Environmental sustainability is an increasingly relevant issue in the current economic context. Prior studies show rising interest in the relationships among environmental strategies, environmental performance and environmental reporting. However, the literature review highlights, on the one hand, results not always consistent and, on the other, unexplored research areas both in strategic management and disclosure studies. This paper reports the results of a literature review and an empirical investigation of environmental strategies and green management into the disclosure practices of Italian firms. It differs from prior environmental reporting studies in that it analyses a more specific topic with a different focus on corporate reports. Our findings show major differences in the environmental disclosure of firms in different sector groups and suggest a positive relation between mandatory and voluntary disclosure as well as between environmental disclosure and environmental certifications. Finally, integrating empirical findings and best practices, we advance a framework for the execution, the analysis and the reporting of environmental strategies and green management.
La sostenibilità ambientale rappresenta un fattore di importanza crescente negli attuali contesti competitivi. La dottrina economico-aziendale mostra sempre maggiore interesse per le relazioni che intercorrono tra strategie ambientali, performance ambientale e comunicazione in ambito ambientale. L’analisi dello stato dell’arte, tuttavia, evidenzia risultati non sempre coincidenti e aree di ricerca inesplorate sia negli studi di strategia che in quelli di comunicazione aziendale. Questo paper riporta uno studio sulla dottrina e i risultati di un’indagine empirica sulle prassi di disclosure delle strategie ambientali e del green management delle aziende italiane. Si distingue rispetto a gli studi precedenti sia per lo specifico oggetto d’indagine, che per il diverso focus sui documenti aziendali. I risultati individuano differenze significative negli aspetti delle strategie ambientali e del green management comunicati da differenti tipologie settoriali di aziende. L’indagine, inoltre, suggerisce una relazione positiva tra comunicazione “obbligatoria” e “volontaria” così come tra comunicazione e possesso di certificazioni ambientali. Infine, sulla base dei risultati ottenuti e delle best practice individuate, propone un modello per l’attuazione, l’analisi e la comunicazione delle strategie ambientali e del green management.
Le strategie ambientali e il green-management nel sistema della comunicazione aziendale
Garzella S;
2011-01-01
Abstract
Environmental sustainability is an increasingly relevant issue in the current economic context. Prior studies show rising interest in the relationships among environmental strategies, environmental performance and environmental reporting. However, the literature review highlights, on the one hand, results not always consistent and, on the other, unexplored research areas both in strategic management and disclosure studies. This paper reports the results of a literature review and an empirical investigation of environmental strategies and green management into the disclosure practices of Italian firms. It differs from prior environmental reporting studies in that it analyses a more specific topic with a different focus on corporate reports. Our findings show major differences in the environmental disclosure of firms in different sector groups and suggest a positive relation between mandatory and voluntary disclosure as well as between environmental disclosure and environmental certifications. Finally, integrating empirical findings and best practices, we advance a framework for the execution, the analysis and the reporting of environmental strategies and green management.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


