Description: Sustainable Practices in Italian Businesses by Fabiola Riccardini, Silvia Biffignandi, Samuel Ashong Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This SpringerBrief describes the development and use of a synthetic indicator to assess different degrees of sustainability adoption by economic sector and businesses size. Publisher Description This SpringerBrief describes the development and use of a synthetic indicator to assess different degrees of sustainability adoption by economic sector and businesses size. To make this analysis a theoretical framework which involves variables common to alternative frameworks (specifically ESG, GRI and Istat) is proposed. The empirical analysis focuses on the environmental, social and economic variables of the Italian businesses. In this analysis, all three pillars of sustainability – economic, environmental, and social – are considered. The work begins with a review of business sustainability literature and a look into institutional frameworks for the development and measurement of the phenomena. Connections between businesses and the SDGs are examined and comparison of the classifications of sustainable activities defined by GRI and ESG international standards is used to define a framework to be adopted to analyse ISTAT Business Census. Selected indicator variables are aggregated with a synthetic indicator and the results are presented (this is a new proposal of a synthetic indicator useful for the type of data used and published by ISTAT – Italian National Statistical Institute), discussing pros and cons of using it. This study provides two important innovative contributions. The first one is about how to approach the theoretical framework of businesses sustainability at firms aggregated level. The basic idea to work on a set of variables common to different approaches is interesting from the interpretative point of view. The second one, is about the specific empirical analysis, i.e. the Italian businesses sustainability situation. The investigation based on this new theoretical classification/framework and the new proposed indicator provides some interesting substantive results. Author Biography Fabiola Riccardini is an economist, specialized in International Economy and Quantitative Methods. She is Chair of Research and Training on Sustainable Wellbeing and Development Association. She is managing research projects on business and sustainable development at ISTAT. She was Co-Chair of Inter-Agency Expert Group- SDGs Indicators of United Nations. She is teaching "sustainability and well-being" at Universities, and is author of many scientific articles and books. She worked at OECD Statistical Directorate on well-being and sustainability measures. She represented Italy in many working groups of European Commission, OECD and United Nations. She was Co-Chair of Information Economy WG at OECD and was Head at ISTAT for the new surveys on ICT of Enterprises and e-Commerce and Information Society statistics, and surveys on Business and Households Services, contributing to the first OECD Manual on Information Society Statistics. Previously she was Chair of the Evaluation Committee of European Training for European Official Statisticians. Silvia Biffignandi is acting as a research consultant in economic statistics; is retired full professor Economic Statistics at Bergamo University. She participated and presented her papers in many international conferences, she published in many journals, including the JOS, the Statistical Journal of the IAOS. She has published several books, also by outstanding international editors. She has leaded as a coordinator/unit responsible many national and international projects (Eurostat, Ministry of Research, others).She has a record of international past and ongoing collaborations with leading statistical bodies (Eurostat, Istat, other NCIs); collaboration with several university experts both in Europe and oversee are ongoing on innovative research.Main research interests are on Official statistics and socio-economic analyses, topics like sustainability measurement and analysis, administrative data, sources integration, sampling, surveys methodology and panels construction (especially web). Samuel Ashong is an independent researcher with an interest in statistical methods, data science, and sustainable development. He currently has a masters degree in Economics and Data Analysis (European Master in Official Statistics) from the University of Bergamo, Italy and following a PHD programme at the same University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in Statistics from KUNST, Ghana. He has work experience with the Businesses,Well-being and Sustainable Development Studies Unit at ISTAT, Italy, and he also worked as an environmental, health and safety officer at a cement production company in Ghana. He is currently involved in research projects on sustainable practices of businesses. Details ISBN 3031281764 ISBN-13 9783031281761 Title Sustainable Practices in Italian Businesses Author Fabiola Riccardini, Silvia Biffignandi, Samuel Ashong Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 153 Edition 1st Publisher Springer International Publishing AG GE_Item_ID:143683194; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. 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ISBN-13: 9783031281761
Book Title: Sustainable Practices in Italian Businesses
Number of Pages: VII, 153 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sustainable Practices in Italian Business : Environmental, Social and Economic Aspects
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Enterprise Applications / Business Intelligence Tools, Earth Sciences / Geography, Probability & Statistics / General, Computer Science
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.2 Oz
Subject Area: Mathematics, Computers, Science
Author: Silvia. Biffignandi, Samuel Ashong, Fabiola Riccardini
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Springerbriefs in Environmental Science Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
