What is the impact of a focus on the environment?
Corporate sustainability measures evaluated with the principles of civil economy
Taking into account the company’s environmental impact is a fundamental requirement for almost all productive enterprises in developed economies nowadays. However, this is an requirement that must deal with more than just awareness of the problem. It must also deal with the key principles of production and civil economy. ‘Dare un senso all’agire delle imprese: uno sguardo civile sulla valutazione d’impatto’ (Making sense of business action: a civil perspective on impact assessment) – is research by Sabrina Bonomi, an associate of the business organisation. It attempts to delve deeper into the relationships between the concerns and environmental implications of production organisations’ actions and the dictates of the civil economy, which is seen as the last frontier of good business culture.
In particular, Bonomi investigates the relationship between production techniques and tools that address environmental sustainability issues, and their effect on the surrounding society of the organisation that implements them.
The research emphasises that selecting appropriate tools requires skills in analysing and managing the value created in accordance with the principles of civil economy. To develop operational guidelines, Bonomi first considers the civil economy paradigm, then the role of companies within it and finally techniques for assessing their impact, introducing MindSEC: a verification method based on civil economy principles. This theoretical approach is then ‘proven’ through a series of empirical cases.
In her conclusions, Bonomi writes that the ‘method of impact assessment based on the paradigm of civil economy leads entrepreneurs and managers to choose virtuous behaviours consistent with it, in the interest of the common good as well as their own. Cultural, environmental, social, economic and relational advantages are generated by the ability to engage diverse skills and passions, which guarantee the quality and continuity of the commitment taken and generate others that lead to positive change in the community and environment, which is needed more than ever today’.
Dare un senso all’agire delle imprese: uno sguardo civile sulla valutazione d’impatto
Sabrina Bonomi
ImpresaProgetto. Electronic Journal of management, 2, 2025
Corporate sustainability measures evaluated with the principles of civil economy
Taking into account the company’s environmental impact is a fundamental requirement for almost all productive enterprises in developed economies nowadays. However, this is an requirement that must deal with more than just awareness of the problem. It must also deal with the key principles of production and civil economy. ‘Dare un senso all’agire delle imprese: uno sguardo civile sulla valutazione d’impatto’ (Making sense of business action: a civil perspective on impact assessment) – is research by Sabrina Bonomi, an associate of the business organisation. It attempts to delve deeper into the relationships between the concerns and environmental implications of production organisations’ actions and the dictates of the civil economy, which is seen as the last frontier of good business culture.
In particular, Bonomi investigates the relationship between production techniques and tools that address environmental sustainability issues, and their effect on the surrounding society of the organisation that implements them.
The research emphasises that selecting appropriate tools requires skills in analysing and managing the value created in accordance with the principles of civil economy. To develop operational guidelines, Bonomi first considers the civil economy paradigm, then the role of companies within it and finally techniques for assessing their impact, introducing MindSEC: a verification method based on civil economy principles. This theoretical approach is then ‘proven’ through a series of empirical cases.
In her conclusions, Bonomi writes that the ‘method of impact assessment based on the paradigm of civil economy leads entrepreneurs and managers to choose virtuous behaviours consistent with it, in the interest of the common good as well as their own. Cultural, environmental, social, economic and relational advantages are generated by the ability to engage diverse skills and passions, which guarantee the quality and continuity of the commitment taken and generate others that lead to positive change in the community and environment, which is needed more than ever today’.
Dare un senso all’agire delle imprese: uno sguardo civile sulla valutazione d’impatto
Sabrina Bonomi
ImpresaProgetto. Electronic Journal of management, 2, 2025