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Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Nikoleta Jones; Alexandros Stefanakis. Correction to: Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions. Circular Economy and Sustainability 2021, 1 -1.
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Nikoleta Jones, Alexandros Stefanakis. Correction to: Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Nikoleta Jones; Alexandros Stefanakis. 2021. "Correction to: Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions." Circular Economy and Sustainability , no. : 1-1.
The increasing demand of stakeholders for information on sustainability, the effects of the recent financial crisis and the role of the financial sector in sustainable development have compelled many banking institutions to provide sustainable disclosures in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030. The purpose of this study is to examine the materiality of the banking sector disclosures. The materiality implies the identification of economic, social and environmental issues that are relevant to the organization itself but also to stakeholders. Thus, an SDG Materiality Analysis Framework (SDGs_MAF) has been developed and applied on a sample of 37 European banking institutions. This framework is based on the SDGs and scoring/benchmarking techniques to analyze the content of sustainability reports. The results show the high priority of the banking sector for SDGs regarding the promotion of economic growth and decent work, the promotion of fairness and transparent processes at all levels. In addition, it is pointed out that the rather low alignment of materiality issues with SDGs oriented to environmental matters, as well as several managerial implications in relation to its strategic planning and the communicating of sustainability disclosures.
Eleni Sardianou; Athanasia Stauropoulou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou. A materiality analysis framework to assess sustainable development goals of banking sector through sustainability reports. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2021, 27, 1775 -1793.
AMA StyleEleni Sardianou, Athanasia Stauropoulou, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Ioannis Nikolaou. A materiality analysis framework to assess sustainable development goals of banking sector through sustainability reports. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2021; 27 ():1775-1793.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEleni Sardianou; Athanasia Stauropoulou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou. 2021. "A materiality analysis framework to assess sustainable development goals of banking sector through sustainability reports." Sustainable Production and Consumption 27, no. : 1775-1793.
The concepts of circular economy (CE) and sustainability (S) have lately gained momentum among scholars, theorists, academics, and practitioners. Although these concepts are considered necessary to solve many of the existing global environmental and social challenges (e.g., climate change, nature conservation and social equity), it seems there is no consistency relating to their content. Some scholars consider these two concepts identical, while others contemplate them as different. Several theoretical approaches have been presented to clarify the content of these two concepts and to provide effective ways to solve the social and environmental problems. The goal of this paper is to examine the existing literature regarding the content of CE and S based on a triple-level analysis (micro, meso, and macro level) across different scientific fields: economic/management and engineering/natural science. Our findings show many theoretical approaches with several relationships, similarities, and differences among CE and S at the micro, meso, and macro-levels within engineering and management scientific fields. Based on these findings, a future research agenda on CE and S is also proposed.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Nikoleta Jones; Alexandros Stefanakis. Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions. Circular Economy and Sustainability 2021, 1 -20.
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Nikoleta Jones, Alexandros Stefanakis. Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Nikoleta Jones; Alexandros Stefanakis. 2021. "Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions." Circular Economy and Sustainability , no. : 1-20.
The growing recognition of the key role the business community plays in sustainable development has led banking institutions to introduce sustainable criteria into their lending processes in order to reduce the risk associated with the lending decisions. This paper aims to develop a novel approach to assist banking institutions in assessing corporate sustainability risks through published information. It is a practical tool which uses a scoring measurement system in order to evaluate nine categories of corporate sustainability risks using information provided in financial statements and corporate sustainability reports. To test the proposed framework and assess its applicability, an analysis was performed in a sample of reports published by 17 firms which operate in the energy sector. The implementation of the suggested framework was a straightforward process and it forms a good basis for the development of sector specific assessment tools. Also, findings from the analysis indicate that the examined reports do not provide sufficient information about corporate sustainability risks.
Kyriakos Chatzitheodorou; Thomas A. Tsalis; Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis; Grigoroudis Evangelos; Nikolaou Ioannis. A new practical methodology for the banking sector to assess corporate sustainability risks with an application in the energy sector. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2021, 27, 1473 -1487.
AMA StyleKyriakos Chatzitheodorou, Thomas A. Tsalis, Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis, Grigoroudis Evangelos, Nikolaou Ioannis. A new practical methodology for the banking sector to assess corporate sustainability risks with an application in the energy sector. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2021; 27 ():1473-1487.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKyriakos Chatzitheodorou; Thomas A. Tsalis; Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis; Grigoroudis Evangelos; Nikolaou Ioannis. 2021. "A new practical methodology for the banking sector to assess corporate sustainability risks with an application in the energy sector." Sustainable Production and Consumption 27, no. : 1473-1487.
Currently, there are two main trends in the field of corporate environmental management regarding the role of environmental regulations in corporate environmental and economic performance. The first trend examines environmental regulations such as barriers or risks of corporate operations since they increase the adaptation and compliance costs which negatively influence their competitive advantage. The second trend examines the potential positive effects of environmental regulations on firms’ operations like reduction in operational costs, creation of intellectual capital and enhancement of economic performance. In this debate, this paper examines a set of hypotheses to analyze the relationships between environmental regulations and various aspects of corporate performance. Hypotheses are tested by utilizing information disclosed in a sample of 100 sustainability reports published by 25 firms in the metal products sector over a four-year period. To collect all the necessary non-financial information a methodological framework was used which is based on a scoring system and a set of indicators derived from GRI guidelines and the relevant literature, while well-known financial indicators were used to assess firms’ economic performance. The findings show positive relationships between the environmental performance and the level of corporate compliance with environmental legislation as well as between corporate environmental innovation and environmental performance. There is also a positive correlation between the level of corporate compliance with environmental legislation and components of green intellectual capital.
Nikolaos S. Trevlopoulos; Thomas A. Tsalis; Konstantinos I. Evangelinos; Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis; Konstantinos I. Vatalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. The influence of environmental regulations on business innovation, intellectual capital, environmental and economic performance. Environment Systems and Decisions 2021, 41, 163 -178.
AMA StyleNikolaos S. Trevlopoulos, Thomas A. Tsalis, Konstantinos I. Evangelinos, Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis, Konstantinos I. Vatalis, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. The influence of environmental regulations on business innovation, intellectual capital, environmental and economic performance. Environment Systems and Decisions. 2021; 41 (1):163-178.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNikolaos S. Trevlopoulos; Thomas A. Tsalis; Konstantinos I. Evangelinos; Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis; Konstantinos I. Vatalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2021. "The influence of environmental regulations on business innovation, intellectual capital, environmental and economic performance." Environment Systems and Decisions 41, no. 1: 163-178.
Oil and gas offshore structures are essential infrastructures which are subjected to several categories of environmental loads such as wave and wind actions. These loads commonly designate the structural design of offshore platforms. Additionally, several offshore platforms are founded in earthquake-prone areas and the design of them is intensely affected by seismic ground motions. To be sure, various investigations have studied the earthquake response of offshore structures under the action of far-field seismic events. However, the inelastic behavior of platforms under the action of simple pulses has not been examined yet, where the latter loads can successfully simulate near-fault earthquakes. This work investigates, for the first time to our knowledge, the dynamic inelastic response of offshore platforms subjected to triangular, exponential, sinusoidal, and rectangular pulses. Thus, three-dimensional offshore structures are examined also considering the dynamic soil-pile-platform interaction effects, satisfying all the pertinent provisions of European Codes and taking into account geometric and material nonlinearities as well as the effects of the different angles of incidence of seismic waves on the overall/global response of offshore platforms.
Foteini Konstandakopoulou; George Papagiannopoulos; Nikos Pnevmatikos; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou; George Hatzigeorgiou. Seismic Design of Offshore Structures under Simplified Pulse-Like Earthquakes. CivilEng 2020, 1, 310 -325.
AMA StyleFoteini Konstandakopoulou, George Papagiannopoulos, Nikos Pnevmatikos, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Ioannis Nikolaou, George Hatzigeorgiou. Seismic Design of Offshore Structures under Simplified Pulse-Like Earthquakes. CivilEng. 2020; 1 (3):310-325.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFoteini Konstandakopoulou; George Papagiannopoulos; Nikos Pnevmatikos; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou; George Hatzigeorgiou. 2020. "Seismic Design of Offshore Structures under Simplified Pulse-Like Earthquakes." CivilEng 1, no. 3: 310-325.
From a managerial standpoint, sustainability poses numerous challenges for the business community. One of the prominent concerns in the context of organizational sustainability is the impact of climate change and extreme weather events (EWEs), which create discontinuity and damages to business operations. In this respect, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable to EWEs, such as flash floods, having disastrous consequences to SMEs that tend to be ill-prepared. Taking into consideration that these negatives effects are also transferred into the local communities in which SMEs are located, it is crucial to create appropriate mechanisms that will enable these enterprises to build relevant capacities and acquire necessary resources in order to deal with relevant disruptive events. With this in mind, this paper attempts to delineate the emerging literature in relation to strategic approaches in dealing with high impact/low probability EWEs. With this analysis, we aim to provide insights for enhancing the robustness of SMEs against such natural hazards through effective resilience and adaptation strategies. The paper reveals that resilience to EWEs is indeed a multifaceted issue posing numerous challenges to SMEs. Taking into account their intrinsic characteristics, there is a need for a holistic management approach that will assist SMEs to safeguard their assets against extreme weather.
Antonis Skouloudis; Thomas Tsalis; Ioannis Nikolaou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Walter Leal Filho. Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises, Organizational Resilience Capacity and Flash Floods: Insights from a Literature Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7437 .
AMA StyleAntonis Skouloudis, Thomas Tsalis, Ioannis Nikolaou, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Walter Leal Filho. Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises, Organizational Resilience Capacity and Flash Floods: Insights from a Literature Review. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7437.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonis Skouloudis; Thomas Tsalis; Ioannis Nikolaou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Walter Leal Filho. 2020. "Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises, Organizational Resilience Capacity and Flash Floods: Insights from a Literature Review." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7437.
In recent years, sustainability reports have been gradually adopted by businesses and organizations in order to enhance their preparedness, competitiveness, and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing world. The aim of this study was to assess the comprehensiveness of 44 Greek companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports published in 2016. For this purpose, an evaluation methodology was developed in line with the accountability reporting principles suggested by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)‐G4 guidelines for preparing and publishing sustainability reports. The overall findings indicate moderate levels of satisfaction as the sample Greek firms performed adequately at embedding the GRI reporting principles into their corporate disclosures. Most firms’ integration of the “accuracy” and “reliability” principles was poor. Emerging from the latter outcome, together with the low integration of some materiality issues, are problems of transparency, credibility, balance, and completeness related to the publishing of CSR reports. It is likely that operational features such as type, size, and sector have the potential to influence the style and comprehensiveness of reports.
Panagiotis Vouros; Stylianos Nomikos; George Halkos; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Eleni Sfakianaki; Foteini Konstandakopoulou; Stefanos Fotiadis; Ioannis Karagiannis; Antonis Skouloudis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. Introducing fundamental accountability principles in sustainability reporting assessment: A cross‐sectoral analysis from the Greek business sector. Environmental Quality Management 2020, 29, 33 -50.
AMA StylePanagiotis Vouros, Stylianos Nomikos, George Halkos, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Eleni Sfakianaki, Foteini Konstandakopoulou, Stefanos Fotiadis, Ioannis Karagiannis, Antonis Skouloudis, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. Introducing fundamental accountability principles in sustainability reporting assessment: A cross‐sectoral analysis from the Greek business sector. Environmental Quality Management. 2020; 29 (4):33-50.
Chicago/Turabian StylePanagiotis Vouros; Stylianos Nomikos; George Halkos; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Eleni Sfakianaki; Foteini Konstandakopoulou; Stefanos Fotiadis; Ioannis Karagiannis; Antonis Skouloudis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2020. "Introducing fundamental accountability principles in sustainability reporting assessment: A cross‐sectoral analysis from the Greek business sector." Environmental Quality Management 29, no. 4: 33-50.
Complying with the requirements of sustainability development is a very high priority for the business community. The United Nations' 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN_SDGs) pose new challenges for firms, which have to adjust their operations and strategies to the requirements of SDGs. In this context, this paper aims to develop a methodological framework for evaluating the level of alignment of corporate sustainability reporting practices with the scope of UN_SDGs. Based on disclosure topics from Global Reporting Initiative and a scoring system, an evaluation framework was developed in order to assess the quality of information published in sustainability reports with respect to each UN_SDG. An empirical analysis was performed in a sample of sustainability reports in order to examine the structure and the applicability of the proposed methodological framework. The outcomes of the empirical analysis reflect some implications for future research on the UN_SDG reporting practices.
Thomas A. Tsalis; Kyveli E. Malamateniou; Dimitrios Koulouriotis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. New challenges for corporate sustainability reporting: United Nations' 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the sustainable development goals. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2020, 27, 1617 -1629.
AMA StyleThomas A. Tsalis, Kyveli E. Malamateniou, Dimitrios Koulouriotis, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. New challenges for corporate sustainability reporting: United Nations' 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the sustainable development goals. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2020; 27 (4):1617-1629.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas A. Tsalis; Kyveli E. Malamateniou; Dimitrios Koulouriotis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2020. "New challenges for corporate sustainability reporting: United Nations' 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the sustainable development goals." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 27, no. 4: 1617-1629.
This study examines the relation between maximum seismic displacements and residual displacements for reinforced concrete building structures. In order to achieve a reliable relationship between these critical structural parameters for the seismic performance of concrete buildings, an extensive parametric study is conducted by examining the nonlinear behavior of numerous planar framed structures. In this work, dynamic inelastic analyses are executed to investigate the seismic behavior of two sets of frames. The first group consists of four planar frames which have been designed for seismic and vertical loads according to modern structural codes while the second group also consists of four frames, which have been designed for vertical loads only, in order to examine older structures that have been designed using codes with inadequate seismic provisions. These two sets of buildings are subjected to various earthquakes with different amplitudes in order to develop a large structural response databank. On the basis of this wide-ranging parametric investigation, after an appropriate statistical analysis, simple empirical expressions are proposed for a straightforward and efficient evaluation of maximum seismic displacements of reinforced concrete buildings structures from their permanent deformation. Permanent displacements can be measured in-situ after strong ground motions as a post-earthquake assessment. It can be concluded that the measure of permanent deformation can be efficiently used to estimate the post-seismic performance level of reinforced concrete buildings.
Foteini Konstandakopoulou; George Hatzigeorgiou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Thomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis Nikolaou. A New Method to Evaluate the Post-Earthquake Performance and Safety of Reinforced Concrete Structural Frame Systems. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 16 .
AMA StyleFoteini Konstandakopoulou, George Hatzigeorgiou, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Thomas A. Tsalis, Ioannis Nikolaou. A New Method to Evaluate the Post-Earthquake Performance and Safety of Reinforced Concrete Structural Frame Systems. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (2):16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFoteini Konstandakopoulou; George Hatzigeorgiou; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Thomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis Nikolaou. 2020. "A New Method to Evaluate the Post-Earthquake Performance and Safety of Reinforced Concrete Structural Frame Systems." Infrastructures 5, no. 2: 16.
In a recent issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production, Bjørn and Røpke (2018) publish an article titled “What does it really mean to be a strongly sustainable company? – A response to Nikolaou and Tsalis” through which they express their concerns over the methodological framework developed by Nikolaou and Tsalis (2018). Bjørn and Røpke point out some weaknesses of this methodology suggesting some possible amendments to improve it. Specifically, they raise doubts over the selection of environmental indicators and the definition of thresholds. Taking into consideration the points discussed by Bjørn and Røpke, this paper aims to analyze the relevant theoretical background on which our framework was built by clarifying the concepts of corporate strong sustainability. It also underlines some misconceptions of Bjørn and Røpke in relation to our framework and their proposed approach as well as making some suggestions for a possible new framework for corporate strong sustainability (business-oriented approach) which encompasses the United Nation (UN) 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, and the corporate strong sustainability principles.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas A. Tsalis. What does corporate strong sustainability actually mean in the real market world? A response to Bjørn and Røpke. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 247, 119149 .
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Thomas A. Tsalis. What does corporate strong sustainability actually mean in the real market world? A response to Bjørn and Røpke. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 247 ():119149.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas A. Tsalis. 2019. "What does corporate strong sustainability actually mean in the real market world? A response to Bjørn and Røpke." Journal of Cleaner Production 247, no. : 119149.
The increasing interest in water protection creates a new complex business environment. On account of firms’ large-scale impacts on the environment and water resources as well as the important role of specific industry sectors, such as water utilities, in water protection, various groups of stakeholders have lately requested for firms to provide transparent and extensive information about their water management strategies implemented to deal with water risks and opportunities. In this regard, sustainability reports play a critical role in informing stakeholders about their water risk performance and management practices. Despite the popularity of sustainability reports as a communication tool for environmental and water-related information, there is not a widely applied technique for evaluating and reporting water risk information. To advance the water risk reporting practices, this paper develops an evaluation framework which could assist firms, especially water utilities, in disclosing accurate and detailed information and data about water risks. The proposed methodological framework was applied in a sample of water utilities in order to examine its applicability, highlighting the strong and weak points.
Thomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Konstantinos Tsagarakis. A benchmarking–scoring methodology for assessing the water risk disclosures of water utilities. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2019, 22, 6473 -6493.
AMA StyleThomas A. Tsalis, Ioannis E. Nikolaou, Konstantinos Tsagarakis. A benchmarking–scoring methodology for assessing the water risk disclosures of water utilities. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2019; 22 (7):6473-6493.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Konstantinos Tsagarakis. 2019. "A benchmarking–scoring methodology for assessing the water risk disclosures of water utilities." Environment, Development and Sustainability 22, no. 7: 6473-6493.
Socially Responsible Investments (SRIs) have become increasingly popular over the past decade. The majority of the literature focuses on SRI performance (versus conventional investments), content and related evaluation-screening techniques. Even though numerous terms with differing focus have been coined (e.g. sustainable, environmental, ethical, and social investments) to describe the rationale for SRIs, they all pertain to one all-encompassing SRIs definition. This undermines the accuracy and robustness of current measurement techniques as only certain aspects of the overall SRIs performance are assessed. The purpose of this paper is threefold: Firstly, a mapping of SRIs terminology according to the focus areas is provided followed by a classification for Socially Responsible Investors based on underlying motivational factors. A narrative literature review has been conducted for SRIs relying on the triple-bottom-line approach. It concludes with a mapping of SRIs territory by outlining seven distinct SRI categories for investors’ motivations and also offers a classification with ten types of SRIs. Thirdly, a discussion regarding the relationship between SRIs and cleaner production is presented. The finding shows that there is a dichotomy in the field of SRIs. Some types of investors move to SRIs mainly to exploit new financial opportunities or to avoid potential risks regarding the environmental and social aspects of sustainability while value-based investors are willing to invest money in firms and projects with an environmental, social and ethical orientation.
Kyriakos Chatzitheodorou; Antonis Skouloudis; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou. Exploring socially responsible investment perspectives: A literature mapping and an investor classification. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2019, 19, 117 -129.
AMA StyleKyriakos Chatzitheodorou, Antonis Skouloudis, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Ioannis Nikolaou. Exploring socially responsible investment perspectives: A literature mapping and an investor classification. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2019; 19 ():117-129.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKyriakos Chatzitheodorou; Antonis Skouloudis; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Ioannis Nikolaou. 2019. "Exploring socially responsible investment perspectives: A literature mapping and an investor classification." Sustainable Production and Consumption 19, no. : 117-129.
In the business management literature, many scholars have examined the impacts of business social performance on different groups of stakeholders. This book chapter suggests a technique to assist in improving our understanding regarding the social impacts of businesses in general and food industry in particular. It is based on life cycle product thinking and the scoring/benchmarking techniques. The suggested indicators examine both the social impacts of businesses and the various needs of different stakeholder groups. Finally, it is tested in a case study of a sample of 10 businesses in food sector. The suggested methodology will provide evidence for the social impact of food products and businesses which are played a crucial role in societies’ viability and sustainability. The findings show that a low social profile have been achieved from the sampled businesses. The majority of the sampled businesses have achieved scores below the mean score of each suggested indicators at every stage such as procurement, production and distribution.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas Tsalis; Konstantinos Evangelinos. A LCA Technique to Measure the Socially Business Responsible Profile: The Case of Food Industry. The Social Footprints of Global Trade 2018, 39 -57.
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Thomas Tsalis, Konstantinos Evangelinos. A LCA Technique to Measure the Socially Business Responsible Profile: The Case of Food Industry. The Social Footprints of Global Trade. 2018; ():39-57.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas Tsalis; Konstantinos Evangelinos. 2018. "A LCA Technique to Measure the Socially Business Responsible Profile: The Case of Food Industry." The Social Footprints of Global Trade , no. : 39-57.
Thomas A. Tsalis; Martha S. Stylianou; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. Evaluating the quality of corporate social responsibility reports: The case of occupational health and safety disclosures. Safety Science 2018, 109, 313 -323.
AMA StyleThomas A. Tsalis, Martha S. Stylianou, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. Evaluating the quality of corporate social responsibility reports: The case of occupational health and safety disclosures. Safety Science. 2018; 109 ():313-323.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas A. Tsalis; Martha S. Stylianou; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2018. "Evaluating the quality of corporate social responsibility reports: The case of occupational health and safety disclosures." Safety Science 109, no. : 313-323.
A significant part of literature has shown that the adoption of Sustainability and Health-Safety management systems from organizations bears some substantial benefits since such systems (i) create a suitable frame for the sustainable development, implementation and review of the plans and/or processes, necessary to manage occupational health-safety (OHS) in their workplaces and (ii) imply innovative thinking and practices in fields of economics, policy-making, legislation, health and education. To this context, the paper targets at analysing current sustainability and OHSMSs in order to make these issues more comprehend, clear and functional for scholars and practitioners. Therefore, a literature survey has been conducted to map the territory by focusing on two interrelated tasks. The first one includes the presentation of the main International Management Systems (IMS) with focus on Sustainability and OHS (S_OHSMS) topics and the second task depicts a statistical analysis of the literature-review findings (for the years 2006–2017). In particular, the main purposes of the literature research were: (i) the description of key points of OHSMS and sustainability standards, (ii) the comparative analysis of their characteristics, taking into account several settled evaluation-criteria and (iii) the statistical analysis of the survey’s findings, while our study’s primary aim is the reinforcement of OHMSs’ application in any organization. The results evince, that the field of industry (with 28%) and also of the constructions (with 16%), concentrate the highest percentage of OHSMS use. In general, there were only few publications including OHSMSs (referred to various occupational fields) available in the scientific literature (during 2006–2017) but on the other hand, there was a gradually increasing scientific interest for these standards (especially during 2009–2012).
Panagiotis Marhavilas; Dimitrios Koulouriotis; Ioannis Nikolaou; Sotiria Tsotoulidou. International Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards as a Frame for the Sustainability: Mapping the Territory. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3663 .
AMA StylePanagiotis Marhavilas, Dimitrios Koulouriotis, Ioannis Nikolaou, Sotiria Tsotoulidou. International Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards as a Frame for the Sustainability: Mapping the Territory. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3663.
Chicago/Turabian StylePanagiotis Marhavilas; Dimitrios Koulouriotis; Ioannis Nikolaou; Sotiria Tsotoulidou. 2018. "International Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards as a Frame for the Sustainability: Mapping the Territory." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3663.
This article describes how the Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is considered an effective means for firms to address environmental challenges such as wastewater treatment, solid waste management, recycling practices and air emissions control. Many of the present studies have mainly employed statistical and econometric methods to examine the role of EMAS certification, principally to identify potential relationships with economic and innovation parameters. This article aims to contribute to this academic field by analyzing the type of environmental issues addressed by EMAS certified firms. The method of analysis is based on the scoring/ benchmarking techniques for analyzing environmental statements published by EMAS certified firms. An application is made in a sample of EMAS certified Greek firms. The findings show that different environmental management practices have been undertaken by firms of different sectors. In general, the examined firms have focused on energy consumption, water reduction, solid waste management and air emission control issues, with little attention given to biodiversity topics. Finally, the best environmental scores were achieved by the petroleum industry, while the food sector ranked last overall.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Lundy Shaun; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Antonis Skouloudis. An Assessment Framework of Environmental Management Practices of EMAS Certified Firms. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 2018, 9, 1 -17.
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Lundy Shaun, Konstantinos Evangelinos, Antonis Skouloudis. An Assessment Framework of Environmental Management Practices of EMAS Certified Firms. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development. 2018; 9 (4):1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Lundy Shaun; Konstantinos Evangelinos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2018. "An Assessment Framework of Environmental Management Practices of EMAS Certified Firms." International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 9, no. 4: 1-17.
A composite sustainability index is suggested to evaluate strong sustainability of businesses by utilizing the triple-bottom-line approach and principles of strong sustainability. On the one side, the proposed index is classified into three classical aspects of sustainability to measure financial performance, environment protection, and social justice. On the other side, it focuses on some basic concepts of environmental science in relation to carrying capacity, safe minimum standards, and critical capital mainly to design certain thresholds for indexes which businesses should attain. An application of the proposed methodology has been made to the food industry in order to draw some implications useful to overcome some of the shortcomings of previous studies. The findings show that the idea of integrating economic, social, and environmental thresholds into corporate indicators might be a good basis to evaluate the strong corporate sustainability performance and offer a comprehend signal to stakeholders.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas Tsalis. Business Strong Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Food Sector. The Social Footprints of Global Trade 2018, 1 -23.
AMA StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou, Thomas Tsalis. Business Strong Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Food Sector. The Social Footprints of Global Trade. 2018; ():1-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis E. Nikolaou; Thomas Tsalis. 2018. "Business Strong Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Food Sector." The Social Footprints of Global Trade , no. : 1-23.
Sustainability reporting is becoming more and more widespread among companies aiming at disclosing their contribution to sustainable development and gaining legitimacy from stakeholders. This is more significant for firms operating in a public services’ context and mainly when supplying a fundamental public resource, like water utilities. While the literature on sustainability reporting in the water sector is scant, there is an increasing need to study the usefulness and quality of its sustainability disclosures to adequately inform the stakeholders about the activities of water utilities to protect this fundamental resource and general sustainable development. This article presents a novel assessment framework based on a scoring technique and an empirical analysis on the sustainability reports of Italian water utilities carried out through it. The results highlight a low level of disclosure on the sustainability indicators suggested by the main sustainability reporting guidelines (Global Reporting Initiative, (GRI), and Sustainability Accounting Standard Board, (SASB)); most companies tend to disclose only qualitative information and fail to inform about some material aspects of water management, such as water recycled, network resilience, water sources, and effluent quality. These findings indicate that sustainability reporting is mainly considered as a communication tool, rather than a performance measurement and an accountability tool, but also suggest the need for a new and international industry-specific sustainability reporting standard.
Silvia Cantele; Thomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. A New Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Reporting Disclosure of Water Utilities. Sustainability 2018, 10, 433 .
AMA StyleSilvia Cantele, Thomas A. Tsalis, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. A New Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Reporting Disclosure of Water Utilities. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (2):433.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilvia Cantele; Thomas A. Tsalis; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2018. "A New Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Reporting Disclosure of Water Utilities." Sustainability 10, no. 2: 433.
Today, climate change poses unprecedented challenges for businesses. Different stakeholders have recently requested that companies reveal comprehensive information about their performance concerning climate change issues. Despite the growing level of environmental information disclosed by environmental and sustainability reports, there is no consistency regarding the reporting practices adopted by companies and as a result the assessment of disclosed information is a very difficult task. The lack of standard, and mandatory accounting principles for climate change accounting makes the introduction of climate change risks into stakeholders decisions difficult. This paper develops a scoring technique in order to investigate the disclosure habits of organisations regarding climate change risks. The proposed scoring system is based on GRI guidelines and it is applied in various international airports. In general the findings indicate that although the number of sustainability reports published by airports has increased, they do not provide comprehensive information about climate related risks.
Thomas A. Tsalis; Vaia D. Botsaropoulou; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. A methodology to evaluate the disclosure practices of organisations related to climate change risks: a case study of international airports. International Journal of Global Warming 2018, 15, 257 .
AMA StyleThomas A. Tsalis, Vaia D. Botsaropoulou, Ioannis E. Nikolaou. A methodology to evaluate the disclosure practices of organisations related to climate change risks: a case study of international airports. International Journal of Global Warming. 2018; 15 (3):257.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas A. Tsalis; Vaia D. Botsaropoulou; Ioannis E. Nikolaou. 2018. "A methodology to evaluate the disclosure practices of organisations related to climate change risks: a case study of international airports." International Journal of Global Warming 15, no. 3: 257.