Leveraging environmental sustainability for competitive advantage in the Italian Clothing and Leather sector

Resta, Barbara; Dotti, Stefano; Ciarapica, Filippo Emanuele; Sanctis, Ilaria De; Fani, Virginia; Bandinelli, Romeo; Rinaldi, Rinaldo

doi:10.1080/17543266.2017.1356380

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“…Thus, highlighting the potential practical impacts of policies towards the development of the triple bottom line. Resta et al (2018) reported that business competitiveness (due to reported positive changes in brand value, access to capital, employee retention) of companies surveyed improved as a result of implemented practices relating to sustainable products and practices.…”

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Sustainability research in the leather industry: A critical review of progress and opportunities for future research

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Sustainability research in the leather industry: A critical review of progress and opportunities for future research

Omoloso

Mortimer

Wise

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Consumer loyalty is a prime objective of any organization and in the current business environment, which is already volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA), contemporary businesses must develop a competitive advantage on a solid foundation, for example, looking at sustainability as a base for competitive advantage [10][11][12]. Different studies in prior literature have developed a relationship between perceived environmental sustainability and consumer loyalty [13,14], but these studies are inconclusive.…”

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Sustainable Businesses Speak to the Heart of Consumers: Looking at Sustainability with a Marketing Lens to Reap Banking Consumers’ Loyalty

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Achieving consumer loyalty will remain a prime objective of every business in the current volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment (VUCA), which demands some out-of-the-box thinking on the part of policymakers to sustain the competitive advantage. Sustainability has been emerging as a “new normal” for all industries of the present era, which forces all sectors to incorporate it into their business operations. There have been studies on the relationship between sustainability and consumer loyalty, but these studies are inconclusive, further establishing the importance of more research in this area. In this frame of reference, the present research objective is to test the dimensional impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities (economic, environmental, social) on banking consumers’ loyalty in the context of Pakistan. The data were collected from different bank account holders, which were then analyzed through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique in AMOS. The results revealed that all three dimensions of CSR positively relate to consumer loyalty. The banking industry policymakers can benefit from the findings of the present study to understand sustainability from the lens of marketing to drive a higher level of consumer loyalty.

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“…Many companies responded by improving business models to meet requirements for sustainability standards (e.g., ISO 14000); improving supply chains; managing environmental quality; and carrying out lifecycle analyses (Sarkis 1998;Wu and Pagell 2011). Companies' commitments marked the importance of sustainability in developing and maintaining businesses (Cantele and Zardini 2018), with many companies adopting sustainability practices to gain competitive advantage and brand value (Resta et al 2017). However, realizing companies' sustainability requirements necessitated expenditure and investment.…”

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Lessons on Community-Based Fire Prevention and Peatland Restoration

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2023

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Lessons on Community-Based Fire Prevention and Peatland Restoration v (SCE). The research was conducted in Riau Province, Indonesia. Its PAR segment was conducted in Dompas Village, Bukit Batu Subdistrict, Bengkalis Regency from 2018-2019 in collaboration with the village's Fire Care Community group or Masyarakat Peduli Api (MPA), the Dompas Village Government, and other community groups. The outcomes of this research are summarized and packaged for easy understanding as lessons 1-9 in this publication entitled Lessons on community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration. Research outcomes were also presented in workshops in Bengkalis Regency on 28-29 August 2019 to secure feedback from local-level stakeholders, and in Pekanbaru, the provincial capital, on 24 October 2019 to obtain input from the provincial and national levels. This feedback and input was combined with contributions from practitioners and academics involved in the review process during November and the book review workshop on 3 December 2019.This handbook was born out of Participatory Action Research (PAR) we conducted in Dompas Village to support a gradual change in local community behaviour towards land clearing without burning. Through this PAR, in which knowledge development and behavioural change occurred almost simultaneously, we researched, facilitated and mainstreamed zero-burning land management by assisting the local community in selecting and implementing alternative, fire-free methods for land clearing; developing sustainable business models as integral parts of fire prevention and peatland restoration efforts; and facilitating co-learning.Together with partners, through this PAR we facilitated a series of activities, studies and discussions with the local community through a repeated cycle of 'reflection', 'planning', 'action' and 'monitoring' in seven 'action arenas' in Dompas Village. In these action arenas, which were identified and selected in a participatory manner together with the community, community groups developed sustainable business models for fire prevention and peatland restoration. The arenas were located in peatland areas with unique biophysical characteristics, which fell under four forms of land management: public, private, co-management, and home garden. The biophysical, social and economic conditions of each action arena were carefully studied. We worked together to determine roles and responsibilities; establish cost-benefit sharing mechanisms; and plan what commodities and business models to develop, as well as any necessary landscape engineering, etc. These plans were then followed up on with collective actions comprising canal blocking to rewet or moisten peat; tree planting; fish farming; establishing pineapple, liberica coffee and rubber agroforestry systems; developing hybrid coconuts in community home gardens; and strengthening community institutions and farmer groups. Monitoring was carried out in and by the community using biophysical and socioeconomic indicators. vi This book is intended as a me...

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Leveraging environmental sustainability for competitive advantage in the Italian Clothing and Leather sector

Cited by 8 publications

References 69 publications

Sustainability research in the leather industry: A critical review of progress and opportunities for future research

Sustainability research in the leather industry: A critical review of progress and opportunities for future research

Sustainable Businesses Speak to the Heart of Consumers: Looking at Sustainability with a Marketing Lens to Reap Banking Consumers’ Loyalty

Lessons on Community-Based Fire Prevention and Peatland Restoration

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