Sustainable Transformation Strategy: Casebook on Corporate Sustainability in Practice

This casebook demonstrates how companies can design and execute corporate sustainability strategies into their overall business strategy to achieve sustainable transformation. It offers a set of case studies from different industrial sectors such as aerospace and defence, beauty, energy, engineering and construction, fashion retail, financial services, food and hospitality, life sciences, motorsports, pharmaceutical, software, toy production. Each story presents practical and concrete actions taken by companies to develop their sustainability strategies, as well as challenges and issues faced during the process.Concluding with best practices emerging from the cross-case analysis, this book is beneficial for sustainability and management professionals, students and scholars.

Paolo Taticchi is Professor in Strategy and Sustainability and Deputy Director (MBA and Global Engagement) at the University College of London’s School of Management (London, UK). His research focuses on performance measurement and management, business networks, and corporate sustainability. He has published over 50 academic journal articles, and edited and co-authored four books, including Corporate Sustainability in Practice (Springer, 2021). In 2021, Paolo was indicated by Italy’s leading business daily newspaper, Sole 24 Ore, as the most influential Italian under the age of 40.

Melissa Demartini is an Adjunct Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Southern Demark (Odense, Denmark). Her research interests are mainly in the areas of corporate sustainability, operations management, and modelling. She has published over 25 papers in various indexed international academic journals. Outside of academia, Melissa is currently involved in research and consulting projects related to the sustainable and digital transformation of business and the role they play in the SDG agenda. She is also co-editor of Corporate Sustainability in Practice (Springer, 2021).

Melina Corvaglia-Charrey is a Research Assistant at the University College of London’s School of Management (London, UK) where she supports various projects focused on business strategy and sustainability including case studies and white papers. She has previously worked as a Sustainable Content Marketing Specialist for a UK-based consulting agency specializing in sports and sustainability, which is her particular area of research and academic interest. She is also a current member of Sports and Sustainability International (Lausanne, Switzerland) which is a non-profit organization that focuses on accelerating sustainability in and through sports.