Research
May 1, 2009 by Brian Butler | Filed under: Impact of the Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard [1]
Loorbach, D., Van Bakel, V. C., Whiteman, G., & Rotmans, J. (2009). Business strategies for transitions toward sustainable systems. Business Strategy and the Environment, retrieved from www.intersciencewiley.com, Monday, April 13, 2009.
The authors evaluate the various challenges that arise across three distinct sustainability systems; business, government and civil society. While research recognizes the unique contributions made over the years, authors suggest that more assertive research is needed in quality standards and the ever-changing societal systems that create new heights for sustainability. Therefore, the authors explored 2 cases utilizing the transition management framework. This framework that has three levels, strategic, tactical, and operational. Both companies are located in the Netherlands, and the general approach is for the societal context to be re-developed.