About this Research Topic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound implications for corporate resilience against disruptive extreme shocks. Corporate crisis management capacity is challenged by suddenly disrupted supply chain, substantially dropped orders and indefinitely delayed payments. To survive and recover from such a “black swan” crisis, firms have to stay calm and respond promptly to adapt to the dramatic and disruptive environmental changes. This highlights the significance of corporate sustainable practices.
Corporate sustainability has received extensive academic attention. This Research Topic pushes the discussion on corporate sustainable behaviour. We invite contributions that advance our insights into how corporate behaviour affects its sustainable development and long-term viability. We also invite contributions that advance our knowledge on how corporate behaviour generates positive pro-social and pro-environmental consequences. To achieve a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses link their resilience strategies with a strong social and environmental commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. As such, the externalities of corporate pro-social and pro-environmental behaviour warrant deeper investigations.
We encourage all aspects of research on corporate sustainability, which include but are not limited to:
• Impacts of corporate climate and culture on sustainable strategies
• How environmental, social and governance (ESG) schemes are embedded into corporate practices
• Impacts of policy and regulation on corporate sustainability
• Trade-offs between corporate sustainable behaviour and financial performance
• Impacts of leadership and entrepreneurs’ characteristics on corporate sustainable practices
• Motivations and incentives for corporate sustainable transition
• How corporate sustainable behaviour affects innovation performance
• Impacts of inter-organizational conflict and cooperation on corporate sustainability
• Impacts of corporate sustainable practices on emissions abatement and pollutions reduction
• Interactions between social capital and corporate sustainable behaviour
• Corporate sustainable resilience strategy in the post-pandemic era
• Corporate social roles and responsibilities during and after COVID-19
Corporate sustainability has received extensive academic attention. This Research Topic pushes the discussion on corporate sustainable behaviour. We invite contributions that advance our insights into how corporate behaviour affects its sustainable development and long-term viability. We also invite contributions that advance our knowledge on how corporate behaviour generates positive pro-social and pro-environmental consequences. To achieve a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses link their resilience strategies with a strong social and environmental commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. As such, the externalities of corporate pro-social and pro-environmental behaviour warrant deeper investigations.
We encourage all aspects of research on corporate sustainability, which include but are not limited to:
• Impacts of corporate climate and culture on sustainable strategies
• How environmental, social and governance (ESG) schemes are embedded into corporate practices
• Impacts of policy and regulation on corporate sustainability
• Trade-offs between corporate sustainable behaviour and financial performance
• Impacts of leadership and entrepreneurs’ characteristics on corporate sustainable practices
• Motivations and incentives for corporate sustainable transition
• How corporate sustainable behaviour affects innovation performance
• Impacts of inter-organizational conflict and cooperation on corporate sustainability
• Impacts of corporate sustainable practices on emissions abatement and pollutions reduction
• Interactions between social capital and corporate sustainable behaviour
• Corporate sustainable resilience strategy in the post-pandemic era
• Corporate social roles and responsibilities during and after COVID-19
Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Resilience; Sustainable Development
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
