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Sustainability Management and Performance in the Urban Corporate Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

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  • George Lăzăroiu

    (Department of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 030045 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Luminița Ionescu

    (Department of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 030045 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Mihai Andronie

    (Department of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 030045 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Irina Dijmărescu

    (Department of Pediatrics, Grigore Alexandrescu Children’s Emergency Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

In this article, we cumulate previous research findings indicating that organizations advance to superior phases of environmental management development in order to attain corporate sustainability by the use of participative decision-making. We contribute to the literature on corporate sustainability management and performance by showing that the correlation between sustainable development governance, organizational knowledge, sustainable organizational development, and corporate sustainability, which shapes corporate environmental and sustainability management. Throughout June 2020, we conducted a quantitative literature review of ProQuest, Scopus, and the Web of Science databases, with search terms including “corporate sustainability”, “corporate sustainability management”, “corporate sustainability performance”, “sustainability reporting”, “sustainable supply chain management”, “sustainable corporate development”, and “environmental management systems”. As we inspected research published exclusively in the past two years, only 338 articles met the eligibility criteria. By eliminating the findings that were questionable, unsubstantiated by replication, or too general, and due to space limitations, we selected 93, mainly empirical, sources. Future research should investigate whether corporate governance systems, through organizational sustainability practices and performance reporting, can shape operational environmental sustainability and sustainable organizational culture.

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  • George Lăzăroiu & Luminița Ionescu & Mihai Andronie & Irina Dijmărescu, 2020. "Sustainability Management and Performance in the Urban Corporate Economy: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-13, September.
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