The COVID-19 crisis has turned teleworking from a minority option into an imposed and generalized way of life and has called into question its contribution to corporate sustainability. The present review is the first systematic review of the effects of telework on the environmental, social, and economic pillars of corporate sustainability in the scholarly literature published from 2020 to 2024. A total of 50 studies from three databases (Scopus, Science Direct, and Taylor and Francis) were reviewed according to PRISMA guidelines by both a data bibliometric analysis and narrative synthesis. The findings show that telework has the potential to improve environmental sustainability by decreasing commuting emissions (29–54% depending on its deployment intensity), but rebound effects such as increased residential energy use work against this (in part) positive regard. From a social point of view, telework is double-edged between helping balance personal and work life and possessing the potential to lead to greater isolation and aggravate existing inequalities, particularly in developing countries. Economically, it drives operational costs down and expands the talent pool, with micro-, meso-, and macroeconomic impacts. The possibility of telework as a tool of sustainable development is substantially moderated by organizational culture, digital infrastructure, sociodemographic reality, and even the physical environment. We argue that telework is a potentially transformative driver of corporate sustainability if deployed strategically within a given context; however, disciplinary fragmentation and methodological lacunae in common metrics remain, especially with regard to long-term effects and implementation in developing economies.

The COVID-19 crisis has turned teleworking from a minority option into an imposed and generalized way of life and has called into question its contribution to corporate sustainability. The present review is the first systematic review of the effects of telework on the environmental, social, and economic pillars of corporate sustainability in scholarly literature published from 2020 to 2024. And a total of 50 studies from three databases (Scopus, Science Direct and Taylor and Francis) were reviewed according to PRISMA guideline by both the data bibliometric analysis and narrative synthesis. Findings show that telework has the potential to improve environmental sustainability by decreasing commuting emissions (29%-54% depending on its deployment intensity), but rebound effects such as increased residential energy use work against this (in part) positive regard. From a social point of view, telework is double-edged, between helping balance personal and work life and possessing the potential to lead to greater isolation and aggravate existing inequalities, particularly in developing countries. Economically, it drives operational costs down and expands the talent pool, impacting micro, meso and macroeconomically. The possibility of telework as a tool of sustainable development is substantially moderated by organizational culture, digital infrastructure, sociodemographic reality and even the physical environment. We argue that telework is a potentially transformative driver of corporate sustainability, if deployed strategically within a given context; however, disciplinary fragmentation and methodological lacunae in common metrics remain, especially with regard to long-term effects and implementation in developing economies.

Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) research in hospitality has grown substantially, most evidence comes from large corporations in high-income countries, leaving food-service micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in emerging economies largely unexplored. This study investigated which sociodemographic and organizational factors predict operational CSR practices in 150 formal restaurants in Piura, Peru, using a quantitative, cross-sectional, associative-predictive design. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics v.28 for descriptive, bivariate, and regression analyses, and IBM SPSS AMOS v.27 for confirmatory factor analysis. Grounded in an integrative framework combining human capital theory, institutional theory, and stakeholder theory, the study operationalized CSR through three dimensions validated for the Peruvian context: supplier relations, customer relations, and food safety. Multiple regression analysis revealed that manager academic education, certifications, and monthly sales were significant predictors, jointly explaining 23.9% of CSR variance, while firm size and service mode were not significant. Nearly all establishments scored at an intermediate CSR level, with none reaching the optimal category. Theoretically, these findings demonstrate that managerial cognitive capabilities and institutional routinization mechanisms are more powerful drivers of sustainability adoption than firm size in resource-constrained contexts. Practically, the results suggest that subsidized certification programs and targeted management training represent more efficient sustainability levers than generic business growth loans for food-service MSEs, contributing to SDG targets 8.3, 12.3, and 12.6.

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