This study explores the consequences of the Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Directive (CSRD) on family firms. The European Commission (EC) extends under the CSRD the number of reporting companies from approximately 12,000 to 50,000, with the greatest increase in Germany. For 2025,...

Introduction -- The Essence for Quick Readers -- Understanding Sustainability: Sustainability and Society -- Quo Vadis, Environmental Management? -- Quo Vadis, Social Responsibility? -- Sustainability as Economic Rationality -- Theoretical Impulses: A Theory of Management Ecology -- Dominant...

In this book, a resource-oriented perception of sustainable management is presented. Firms that decide to act more sustainable have to bear in mind that they do not only need resources for economic activities today, but that they will need these tomorrow as well. This leads to contradictory...

This paper analyses the link between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability performance and the role that family firms play in this. This theme is particular relevant from a European point of view given the large number of firms that are family-owned. Governments often support...

Hamburg / München, im Juli. Der Einfluss der Wirtschaft auf alle Bereiche des gesellschaftlichen Lebens hat mit der zunehmenden Globalisierung in den letzten Jahren noch erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Gleichzeitig sind die Ansprüche der Stakeholder - Kapitalgeber, Mitarbeiter, Konsumenten,...