The Impact of ESG Practices in Industry with a Focus on Carbon Emissions: Insights and Future Perspectives

IF 3.3 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI:10.3390/su15086685

A. Baratta, A. Cimino, Francesco Longo, Vittorio Solina, S. Verteramo

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Abstract

In recent years, interest in economic, environmental and social sustainability has increased significantly. Companies are gradually adopting behaviors aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, which represent a crucial aspect of the 2030 Agenda. In practice, they are currently incorporating organizational strategies that jointly consider environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), with the aim of generating value for all stakeholders. This paper aims to review, through a recognized seven-step procedure, the current literature on the impact that ESG practices have in industry, with a focus on the reduction of carbon emissions. The results are extremely useful for both researchers and entrepreneurs. The bibliometric analysis shows that interest in the ESG paradigm has grown considerably in the last three years. Furthermore, through the analysis of 13 key documents, it emerges that (i) the European community is pushing significantly towards the adoption of ESG practices through new regulations, (ii) the link between industrial operations and carbon emissions can no longer be neglected within the factory of the future, and (iii) significant efforts are still needed to standardize, in terms of variables and KPIs, the adoption of ESG-centric strategies.

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以碳排放为重点的ESG实践对工业的影响:见解和未来展望

近年来，人们对经济、环境和社会可持续性的兴趣显著增加。企业正在逐步采取旨在实现可持续发展目标的行动，这是《2030年议程》的一个重要方面。在实践中，他们目前正在纳入共同考虑环境、社会和公司治理(ESG)的组织战略，目的是为所有利益相关者创造价值。本文旨在通过公认的七步程序，回顾当前关于ESG实践对工业的影响的文献，重点是减少碳排放。研究结果对研究人员和企业家都非常有用。文献计量学分析显示，在过去三年中，对ESG范式的兴趣有了相当大的增长。此外，通过对13个关键文件的分析，可以发现:(i)欧洲共同体正在通过新的法规大力推动采用ESG实践;(ii)在未来的工厂中，工业运营与碳排放之间的联系不能再被忽视;(iii)在变量和kpi方面，仍需要做出重大努力来标准化采用ESG为中心的战略。

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Sustainability ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

20.50%

发文量

14120

审稿时长

17.72 days

期刊介绍： Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) is an international and cross-disciplinary scholarly, open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications and short notes, and there is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research relating to natural sciences, social sciences and humanities in as much detail as possible in order to promote scientific predictions and impact assessments of global change and development. Full experimental and methodical details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced.