TY  - JOUR
A1  - Biewendt, Marcel
A1  - Blaschke, Florian
A1  - Böhnert, Arno
T1  - An evaluation of corporate sustainability in context of the Jevons paradox
T2  - SocioEconomic Challenges
N2  - The successful implementation and continuous development of sustainable corporate-level solutions is a challenge. These are endeavours in which social, environmental, and financial aspects must be weighed against each other. They can prove difficult to handle and, in some cases, almost unrealistic. Concepts such as green controlling, IT, and manufacturing look promising and are constantly evolving. This paper aims to achieve a better understanding of the field of corporate sustainability (CS). It will evaluate the hypothesis by which Corporate Sustainability thrives, via being efficient, increasing the performance, and raising the value of the input of the enterprises to the resources used. In fact, Corporate Sustainability on the surface could seem to contradict the idea, which supports the understanding that it encourages the reduction of the heavy reliance on the use of natural resources, the overall environmental impact, and above all, their protection. To understand how the contradictory notion of CS came about, in this part of the paper, the emphasis is placed on providing useful insight to this regard. The first part of this paper summarizes various definitions, organizational theories, and measures used for CS and its derivatives like green controlling, IT, and manufacturing. Second, a case study is given that combines the aforementioned sustainability models. In addition to evaluating the hypothesis, the overarching objective of this paper is to demonstrate the use of green controlling, IT, and manufacturing in the corporate sector. Furthermore, this paper outlines the current challenges and possible directions for CS in the future.
KW  - rebound-effect
KW  - grey energy
KW  - efficiency side-effects
KW  - jevons paradox
KW  - corporate sustainability
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11195
SN  - 2520-6214
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SP  - 46
EP  - 65
PB  - ARMG Publishing
CY  - Sumy
ER  -