Sustainable Development and Organizational Performance

Dear Colleagues,

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has provided a framework for governments, organizations, and citizens to look at their activities from the lens of sustainability. In this regard, many frameworks and guidelines have been developed by various institutions to foster and drive sustainability practices. During the past few years, organizational sustainability has attracted increasing attention due to growing concerns regarding climate change, inequalities, and irresponsible production and consumption. Therefore, many organizations have considered sustainability disclosure in their reports (Truant et al., 2017). Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has also seriously challenged the progress of countries toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Ranjbari et al., 2021a) and is challenging organizations on their way toward sustainable development (Ranjbari et al., 2021b).

This Special Issue focuses on viewpoints on and approaches to the sustainable performance of organizations and the contribution of various entities in the achievement of the SDGs. In this regard, the adoption of long-term strategies and scrutinizing case studies in any field and region is highly welcome. Furthermore, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainable missions of organizations and entities is of high interest.

Therefore, potential topics in this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Digital sustainability and organizational performance;
• The role of knowledge sharing in the organizational sustainable performance;
• Open innovation and organizational sustainability;
• Business model innovation toward sustainability;
• Sustainability reporting in the organizations;
• Organizational culture and the achievement of SDGs;
• Systemic risk and sustainability in the financial sector;
• Sustainable development post-COVID-19.

References:

[1] Ranjbari, M., Shams Esfandabadi, Z., Scagnelli, S.D., Siebers, P.-O., Quatraro, F., 2021a. Recovery agenda for sustainable development post COVID-19 at the country level: developing a fuzzy action priority surface. Environ. Dev. Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01372-6

[2]Ranjbari, M., Shams Esfandabadi, Z., Zanetti, M.C., Scagnelli, S.D., Siebers, P.-O., Aghbashlo, M., Peng, W., Quatraro, F., Tabatabaei, M., 2021b. Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development. J. Clean. Prod. 297, 126660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126660

[3]Truant, E., Corazza, L., Scagnelli, S., 2017. Sustainability and Risk Disclosure: An Exploratory Study on Sustainability Reports. Sustainability 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9040636

Dr. Simone Domenico Scagnelli
Dr. Laura Corazza
Dr. Vera Palea
Guest Editors

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• Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• sustainability reporting
• sustainable organization
• corporate sustainability
• corporate social responsibility
• systemic risk
• COVID-19