Sustainability and competitiveness
A recently published research study examines the relationships between care for the environment and for people, and manufacturing efficiency
Being “sustainable” so as to be more competitive – an almost trite observation, though in many corporate environments this has not actually been implemented yet. It is also a matter of information and culture, and it definitively requires further analysis. Thus, Chiara Prisco’s recently published contribution, entitled “La sostenibilità come valore aggiunto aziendale” (“Sustainability as added corporate value”), makes for very useful reading on the topic.
Prisco’s study focuses on the aspects that make sustainability a corporate element embodying added value and competitiveness. Essentially, the argument has only one aim: leading readers, through the definition of basic concepts, on a path towards significant awareness – being “sustainable” increases corporate value, efficiency and competitiveness.
Prisco begins, as we just said, from providing basic definitions before looking at financial aspects (and thus investment opportunities) as “drives for a sustainable transition.” To corroborate her argument, the author provides a number of examples, such as that of cooperative bank Banca Etica, the Infinityhub portal dedicated to energy and ESCO (Energy Service Company) societies, and, more in general, that of hybrid companies.
Thus, we can see how technology and organisation are at the heart of corporate sustainability, as well as being competitive elements, together with financial considerations and a production culture mindful not only of the environment but also of people. Prisco provides us with a rather complex study, attempting to bring together production requirements, organisational paradigms and environmental and social advice. Describing our great historical epoch – the Anthropocene – from an economic and social viewpoint, Chiara Prisco points out that, “We must keep in mind that this term does not purely refers to our impact on the environment, but also to the modifications and alterations engendered by a growing industrialisation that are affecting relationships and interactions between individuals.”
La sostenibilità come valore aggiunto aziendale (“Sustainability as added corporate value”)
Chiara Prisco, Academy Infinityhub
in Persone, Energie, Futuro. Infinityhub: la guida interstellare per una nuova dimensione dell’energia (People, energies, future. Infinityhub: the interstellar guide for a new dimension of energy), curated by Massimiliano Braghin, I libri di Ca’ Foscari 22, 2023
A recently published research study examines the relationships between care for the environment and for people, and manufacturing efficiency
Being “sustainable” so as to be more competitive – an almost trite observation, though in many corporate environments this has not actually been implemented yet. It is also a matter of information and culture, and it definitively requires further analysis. Thus, Chiara Prisco’s recently published contribution, entitled “La sostenibilità come valore aggiunto aziendale” (“Sustainability as added corporate value”), makes for very useful reading on the topic.
Prisco’s study focuses on the aspects that make sustainability a corporate element embodying added value and competitiveness. Essentially, the argument has only one aim: leading readers, through the definition of basic concepts, on a path towards significant awareness – being “sustainable” increases corporate value, efficiency and competitiveness.
Prisco begins, as we just said, from providing basic definitions before looking at financial aspects (and thus investment opportunities) as “drives for a sustainable transition.” To corroborate her argument, the author provides a number of examples, such as that of cooperative bank Banca Etica, the Infinityhub portal dedicated to energy and ESCO (Energy Service Company) societies, and, more in general, that of hybrid companies.
Thus, we can see how technology and organisation are at the heart of corporate sustainability, as well as being competitive elements, together with financial considerations and a production culture mindful not only of the environment but also of people. Prisco provides us with a rather complex study, attempting to bring together production requirements, organisational paradigms and environmental and social advice. Describing our great historical epoch – the Anthropocene – from an economic and social viewpoint, Chiara Prisco points out that, “We must keep in mind that this term does not purely refers to our impact on the environment, but also to the modifications and alterations engendered by a growing industrialisation that are affecting relationships and interactions between individuals.”
La sostenibilità come valore aggiunto aziendale (“Sustainability as added corporate value”)
Chiara Prisco, Academy Infinityhub
in Persone, Energie, Futuro. Infinityhub: la guida interstellare per una nuova dimensione dell’energia (People, energies, future. Infinityhub: the interstellar guide for a new dimension of energy), curated by Massimiliano Braghin, I libri di Ca’ Foscari 22, 2023