The biggest challenges of our generation -- The rules of the game -- How do you change the rules of the game? -- The textile and garment sector in transition -- The chemicals sector in transition : from care to circularity -- The gold sector in transition -- The tourism sector in transition --...

"We are at the beginning of the sustainability era. The biggest challenge of our generation is to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. For this we must to be willing to understand and change the root causes that create these challenges in the first place. The system itself needs to change....

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) of managers and the constructs of the theory of planned behavior: perceived behavioral control (PBC) and attitude toward the environment. The current study also aims...

Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction by Lucas Simons and Andre Nijfhof -- Preface by Paul Polman -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 What are the sustainability challenges of our generation? -- 1 The...

Purpose: Despite the scholarly attention for the integration of sustainability within business strategy and processes, little is known about how strategic orientations of companies influence this integration. Drawing on stewardship theory, this paper aims to analyse the influence of strategic...

Purpose: This paper aims to elucidate what concepts of encroachment in business-to-consumer markets explain the market share increase of companies with sustainability value propositions. It documents the encroachment field, analyses the practice of ten companies and proposes and defines the...

Purpose: Organizational change involves optimizing a firm’s sustainability performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore how strategic orientations concerning the interface between business and society influence organizations’ sustainability performance. To explain how different...