Corporate Environmental Strategy and Stakeholder Management from a Green Economy Perspective —2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

There is a growing need to implement a green economy approach to product and service development across the corporate environmental strategy. In this effort, sustainable management plays a vital role, encompassing environmental, social, and economic perspectives. To meet the needs of stakeholders through a multifaceted approach, companies are adopting a corporate environmental strategy that accommodates a green economy approach to socially qualified products and services. By reallocating and reusing resources and converting waste streams into inputs for further production, green economy has become rampant, driven by rapid urbanization, climate change, technological advances, and an increasing demand for limited natural resources. We assume that the benefits of the green economy include optimizing resources, improving stakeholder relationships, improving brand reputation, and alleviating uncertainty in global markets, leading to a virtuous cycle of sustainability.

However, given the circumstances described above, discussion of and research into the green economy are still underdeveloped. Key topics such as corporate environmental strategy and stakeholder management require more research in both theoretical and empirical settings. Corporate environmental strategy leads to a resource-circulating economy by changing the global supply chain in predominant business disciplines. For example, multinational efforts to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have gone beyond the agenda of the United Nations hasten companies’ realization that the SDGs are closely related to stakeholders. Therefore, SDGs as a catalyst for a green economy can be seen as an inevitable alert to accelerate the green transition of the current business model of mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal. In this regard, the submission of manuscripts answering these questions is encouraged to fill these research gaps.

To further develop green economy approaches, to foster dialogue on corporate environmental responsibility, and to promote research findings in the field of stakeholder management, this Special Issue calls for papers focusing on the following topics:

• Green economy and sustainability

- Green economy approaches for consumers;

- Sustainable business models for green economy;

- Sustainability and green economy through sustainable innovation;

- Quantitative and qualitative methodologies for green economy;

- Conceptual approach for carbon footprint;

- Other issues/fields related to green economy and sustainability.

• Corporate environmental strategy for green economy

- Sustainable production and consumption;

- Eco-design, eco-labeling, eco-packaging, and eco-shopping;

- Green supply chain management;

- Green product innovation and green process innovation;

- Green marketing strategy;

- Other issues/fields related to green economy and corporate environmental strategy.

• Green economy and stakeholder management

- Stakeholder pressures for eco-friendly environment;

- Policy promotions for green economy;

- Corporate social responsibility for sustainability;

- Consumer awareness of green economy and stakeholder management;

- Literature review for green economy and stakeholder management;

- Other issues/fields related to green economy and stakeholder management.

Dr. Taewoo Roh
Dr. Jinsup Jung
Dr. Oh Suk Yang
Dr. Min-jae Lee
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• green economy
• corporate environmental strategy
• sustainable innovation
• sustainable business
• stakeholder management
• green innovation