Integrating Sustainable Development into Existing Management Systems

Sustainability exploration and sustainability exploitation: from a literature review towards a conceptual framework

“…Therefore, a key challenge of CS integration is to address the diverse needs of different stakeholders and interested parties (Asif et al, 2011a). As reflected in the study by Rocha et al (2007), as stakeholders assume a dual role, they may provide input to the organisation's systems and may also receive output from those systems. It is therefore necessary for organisations to identify the input in terms of needs and expectations of various stakeholders, to design products/services and production systems to meet these needs, and to measure the results as the basis for improvement.…”

Embedding Sustainable Development in Organizations Through an Integrated Management Systems Approach

“…Although this may seem obvious, relatively few papers actually describe a model for integration of MSs (Karapetrovic and Willborn, 1998;Scipioni et al 2001;Wilkinson and Dale, 2001;Rocha et al 2007;Asif et al 2009;Lopez-Fresno, 2010) and fewer still elaborate proposals for the second requirement (Lopez-Fresno, 2010;Asif et al 2009;Rocha and Karapetrovic, 2006). These issues are briefly explored in further detail below.…”

“…Early efforts focused on the integration of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, though other MSS are increasingly being taken into account in the IMS literature. An increasing body of knowledge is available in the specialized literature containing information about the potential benefits and limitations of IMS; IMS models; and empirical results of implementing IMS in specific organizations (see, for example, Wilkinson and Dale, 2001;Karapetrovic and Willborn, 2002;Scipioni el al., 2001;Rocha et al, 2007;Asif et al, 2009). Further details on the concept of integration, models, methodologies, potential benefits, and lessons learned are provided below.…”

“…This research builds on wider research on integrated management systems (IMS). Examples are provided by Rocha et al (2007) and Oskarsson and Malmborg (2005), among others. However, while much research has been conducted on how SD can be implemented at the organizational level, work remains.…”

A Study of the Contemporary Role of Talent Management in Building Sustainability Culture in Organizations

“…For achieving sustainability at corporate level, it is important to align all the systems of the organization towards sustainability goals (Savaneviciene & Stankeviciute, 2014) as sustainability cannot be achieved through a disconnected initiative. For its implementation, the existing business infrastructure has to be integrated with the organizations sustainability strategy (Rocha, Searchy, & Karapetrovic, 2007). Therefore, there is a need for an HRM system that is strategic enough to help organization in the journey towards becoming sustainable.…”