Już 14 września w godzinach 12.00 – 13.00 w sali 4W odbędzie się seminarium naukowe, na którym gościem będzie Federico Lanzalonga z Uniwersytetu w Turynie. Doktorant przedstawi wyniki badań na temat Non-financial reporting: the role of technologies in fostering sustainability.
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Federico Lanzalonga (short bio):
PhD candidate in Business and Management at the Department of Management, University of Turin. His doctoral program focuses on the implementation of sustainable business models. He also expands his domain of study towards technology applications able to change reporting for public administrations and the private sector to ensure transparency and accountability. He is a member of the Avangard European research group on electric cars.
Summary:
For over 50 years, companies have been concerned with environmental and social protection within the profit-driven production and sales system. Recently, the economic system has witnessed a growing interest in responsible behaviour combined with an international strategy expressing the awareness of world economies in agreements to integrate ESG factors (Environment, Social, and Governance). Sustainability has an increasingly relevant place in the agenda and policies of companies. The growth of responsibility stems from an increase in climate and social problems (Khlif, Guidara, and Souissi, 2015), the desire to improve society in a competitive economic environment (Porter and Kramer, 2006), and to achieve long-term survival that does not disregard corporate social and environmental accountability (Sheldon, 1924). CSR outlines a corporate responsibility that focuses on social actions (McGuire, 1963) and involves business decisions that go beyond the economic interest (Davis, 1960).
The assumptions lead to observe sustainability from two perspectives. The first related to the way corporate sustainability is communicated. The second is related to technologies that can improve actions’ social impact. To explore how companies disclose their CSR, a bibliometric analysis was conducted among more than 900 papers to understand the milestones and future fields of research. Specifically, the bibliometric analysis allows for a snapshot of the studies conducted over a while and to understand the main topics covered, the authors of a reference, and the connections resulting from the collaboration of researchers worldwide. The analysis led to thriving new fields of research to investigate what the future directions of nonfinancial disclosure will be and how companies can tell the story of their aspects of accountability. Second, using the Sustainable Development Goals framework, some practical case studies of applying new disruptive technologies for social sustainability are presented. Interesting applications in different social aspects capable of significantly improving the future of social impact activities emerge from the case studies.