Strategisch gestaltbares Verhältnis

Die wirtschaftliche und strategische Relevanz der Ökologie wird zumeist unterschätzt. Die Ökologie kann sowohl als unerwünschter Nachteil oder Bedrohung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit als auch als erwünschter Vorteil und Chance erscheinen. Diese Ambivalenz läßt sich auf operativer wie auch auf strategischer Handlungsebene feststellen und führt zu entsprechend unterschiedlichen Strategien

Die vernachlässigte strategische Dimension

Moderne Managementkonzepte gehen davon aus, dass Führungsentscheide in Unternehmen unterschiedliche Ebenen der Komplexität und Reichweite gleichzeitig berücksichtigen müssen. Ziele und Maßnahmen sind daher nicht nur auf operativer, sondern auch auf strategischer Ebene zu verorten, wenn sie Erfolg haben sollen. Dies gilt auch für Umweltmanagementsysteme. Eine Typologie ihrer möglichen strategischen Dimensionen kann hier weiterhelfen. Sie wird an empirischen Beispielen illustriert

Sustainable development for a better world: contributions of leadership, management, and organizations

[first paragraph] On September 25th 2015, all 193 member countries of the United Nations (UN) adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new global “Agenda 2030” (United Nations, 2015). Building on the earlier UN Millennium Development Goals and seeking to complete what had been left undone, this new agenda for sustainable development laid out a bold ambition: “We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty ... and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind.

Sustainability-oriented innovation: a systematic review

types: ArticlePre-print draft of article submitted to International Journal of Management ReviewsIn this article we systematically review the literature relating to Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI), and present a model to help understand different types and phases of SOI in companies. SOI involves making intentional changes to organizational mind-sets and values, as well as the products, processes or practices that produce environmental and/or social benefits in addition to economic value. The model distinguishes between contexts of Operational Optimization, Organizational Transformation, and Systems Building, and is populated with a range of innovation practices illustrating what firms do to become more sustainable. The model is developed from a review of 127 articles from the academic and practitioner literature and focuses on the period between the two Earth Summits (1992-2012). The systematic review forms the foundation of this paper, but we supplement and populate the model with instances of SOI activity drawn from more recent practitioner literature to provide richer insights into contemporary pioneering SOI practice."This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sustainability-oriented Innovation: A Systematic Review, International Journal of Management Reviews, 2015, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijmr.12068/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.