacturing industry who are interested in investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The results of the study will also give the researcher insight into the South African environmental incentives, which will allow him to make informed comments on the proposals that government has tabled regarding future environmental taxes and incentives. The research questions that the researcher tried to answer were based on the current and future policy measures that the South African government has implemented, or will implement, in order to move the country to a low-emissions trajectory. These policies were then also compared to international measures in order to determine if the policies chosen by the South African government are appropriate for the this country’s economy. This study has led the researcher to discover a number of issues relating to the status of environmental policy in South Africa. These discoveries have allowed him to make certain recommendations to businesses investing in this realm, as well as to government which develops these policy measures. The main findings of the study are that with the assistance of the South African government and related entities, investments in renewable energy have become viable. When considering the current status of South African environmental policy, the researcher has also come to realise that the country is lagging behind the rest of the world with regard to policy development. The South African economy is unique, thus policies have to be structured in a way that will not be detrimental to the country.
Books on the topic "Business enterprises Environmental aspects Australia"
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Environmental awareness. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Gower, 1999.
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Welford, Richard. Environmental management and business strategy. London: Pitman, 1994.
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Richard, Welford. Cases in environmental management and business strategy. London: Pitman, 1994.
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Richard, Welford. Cases in environmental management and business strategy. London: Pitman, 1994.
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Andrew, Gouldson, ed. Environmental management and business strategy. London: Pitman Pub., 1993.
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Schaltegger, S. Corporate environmental accounting. Chichester: Wiley, 1996.
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Trust, Conservation, ed. Business and the environmental challenge: A guide for managers. Reading]: Conservation Trust, 1992.
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Okada, Yoshitaka. Environmental problems, multinational enterprises, and institutional failures. Tokyo: Advanced Development Management Program, Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, 1996.
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Environmentally sustainable business: A local and regional perspective. London: P. Chapman, 1995.
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Tsai, Terence. Corporate environmentalism in China and Taiwan. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2002.
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Spoz, Anna. "Sustainable Business Models of Companies." In Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 44–60. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6788-3.ch003.
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In a quest for sources of competitive advantage, an insightful tracking and tracing of the changes that take place in their micro and macro environment is a core competence for enterprises to catch up with market trends. Social and economic changes as well as the growing awareness of the negative anthropogenic impact on the climate and the environment increasingly make today's business models evolve towards sustainability. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the concept of a sustainable business model based on the literature review and then to distinguish the driving and limiting factors behind its implementation in enterprises. Based on an empirical study carried out, a diagnosis will be put forward for the awareness of enterprises as regards the business model pursued and the willingness to integrate social, environmental, and governance aspects. The research methods used in this study relied on critical literature review; descriptive, analytic, and synthetic methods; along with in-depth interviews.
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Kanak, Mahesh Gangaram, and Sunita Purushottam. "A General Approach for Financial Quantification of Climate Change Risk for Enterprises." In Technological Innovations for Sustainability and Business Growth, 105–46. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9940-1.ch008.
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Climate change is a major risk for the global economy. Increased frequency of climatic events coupled with unsustainable economic development without considering environmental & social aspects has resulted in runaway climatic impacts. It became evident for all stakeholders to work in unison; which led to formation of Task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD). Financial quantification of climate risk is a new area to be explored & could be an effective measure to tackle climate change. This chapter provides a general approach for financial quantification of climate change risk for businesses to understand & prioritize climate action. Though the approach is limited to the manufacturing sector, it can be used with some modifications for other sectors. It will help find impacts that climate change could pose to supply chain using various tools & evaluation of its usefulness. As 'Climate Action' is part of Sustainable Development Goals; it will be useful to understand how integrating TCFD could help enterprises tackle climate change by localizing SDG-13 into their businesses.
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Abereijo, Isaac Oluwajoba. "Ensuring Environmental Sustainability through Sustainable Entrepreneurship." In Economic Modeling, Analysis, and Policy for Sustainability, 234–49. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0094-0.ch012.
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Sustainability has become an important issue worldwide because of great concerns about the unintended social, environmental, and economic effects of increasing population and economic growth, as well as consumption of natural resources. One recent concept arising from sustainability issue is sustainable entrepreneurship which integrates both the social and environmental aspects, and linking them with entrepreneurial activities. This chapter therefore suggests that efforts of developing countries at promoting entrepreneurship should go beyond engaging in business enterprises but include encouraging the use of entrepreneurial values and approaches to solve sustainability problems. Hence, this chapter is an effort at developing a framework that can be used to influence sustainable entrepreneurship behaviour of the students in developing countries.
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Wong, Ho Yin, Parves Sultan, Jason Kokho Sit, En Li, and Jia-Yi Hung. "Environmental Scanning – An Information System Framework for Strategic Decisions in SMEs." In Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science, 40–54. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5962-9.ch003.
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The aim of this chapter is to explore the role of environmental scanning in information systems for strategic decisions in the context of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Australia. A case study approach was adopted for this exploratory study. In-depth interviews were conducted with owners of two SMEs. Data were analysed using manual qualitative data analysis techniques. Owing to the unique characteristics of SMEs, findings suggest that SMEs share some commonalities and differences to their large firm counterparts. In general, SMEs have a clear idea what their information needs are. They have a narrow scope of scanning, which focuses mainly on economic, customers, and competitive information. External sources from media, salespeople, clients, and competitors are their major sources of information. Human memory and manual filing systems are the key methods of storing information. The information is distributed through personal communications. SMEs use common sense and intuitive approach rather than sophisticated analytical tools to analyse the information. The scanned information is used for both strategic and functional decisions. The findings provide insight to SMEs as to the usefulness of environmental scanning in making various business decisions.
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Aleskerova, Yuliia, and Lidiia Fedoryshyna. "TOURISM INSURANCE MANAGEMENT." In Theoretical and practical aspects of the development of modern scientific research. Publishing House “Baltija Publishing”, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-195-4-2.
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The purpose of the tourism insurance management is the tourism industry has always had a definite danger to life as tourists themselves and its employees. Natural disasters, unfortunate cases, miscalculations in production and economic activities and other unforeseen events may disrupt the balanced activities of tourism complex. At the same time with the development of science technological progress of natural and industrial economic cataclysms are not reduced. For ensuring stable tourist activities enterprises and guaranteeing quality to tourists, in particular in areas of increased risk, there are various management tools risk, one of which is insurance. Fear- as a component of the security system in tourism industry contributes to the stabilization of activities tourist enterprises and tour operators companies, as well as the safety of tourist travel both in Ukraine and abroad. Tourist travel carries a lot surprises. A tourist can become a victim disaster or robbery, sudden due to changes in weather and other circumstances may not live up to his expectations quiet rest. In these and many others In some cases, there will be a need to provide burn yourself from their harmful effects or minimize them. Therefore, the issue of insurance services management in tourism is important. Effective implementation of insurance products in the field of tourists through various distribution channels These intermediaries are an important area of marketing. Results. Tting strategy of insurance companies of Ukraine, therefore, generalization is necessary for its development domestic and foreign experience, scientific ensuring the formation and functioning sales systems of this type. That is, for the plant- building a strong position in the insurance market tourists for the insurer it is important to have message to offer more diversified service package. Ukrainian insurers are actions to rethink global trends to improve the business climate tourism. Value/originalit. Ukraine lags far behind in implementing measures to support the tourism sector, which poses a serious threat to the competitiveness of the industry in the global market during the projected recovery in 2021. The world still faces serious challenges, from the indefinite duration of the pandemic to restrictions on movement, all in the context of the global economic recession. Countries around the world are implementing a wide range of measures to minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage the recovery of the tourism sector. The prospects for the tourism economy remain extremely uncertain, and confidence in business and travel has been hit hard. Clear communication, well-developed information policies and clear epidemiological criteria will be particularly important where there is a need to change travel restrictions and containment measures in response to virus outbreaks and changes in the health situation. The crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that encourages us to move towards fairer, more sustainable and sustainable (socio-environmental-economic) models of tourism development. The pandemic again revealed structural weaknesses in the tourism system and vulnerability to external shocks. There is an urgent need to diversify and strengthen the resilience of the tourism economy, better prepare for future shocks, address long-standing structural weaknesses and encourage the digital, low-carbon transformations needed to move to stronger, fairer and more sustainable tourism models.
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Shevchuk, Oleksandr, and Olena Shevchuk. "THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISE." In Global trends and prospects of socio-economic development of Ukraine. Publishing House “Baltija Publishing”, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-193-0-15.
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The urgency of improving the financial security of Ukrainian enterprises in the current unstable economic conditions of their operation is one of the most important tasks of both the state and the business entities themselves. The search for opportunities to strengthen the financial situation should be facilitated by a systematic and objective analysis of the activities of any enterprise, the results of which allow you to respond quickly to changes in external and internal business environment, make sound management decisions on financial regulation. The paper conducts a thorough study of existing theoretical and methodological approaches to determining the financial stability of the enterprise. It is proved that in determining the financial stability of the enterprise it is impossible to ignore social and environmental factors, so the definition of financial stability should cover all factors that shape it and the results of financially stable enterprise. The author’s vision of the essence of the category “financial stability of the enterprise” was formed taking into account the above factors. It is established that the financial stability of the enterprise plays an important role in ensuring expanded reproduction and profitability in the future. This is a complex category that studies the resource potential of the enterprise, its financial condition, dependence on the influence of internal and external factors and the ability to ensure effective operation while maintaining solvency. Financial stability is a key guideline in business planning, the introduction of innovative technologies in the enterprise, in general, its indicators reflect the level of risk of operation. Financial stability is a key guideline in business planning, the introduction of innovative technologies in the enterprise, in general, its indicators reflect the level of risk of operation. The main factors that determine the financial stability of the enterprise and risk management of its loss are considered. The existing approaches to the methodology of diagnostics, assessment and forecasting of financial stability of the enterprise are given. It is proved that the assessment of the financial stability of an agricultural enterprise should be generalized, integrated and give an unambiguous answer about the level of financial stability of the enterprise. It must accumulate all the main aspects of the operation of the enterprise, ie take into account the importance of the most important indicators of financial and economic activities of economic entities. It is emphasized that the integrated method of assessment is the most objective for such an analysis, as it allows you to quantify and evaluate the relationship between the main factors and predict their level in the future. The study of existing models of assessment of financial stability of Ukrainian enterprises, indicated their disadvantages. Modern approaches to assessing the risk of bankruptcy using discriminant models are analyzed. The essence of the national model for assessing the financial condition of the beneficiary, its advantages and disadvantages are considered. The analysis of various methods of calculation of integrated indicators of the level of financial stability proposed by Ukrainian scientists is carried out. The urgency of the issue of developing a modern factor model of the integrated indicator, which needs to be improved and adapted to modern conditions of functioning of Ukrainian enterprises of the agricultural sector, is proved.
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Grabowski, Gabriel. "Circular economy in the waste management sector." In Sustainability and sustainable development, 243–50. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18559/978-83-8211-074-6/iv5.
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The growing population and rising standards of living lead to an increase of the consumption of many goods. Reducing municipal waste which is created in that process can result in a wide range of environmental, economic, and social benefits, such as reducing pollution in water and soil, greenhouse gas emissions and loss of valuable materials. The concept to solve this problem of municipal waste due to increased consumption can be found, among others, in circular economy (CE). Circular economy can be defined as “an economic system that is based on business models which replace the ‘end-of-life’ concept with reducing, alternatively reusing, recycling and recovering materials in production/distribution and consumption processes to accomplish sustainable development” (Kirchherr, Reike, & Hekkert, 2017). A current trend in developed countries is closing the loop, moving from the concept of “end-of-pipe” waste management towards more holistic resource management (Wilson, 2007). Implementing the circular economy approach through waste management systems can pose multiple challenges while providing incentives to improve waste management infrastructure. However, this requires investments and may be perceived by many people as cost, not investment in future generations and their standard of living. The aim of this chapter is to initiate discussion on the positive aspects and barriers of circular economy development in the Polish waste management sector. In the case study described in the text, the roles of citizens, public institutions as well as enterprises are shown in selective waste collection processes as an important element of circular economy. In Poland, awareness of waste segregation and the importance of using recycled materials is not well-developed compared to many other EU countries, although this situation is beginning to gradually improve.
Conference papers on the topic "Business enterprises Environmental aspects Australia"
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Maulana, Hartomi, Khoirul Umam, Rahma Astuti, Eko Cahyo, and Roghiebah Faradisi. "Environmental aspects of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Law And Pedagogy, ICBLP 2019, 13-15 February 2019, Sidoarjo, Indonesia. EAI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286196.
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Karami, Azhdar. "An investigation on environmental scanning and growth strategy in high tech small and medium sized enterprises." In 16th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2008. University of Twente, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268580687.
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The idea that environmental scanning can be a key factor to sustained competitive advantage calls for the integration of business strategy and environment. Not surprisingly, environmental scanning is widely viewed as the first step in the process linking strategy and environment. The main debate in strategy and environment is nowadays concerned with the primary importance of environmental scanning to strategy formulation and implementation. More specially, effective scanning of the environment is seen as necessary to the successful alignment of competitive strategies with environmental requirements and the achievement of outstanding performance in SMEs. This paper explores the above relationship in the British electronic manufacturing industry. It is based on the empirical evidence and the findings of a survey of 132 Chief Executive Officers’ (CEO) views on environmental scanning and strategy in SMEs. It is concluded that, there is a significant relationship between increasing the environmental scanning of the firm, and the success of the firm’s performance in small and medium sized manufacturing firms in electronic industry. Accordingly, because of dynamic aspect of electronic industry, obtaining information on several aspects of environmental sectors facilitates alignment between business strategy and environment.
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Usenko, Lyudmila N., Victoriya A. Guzey, and Natalia M. Usenko. "Methodological aspects of the analysis of sustainable development of organizations." In Sustainable and Innovative Development in the Global Digital Age. Dela Press Publishing House, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56199/dpcsebm.bwwx6441.
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In modern conditions there is an accumulation of issues in the field of achieving sustainable development that require resolution. Along with economic, environmental and social issues, there is now a need to resolve the problems of development of economic actors of institutional and informational nature. In the course of the study, the issues that need to be resolved in all components of sustainable development were identified. In addition, the set of external and internal conditions of development of Russian enterprises, with regard to the economic, social, environmental institutional and informational components of sustainable development were highlighted. It should be noted that the achievement of a high level of sustainable development of companies requires the resolution of issues arising in relation to all components. It is impossible to selectively focus on solving some existing problems, because only a comprehensive approach to solving the issues of achieving a high level of sustainable development is able to fully realize the development needs not only of business structures, but also of the business community as a whole.
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Lupu, Aurel, and Raluca Ivan. "Non-Financial Reporting In Emerging Economies Central and South-East Europe." In 2nd International Conference Global Ethics - Key of Sustainability (GEKoS). LUMEN Publishing House, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/gekos2021/8.
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The research currently presented is related to non-financial reporting and the prevailing reporting practices employed by enterprises posing risks to the environment. The worldwide economy is in a continuous change and the companies must face all the new challenges to assure a good development of their business. One of the most pressing challenge is related to the reporting of information in an integrate form. It is considered that the traditional model of financial reporting does not represent a comprehensive image to assess the previous and future performance of a company. According to the Directive 2014/95/EU regulations, reporting of non-financial information encompasses three major areas: environmental, social, and labour. Each is equally important, though environmental issues seem of particular significance in enterprises posing risks to the environment. The natural environment and its protection are important from the viewpoint of future generations. The transition from voluntary disclosure of non-financial information to mandatory regulation in the EU has taken place due to continuous increasing needs to have more transparency and rigor of information disclosed by companies. Indeed, voluntary reporting of CSR has many aspects of weakness, it is difficult to compare the information of different companies; it is a tool to avoid regulation; lack of execution and accountability; and leads to rhetoric, as corporations continue to create many problems for society.