Natural Environment and Future Generations as Stakeholders, the path for Sustainability

Abstract This paper aims to contribute toward the discussion on the importance of including the natural environment and future generations as stakeholders. A literature review is conducted on the subject and an analysis of the interactions involving natural environment, organization, and its internal and external stakeholders are performed. Then, it is analysed how these interactions can affect future generations. After that, it is analysed interactions among organizations at local, national, and global levels. A definition of stakeholder having both natural environment and future generations is proposed. The findings indicate that the natural environment as stakeholder can help studies on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and management