Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry
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Data de Publicação: | 2019 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
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Resumo: | More and more Textile and Clothing (T&C) companies decide to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. Although the T&C industry linked to sustainability has been the subject of various studies, to the best of our knowledge, little research exists, which focuses on the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy in special regards to European T&C companies with global value chains. This dissertation explores a set of institutional, organizational and individual drivers, barriers and success factors for the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy of a European T&C company. The results are based on a case study of the exemplary VAUDE - a family-owned, sustainable outdoor outfitter company and stand in accordance with Institutional Theory and Stakeholder Theory as theoretical frameworks explaining why companies deal with sustainability. The determined drivers are dependent on a coherence of all levels of analysis, i.e. institutional, organizational and individual. The barriers are of institutional and organizational nature only and the success factors are predominantly found on the institutional level. The findings present significant suggestions for other T&C companies that seek to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy and for the T&C industry to create a sustainability friendly environment to drive more T&C companies to become sustainable. It further supports T&C companies in identifying potential barriers, how to overcome them and successfully integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. The results reveal, that it only works, if sustainability is strongly integrated into one's corporate strategy and deeply anchored in all departments and daily tasks of a T&C company. |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industrySustainabilityTextilesClothingCorporate strategySustentabilidadeTêxteisVestuárioEstratégia empresarialMore and more Textile and Clothing (T&C) companies decide to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. Although the T&C industry linked to sustainability has been the subject of various studies, to the best of our knowledge, little research exists, which focuses on the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy in special regards to European T&C companies with global value chains. This dissertation explores a set of institutional, organizational and individual drivers, barriers and success factors for the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy of a European T&C company. The results are based on a case study of the exemplary VAUDE - a family-owned, sustainable outdoor outfitter company and stand in accordance with Institutional Theory and Stakeholder Theory as theoretical frameworks explaining why companies deal with sustainability. The determined drivers are dependent on a coherence of all levels of analysis, i.e. institutional, organizational and individual. The barriers are of institutional and organizational nature only and the success factors are predominantly found on the institutional level. The findings present significant suggestions for other T&C companies that seek to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy and for the T&C industry to create a sustainability friendly environment to drive more T&C companies to become sustainable. It further supports T&C companies in identifying potential barriers, how to overcome them and successfully integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. The results reveal, that it only works, if sustainability is strongly integrated into one's corporate strategy and deeply anchored in all departments and daily tasks of a T&C company.Cada vez mais empresas de Têxteis e Vestuário (T&V) decidem integrar sustentabilidade na sua estratégia empresarial. Embora a ligação entre a indústria de T&V e sustentabilidade tenha sido objeto de vários estudos, pouca pesquisa existe, focada na integração de sustentabilidade na estratégia empresarial, nomeadamente em empresas europeias de T&V com cadeias de valor globais. Esta dissertação explora os incentivos, obstáculos e fatores de sucesso institucionais, organizacionais e individuais para a integração de sustentabilidade como estratégia empresarial. Os resultados são baseados no "Case Study" da exemplar VAUDE, uma empresa familiar e sustentável de fornecimento de indumentária para o exterior e estão de acordo com a "Institutional Theory e a Stakeholder Theory", enquadramentos teóricos que explicam porque é que as empresas lidam com sustentabilidade. O estudo mostra que os incentivos estão dependentes de uma coerência coletiva a três níveis - institucional, organizacional e individual. As barreiras são apenas de natureza institucional e organizacional e os fatores de sucesso são predominantemente a nível institucional. Os resultados constituem sugestões para outras empresas de T&V que procurem integrar sustentabilidade na sua estratégia empresarial, bem como para a própria indústria de T&V para criação de um ambiente que promova sustentabilidade, incentivando empresas a tornarem-se sustentáveis. Apoia ainda empresas de T&V a identificar potenciais barreiras, define como devem ser ultrapassadas e como integrar com sucesso sustentabilidade na estratégia empresarial. Os resultados revelam que tal apenas funciona se sustentabilidade estiver fortemente integrada na estratégia empresarial e refletida profundamente em todos os departamentos e tarefas diárias da empresa de T&V.2020-01-20T16:18:45Z2021-06-01T00:00:00Z2019-11-29T00:00:00Z2019-11-292019-09info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/19507TID:202345238porPeters, Julianeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-13T01:19:26ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry Peters, Juliane Sustainability Textiles Clothing Corporate strategy Sustentabilidade Têxteis Vestuário Estratégia empresarial |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Integration of sustainability into corporate strategy: A case study of the textile and clothing industry |
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Peters, Juliane |
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Peters, Juliane |
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Peters, Juliane |
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Sustainability Textiles Clothing Corporate strategy Sustentabilidade Têxteis Vestuário Estratégia empresarial |
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Sustainability Textiles Clothing Corporate strategy Sustentabilidade Têxteis Vestuário Estratégia empresarial |
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More and more Textile and Clothing (T&C) companies decide to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. Although the T&C industry linked to sustainability has been the subject of various studies, to the best of our knowledge, little research exists, which focuses on the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy in special regards to European T&C companies with global value chains. This dissertation explores a set of institutional, organizational and individual drivers, barriers and success factors for the integration of sustainability into corporate strategy of a European T&C company. The results are based on a case study of the exemplary VAUDE - a family-owned, sustainable outdoor outfitter company and stand in accordance with Institutional Theory and Stakeholder Theory as theoretical frameworks explaining why companies deal with sustainability. The determined drivers are dependent on a coherence of all levels of analysis, i.e. institutional, organizational and individual. The barriers are of institutional and organizational nature only and the success factors are predominantly found on the institutional level. The findings present significant suggestions for other T&C companies that seek to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy and for the T&C industry to create a sustainability friendly environment to drive more T&C companies to become sustainable. It further supports T&C companies in identifying potential barriers, how to overcome them and successfully integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy. The results reveal, that it only works, if sustainability is strongly integrated into one's corporate strategy and deeply anchored in all departments and daily tasks of a T&C company. |
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