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Natural science impact assessments of sustainability evidence more closely than social and business studies frameworks that the interdependent planetary boundary (PB) limits are being breached. This brings to attention environmental ecological assessments are better placed as the starting point to inform how human action or inaction as socio-economic behaviours can influence environmental management resilience, rather than the other way around. This study identifies food security as a grand challenge. A socio-ecological cosmopolitan resilience framework is conceptualised and applied to the commodity case of the avocado from Michoacán, Mexico. Social, economic and policy issues are identified and captured as multi-level influences. These impact environmental management as biodiversity, land usage and freshwater sustainability at individual, firm and governmental levels. A variety of recommended simultaneous changes that may advance system-wide sustainability are considered as cultural, moral and governance dimensions for socio-ecological resilience. Our framework is important as natural science and social norms must inform business practice at all levels for environmental sustainability.
Nadeem Khan; Nada Korac- Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis. Socio-ecological resilience and environmental sustainability: case of avocado from Mexico. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2021, 1 -15.
AMA StyleNadeem Khan, Nada Korac- Kakabadse, Antonis Skouloudis. Socio-ecological resilience and environmental sustainability: case of avocado from Mexico. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2021; ():1-15.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNadeem Khan; Nada Korac- Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis. 2021. "Socio-ecological resilience and environmental sustainability: case of avocado from Mexico." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology , no. : 1-15.
The field of sustainability has evolved considerably since the report “Our Common Future” was published in 1987. Whereas matters related to sustainable development used to be of marginal interest in the 1980s, it has substantially evolved since, and have become mainstream. As a result, there is a plethora of research on different aspects, whose focus has also been influenced by societal developments. This line of thinking also applies to sustainability research in higher education, a special and central field. Unfortunately, the variety of research on matters of sustainable development in universities makes it difficult to obtain an insight into its current status, and to ascertain how it has evolved since 1987. Based on the perceived need to fill this gap, a study focusing on the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature has been undertaken. The study entailed approximately 1700 papers published between 1987 and 2019, being one of the most comprehensive studies on this field ever undertaken. Apart from performing a bibliometric analysis using science mapping software tools, the research clustered the research into some key areas. The results suggest that, whereas impressive, the evolution of university-based sustainability research has been uneven, and calls for a more balanced emphasis to as to cover some research areas which have so far been neglected. The implications of this work are twofold: it will support the further development of the university-based sustainability research literature, and will help to address some thematic gaps, which are seen today, and to which greater attention is needed.
Walter Leal Filho; Markus Will; Chris Shiel; Arminda Paço; Carla Sofia Farinha; Violeta Orlovic Lovren; Lucas Veiga Avila; Johannes (Joost) Platje; Ayyoob Sharifi; Claudio R.P. Vasconcelos; Barbara Maria Fritzen Gomes; Amanda Lange Salvia; Rosley Anholon; Izabella Rampasso; Osvaldo L.G. Quelhas; Antonis Skouloudis. Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2021, 28, 503 -517.
AMA StyleWalter Leal Filho, Markus Will, Chris Shiel, Arminda Paço, Carla Sofia Farinha, Violeta Orlovic Lovren, Lucas Veiga Avila, Johannes (Joost) Platje, Ayyoob Sharifi, Claudio R.P. Vasconcelos, Barbara Maria Fritzen Gomes, Amanda Lange Salvia, Rosley Anholon, Izabella Rampasso, Osvaldo L.G. Quelhas, Antonis Skouloudis. Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2021; 28 (6):503-517.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWalter Leal Filho; Markus Will; Chris Shiel; Arminda Paço; Carla Sofia Farinha; Violeta Orlovic Lovren; Lucas Veiga Avila; Johannes (Joost) Platje; Ayyoob Sharifi; Claudio R.P. Vasconcelos; Barbara Maria Fritzen Gomes; Amanda Lange Salvia; Rosley Anholon; Izabella Rampasso; Osvaldo L.G. Quelhas; Antonis Skouloudis. 2021. "Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 28, no. 6: 503-517.
Being one of the primary soft-voluntary environmental policy instruments, ISO 14001 has been studied from a number of diverse perspectives and disciplines. Nevertheless, it is only few assessments that have attempted to shed light on variations in the diffusion ISO 14001 certification among countries in terms of national factors and macroeconomic conditions that may stimulate relevant implementation patterns. We employ a 1999–2017 annual time-series that yields a panel dataset of 33 countries, out of which 27 are OECD countries, complemented by the BRIICS. Applying the appropriate static and dynamic econometric specifications, the EKC hypothesis is not rejected in all the cases in static and dynamic specifications. Our turning points are in all cases within the sample ranging from $20,812 to $52,023.
George Halkos; Stylianos Nomikos; Antonis Skouloudis. Revisiting ISO 14001 diffusion among national terrains: panel data evidence from OECD countries and the BRIICS. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 2021, 1 -23.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Stylianos Nomikos, Antonis Skouloudis. Revisiting ISO 14001 diffusion among national terrains: panel data evidence from OECD countries and the BRIICS. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2021; ():1-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Stylianos Nomikos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2021. "Revisiting ISO 14001 diffusion among national terrains: panel data evidence from OECD countries and the BRIICS." Environmental Economics and Policy Studies , no. : 1-23.
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.
This study analyzes environmental technology development and diffusion patterns in 56 countries and for the time period 2005–2014 to provide an up-to-date assessment on underlying determinants. Foreign direct investment, human-knowledge development, institutional efficiency and quality of governance are taken into account to assess the cumulative nature of environmental technology development and diffusion. Static specifications were implemented, rejecting the EKC hypothesis and producing inverted N-shape relationships in the case of technology development and N-shape relationships in the case of diffusion. The turning points are all well within the sample and those of technology development are lower compared to the ones of diffusion.
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. Environmental technology development and diffusion: panel data evidence from 56 countries. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 2020, 23, 79 -92.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis. Environmental technology development and diffusion: panel data evidence from 56 countries. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2020; 23 (1):79-92.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2020. "Environmental technology development and diffusion: panel data evidence from 56 countries." Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 23, no. 1: 79-92.
Assessing vulnerability is key in the planning of climate change adaptation policies and, more importantly, in determining actions increasing resilience across different locations. This study presents the results of a hierarchical linear multilevel modeling approach that utilizes as dependent variable the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Climate Change Vulnerability Index and explores the relative impact of a number of macro-level characteristics on vulnerability, including GDP, public debt, population, agricultural coverage and sociopolitical and institutional conditions. A 1995–2016 annual time series that yields a panel dataset of 192 countries is employed. Findings suggest that country-level climate change vulnerability is responding (strongly) to the majority of the explanatory variables considered. Findings also confirm that less-developed countries demonstrate increased vulnerability compared to the developed ones and those in transition stages. While these results indeed warrant further attention, they provide a background for a more nuanced understanding of aspects defining country-level patterns of climate vulnerability.
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis; Chrisovalantis Malesios; Nikoleta Jones. A Hierarchical Multilevel Approach in Assessing Factors Explaining Country-Level Climate Change Vulnerability. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4438 .
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis, Chrisovalantis Malesios, Nikoleta Jones. A Hierarchical Multilevel Approach in Assessing Factors Explaining Country-Level Climate Change Vulnerability. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4438.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis; Chrisovalantis Malesios; Nikoleta Jones. 2020. "A Hierarchical Multilevel Approach in Assessing Factors Explaining Country-Level Climate Change Vulnerability." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4438.
N. Jones; Chrisovaladis Malesios; M. Aloupi; M. Proikaki; Thomas A. Tsalis; M. Hatziantoniou; P. G. Dimitrakopoulos; A. Skouloudis; Jens Holtvoeth; I. Nikolaou; Athanasios Stasinakis; Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi; G. Gatidou; E. Zkeri; M. Koulousaris; K. I. Evangelinos. Exploring the role of local community perceptions in sustainability measurements. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2019, 26, 471 -483.
AMA StyleN. Jones, Chrisovaladis Malesios, M. Aloupi, M. Proikaki, Thomas A. Tsalis, M. Hatziantoniou, P. G. Dimitrakopoulos, A. Skouloudis, Jens Holtvoeth, I. Nikolaou, Athanasios Stasinakis, Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi, G. Gatidou, E. Zkeri, M. Koulousaris, K. I. Evangelinos. Exploring the role of local community perceptions in sustainability measurements. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2019; 26 (6):471-483.
Chicago/Turabian StyleN. Jones; Chrisovaladis Malesios; M. Aloupi; M. Proikaki; Thomas A. Tsalis; M. Hatziantoniou; P. G. Dimitrakopoulos; A. Skouloudis; Jens Holtvoeth; I. Nikolaou; Athanasios Stasinakis; Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi; G. Gatidou; E. Zkeri; M. Koulousaris; K. I. Evangelinos. 2019. "Exploring the role of local community perceptions in sustainability measurements." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 26, no. 6: 471-483.
A review of the literature reveals the scant research on sustainable procurement in the public sector, and in particular higher education institutions (HEIs). In this context, this paper aims to contribute to an emerging stream of research on drivers and challenges which higher education institutions and the extent to which they are endorsing sustainable procurement practices. The study is based on a survey of HEIs around the world, drawn from a network of sustainability practitioners and researchers at these institutions. Design of the survey drew on existing studies of barriers and enablers, the use of vignettes to provoke ideas among the research team, and a pilot study. Crucially, the study seeks to shed light on both drivers and critical barriers affecting the implementation of sustainable procurement at universities. The results and discussion identify previously unidentified barriers and enablers, and further suggest that smaller HEI have some catching up to do. Policy recommendations are presented and approaches on how to overcome barriers to sustainable procurement are set forth. These centre on the proposal that HEIs should consider developing a reflexive strategy to procurement purchasing policy, and to ensure there are suitable means for its implementation.
Walter Leal Filho; Antonis Skouloudis; Luciana Londero Brandli; Amanda Lange Salvia; Lucas Veiga Avila; Lez Rayman-Bacchus. Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 231, 1267 -1280.
AMA StyleWalter Leal Filho, Antonis Skouloudis, Luciana Londero Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia, Lucas Veiga Avila, Lez Rayman-Bacchus. Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 231 ():1267-1280.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWalter Leal Filho; Antonis Skouloudis; Luciana Londero Brandli; Amanda Lange Salvia; Lucas Veiga Avila; Lez Rayman-Bacchus. 2019. "Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers." Journal of Cleaner Production 231, no. : 1267-1280.
Ioannis Karagiannis; Panagiotis Vouros; Antonis Skouloudis; Konstantinos Evangelinos. Sustainability reporting, materiality, and accountability assessment in the airport industry. Business Strategy and the Environment 2019, 28, 1370 -1405.
AMA StyleIoannis Karagiannis, Panagiotis Vouros, Antonis Skouloudis, Konstantinos Evangelinos. Sustainability reporting, materiality, and accountability assessment in the airport industry. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2019; 28 (7):1370-1405.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannis Karagiannis; Panagiotis Vouros; Antonis Skouloudis; Konstantinos Evangelinos. 2019. "Sustainability reporting, materiality, and accountability assessment in the airport industry." Business Strategy and the Environment 28, no. 7: 1370-1405.
Flash floods continue a trend of costly disasters attributed to changing weather patterns and climate disruptions. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are more vulnerable and ill-prepared to flash flooding, compared to their larger counterparts, so they are disproportionately affected by such extreme weather events. This study reports on the results of a quantitative survey of SME owners/managers and employs quantile regression analysis in an attempt to shed light on factors affecting resilience barriers to flash floods. Findings suggest that the effect of organizational size on SME barriers is reduced as barriers increase. In contrast, the effect of organizational age is found to be positive with low magnitudes when barriers are either very low or considerably high in contrast to negative effects when barriers are at moderate levels. A positive influence of the industrial affiliation at all barrier levels is also identified. Previous experience with flash flooding events as well as the effect of profitability are found to have negative impact in most levels of analysis. The assessment highlights the need for targeted intervention and assistance to the various segments of the SME sector through customized guidance and/or ad hoc regulation by focusing on factors explaining barriers to resilience.
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. Investigating resilience barriers of small and medium-sized enterprises to flash floods: a quantile regression of determining factors. Climate and Development 2019, 12, 57 -66.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis. Investigating resilience barriers of small and medium-sized enterprises to flash floods: a quantile regression of determining factors. Climate and Development. 2019; 12 (1):57-66.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2019. "Investigating resilience barriers of small and medium-sized enterprises to flash floods: a quantile regression of determining factors." Climate and Development 12, no. 1: 57-66.
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) reflect grand challenges that the global community needs to address in order to ensure economic welfare, environmental quality, social cohesion and prosperity for future generations. In this respect, the role of the banking sector, among other critical business entities and key stakeholders, is vital. The purpose of our paper is to examine how comprehensively the reported performance of banks aligns with the endorsement of SDGs. We employ the well‐established framework of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) performance indicators for a comparative assessment of the nonfinancial performance disclosed in the annual sustainability reports. Focusing on a small sample of leading European banks, we find an overall low contribution to SDGs. Furthermore, each bank's contribution remains particularly heterogeneous towards most individual SDG goals. Likewise, bank‐specific strategies drive the most extensively addressed SDGs, overlooking any critical importance of certain GRI indicators with multifaceted impact across several SDGs. The study sets forth managerial implications for improving effective reporting of SDG performance. It concludes with emerging opportunities for enhancing disclosure of SDGs contribution and highlights future research perspectives towards industry‐wide shared‐value appraisal under the scope of these pressing grand challenges.
Anna Avrampou; Antonis Skouloudis; George Iliopoulos; Nadeem Khan. Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from leading European banks. Sustainable Development 2019, 1 .
AMA StyleAnna Avrampou, Antonis Skouloudis, George Iliopoulos, Nadeem Khan. Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from leading European banks. Sustainable Development. 2019; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Avrampou; Antonis Skouloudis; George Iliopoulos; Nadeem Khan. 2019. "Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from leading European banks." Sustainable Development , no. : 1.
Ongoing biodiversity decline threatens ecosystem stability and reflects an overarching planetary boundary being breached. It undermines enabling conditions for sustainable development and posits alarming risks to the global economy. All business entities are dependent to biological diversity and the planetary spectrum of ecosystem services either directly or indirectly and there is a strong debate on why and how the private sector can effectively contribute to ecologically sustainable societies. In this context, corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting seeks to capture information relevant to biodiversity management by employing a certain set of comprehensive, valid and credible quantitative as well as qualitative indicators. This paper seeks to contribute to this direction by providing a critical evaluation of what business entities of mega-diverse countries report on biodiversity conservation and management through widely-accepted performance metrics disclosed in their sustainability reports along with underlying determinants. The assessment relies on a composite disclosure index devised to investigate the comprehensiveness of reported performance on biodiversity management and conservation. By employing Poisson and Gaussian Bayesian regression modeling, potential associations of biodiversity indicators with national specificity, organizational size and industrial affiliation are examined. Crucially, the constructive role of biodiversity accounting and reporting in communicating performance and discharging accountability towards relevant stakeholders is investigated, under the scope of an ecologically sustainable society. Most important predictors of biodiversity indicators disclosure pertain to spatial characteristics (i.e. country effects), along with the industry affiliation of the organizations. In contrast, organizational size does not seem to have a significant effect on the disclosure of biodiversity indicators. In particular, Brazilian, Bolivian and Malaysian enterprises exhibit the highest disclosure levels in biodiversity indicators, whereas the lowest levels are observed for those from Philippines. In terms of differences according to the business sector the sample reporters pertain to, we find biodiversity indicators are mostly reported by enterprises of the materials, energy, industrials, consumer staples and utilities sectors. Comparatively lowest levels are observed for the health care and information technology sectors. Considerable variation among companies, sectors, countries as well as individual indicators is evident. The analysis derived from the study suggests that performance indicators of biological diversity, as part the firm’s broader management accounting system, are still underreported and in most cases confined to generic and/or vague statements, with quantitative data and narratives on managing biodiversity being sporadic and limited.
Antonis Skouloudis; Chrisovaladis Malesios; Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos. Corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting in mega-diverse countries: An examination of indicators disclosed in sustainability reports. Ecological Indicators 2019, 98, 888 -901.
AMA StyleAntonis Skouloudis, Chrisovaladis Malesios, Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos. Corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting in mega-diverse countries: An examination of indicators disclosed in sustainability reports. Ecological Indicators. 2019; 98 ():888-901.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonis Skouloudis; Chrisovaladis Malesios; Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos. 2019. "Corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting in mega-diverse countries: An examination of indicators disclosed in sustainability reports." Ecological Indicators 98, no. : 888-901.
The financial sector’s role is undeniably crucial in modern economies. Yet, this sector often attracts criticisms. Of particular concern is the negligence of proper credit risk management, which may undermine (macro)economic stability. The absence of appropriate policies (industry and institutional) draws attention to firm performance indicators, which remain short-sighted in assessing the provision of sustainable risk management. The sector and, in particular, financial intermediaries (FIs) must confront the complex task of assessing their impacts and, in doing so, actively endorse enabling conditions towards sustainable development. Our paper offers managerial insights from a wide range of financial intermediaries (FIs) currently active in Greece. We address the critical question of how FIs incorporate sustainability in credit risk management. A mixed-methods approach of online questionnaires and semi-structured interviews was utilized to link and investigate managerial perspectives of sustainability risks and their impact on bad loans. The executives’ responses revealed that sustainability risk management indeed exists, but it has yet to penetrate core processes. It does provide strong motives over new management techniques and contributes to a higher level of materiality of FI’s core operations. Nonetheless, there is still plenty of room for improvement before sustainability risk assessments are comprehensively incorporated in all phases of the credit risk management process so that a robust sustainability management approach underpins FI’s core mission and goals.
Theodosios Anagnostopoulos; Antonis Skouloudis; Nadeem Khan; Konstantinos Evangelinos. Incorporating Sustainability Considerations into Lending Decisions and the Management of Bad Loans: Evidence from Greece. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4728 .
AMA StyleTheodosios Anagnostopoulos, Antonis Skouloudis, Nadeem Khan, Konstantinos Evangelinos. Incorporating Sustainability Considerations into Lending Decisions and the Management of Bad Loans: Evidence from Greece. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4728.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTheodosios Anagnostopoulos; Antonis Skouloudis; Nadeem Khan; Konstantinos Evangelinos. 2018. "Incorporating Sustainability Considerations into Lending Decisions and the Management of Bad Loans: Evidence from Greece." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4728.
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.
People with disabilities (PWDs) defined as the world's largest minority stakeholder group continue to face significant barriers to labor market entry and corporate inclusion. The associated social and economic costs of supporting non‐working PWDs can be high and long term. Yet, their potential contribution and impact on human capital, firm productivity, and the innovative capacity of business entities are valuable but underutilized. The employment of PWDs has institutional and managerial implications for equitable opportunities, social mobility, and workplace diversity. This study assesses the quality of corporate disclosure on disability issues by firms in the United Kingdom, as a stepping stone for mainstreaming integration of PWDs into labor markets under the scope of corporate social accountability. We benchmark 274 UK sustainability reports against PWDs‐adapted indicators of the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, highlighting trends pertaining to disability employment. The findings suggest that corporate disclosures on the employment of PWDs are lacking. The implications for PWDs are highlighted considering firm employee and managerial policies and national and transnational regulatory frameworks, towards more meaningful reporting for better alignment between PWD expectations and firm practices.
Nadeem Khan; Nada Korac-Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis; Andreas Dimopoulos. Diversity in the workplace: An overview of disability employment disclosures among UK firms. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2018, 26, 170 -185.
AMA StyleNadeem Khan, Nada Korac-Kakabadse, Antonis Skouloudis, Andreas Dimopoulos. Diversity in the workplace: An overview of disability employment disclosures among UK firms. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2018; 26 (1):170-185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNadeem Khan; Nada Korac-Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis; Andreas Dimopoulos. 2018. "Diversity in the workplace: An overview of disability employment disclosures among UK firms." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 26, no. 1: 170-185.
The purpose of this study is to assess the comprehensiveness of voluntary occupational health and safety (OHS) disclosures of large business entities. We devise a composite disclosure index, relying on well‐established performance indicators, and focus on the information found in the sustainability reports of corporations pertaining to the oil and gas, chemical, airline, and construction industries, in an attempt to shed light on the current status and emerging trends in OHS reporting from a diverse group of business entities. The findings indicate that companies tend to place emphasis on their overall management approach to OHS, but fall short in reporting quantitative and qualitative information beyond the ‘conventional’ metrics of occupational injury rates. OHS issues within the supply chain and relevant monitoring systems/mechanisms in place are topics that are underreported, while OHS training programmes are an aspect that is inadequately analyzed in quantitative terms, being the least reported indicator in the sample reports. In contrast, companies from all four industries seek assurance for the OHS information that they report and place emphasis on the externally developed management standards/initiatives that they subscribe to, support, or have adopted.
Konstantinos Evangelinos; Stefanos Fotiadis; Antonis Skouloudis; Nadeem Khan; Foteini Konstandakopoulou; Ioannis Nikolaou; Shaun Lundy. Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2018, 25, 961 -970.
AMA StyleKonstantinos Evangelinos, Stefanos Fotiadis, Antonis Skouloudis, Nadeem Khan, Foteini Konstandakopoulou, Ioannis Nikolaou, Shaun Lundy. Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2018; 25 (5):961-970.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonstantinos Evangelinos; Stefanos Fotiadis; Antonis Skouloudis; Nadeem Khan; Foteini Konstandakopoulou; Ioannis Nikolaou; Shaun Lundy. 2018. "Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 25, no. 5: 961-970.
Extreme weather events (EWEs) pose unprecedented threats to modern societies and represent a much-debated issue strongly interlinked with current development policies. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which constitute a driving force of economic growth, employment and total value added, remain highly vulnerable to and ill prepared for such environmental perturbations. This study investigates barriers to SMEs’ resilience to EWEs in an attempt to shed light on enabling factors that can define effective organizational responses to non-linear environmental stimuli. Relying on structural equation modeling and data gathered from 109 SMEs that recently experienced EWE impacts, we link the general concept of SMEs’ resilience barriers to EWEs with a series of elements to determine specific internal and external factors that contribute the most to EWE resilience. In particular, external barriers of institutional conditions and mechanisms of support and guidance as well as internal barriers of resources and managerial perceptions are found to be the most critical ones in determining resilience. The assessment offers essential research evidence for practitioners on SME management and sets forth linkages with current mechanisms for policy interventions towards an appropriate resilience agenda for SMEs. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis; Chrisovaladis Malesios; Konstantinos Evangelinos. Bouncing Back from Extreme Weather Events: Some Preliminary Findings on Resilience Barriers Facing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Business Strategy and the Environment 2018, 27, 547 -559.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis, Chrisovaladis Malesios, Konstantinos Evangelinos. Bouncing Back from Extreme Weather Events: Some Preliminary Findings on Resilience Barriers Facing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2018; 27 (4):547-559.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis; Chrisovaladis Malesios; Konstantinos Evangelinos. 2018. "Bouncing Back from Extreme Weather Events: Some Preliminary Findings on Resilience Barriers Facing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises." Business Strategy and the Environment 27, no. 4: 547-559.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the macro-level and well-established dimensions of national culture offered by Hofstede’s framework. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ a composite index for quantifying CSR proliferation and present new findings on the role of cultural specificity – proxied by Hofstede’s dimensions – on CSR endorsement among national business sectors. Findings Results indicate that cultural perspectives pertaining to “long-term vs short-term orientation” as well as “indulgence vs restraint” affect positively the composite CSR index, while “uncertainty avoidance” has a negative impact. In contrast, the effect of “power distance,” “individualism” and “masculinity” is found to be insignificant. Originality/value The study offers new insights to institutional theorists as well as political economy researchers for a deeper investigation of informal institutions, such as culture, which shape national or regional specificities of CSR and retain a moderating effect on the voluntary/self-regulation activities of business entities.
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. Revisiting the relationship between corporate social responsibility and national culture. Management Decision 2017, 55, 595 -613.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis. Revisiting the relationship between corporate social responsibility and national culture. Management Decision. 2017; 55 (3):595-613.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2017. "Revisiting the relationship between corporate social responsibility and national culture." Management Decision 55, no. 3: 595-613.
The ‘Davos dilemma’ posits a sustainability crisis, provoked by rising human population and intense competitive behaviours, in terms of control and access to depleting natural resources. More broadly understood as an ecological problem, rather than just socio-economic behavioural deficiencies, the call is for better integrated social, natural and business-indexed reporting within planetary boundaries. This poses challenges for nationally governed societies to equitably account for self-sustainability performance, in enabling their successive government agendas to re-orientate policies and industry investments as innovation towards achieving this in the longer term. We propose and test a global self-sustainability index for countries across four metrics: economic, environmental, social and innovation. Our tentative findings from a cross-country analysis of 27 countries during 2007–2010 illustrate the approach for wider systematic analysis and as a basis for future large-scale assessments on self-sustainability within and between countries.
Ouarda Dsouli; Nadeem Khan; Nada K. Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis. Mitigating the Davos dilemma: towards a global self-sustainability index. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2016, 25, 81 -98.
AMA StyleOuarda Dsouli, Nadeem Khan, Nada K. Kakabadse, Antonis Skouloudis. Mitigating the Davos dilemma: towards a global self-sustainability index. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2016; 25 (1):81-98.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOuarda Dsouli; Nadeem Khan; Nada K. Kakabadse; Antonis Skouloudis. 2016. "Mitigating the Davos dilemma: towards a global self-sustainability index." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 25, no. 1: 81-98.
George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. Exploring the current status and key determinants of corporate disclosure on climate change: Evidence from the Greek business sector. Environmental Science & Policy 2016, 56, 22 -31.
AMA StyleGeorge Halkos, Antonis Skouloudis. Exploring the current status and key determinants of corporate disclosure on climate change: Evidence from the Greek business sector. Environmental Science & Policy. 2016; 56 ():22-31.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis. 2016. "Exploring the current status and key determinants of corporate disclosure on climate change: Evidence from the Greek business sector." Environmental Science & Policy 56, no. : 22-31.