Sustainability – how and why?
A recently published collection of essays on a complex concept that needs to be understood in depth
Sustainability, which is one of the most talked about key indicators of our time. “To be sustainable means to be competitive, to convince, to revive one’s place in the market, to have consensus, to have credibility. To invest, and therefore to grow. The concept of sustainability is complex and important. A concept that needs to be thoroughly understood and constantly updated. The book “Il paradigma della sostenibilità” (The paradigm of sustainability), just published by Marilene Lorizio (who teaches political economy at the University of Foggia), is a collection of texts written by several authors, who look at sustainability from different points of view, offering reflections, analyses, insights and projects from the fields of economics and statistics.
Lorizio and his collaborators start with a premise: sustainability now seems destined to profoundly and irreversibly change future economic and social scenarios, involving and affecting a wide range of sectors, thanks to its cross-cutting nature. A cross-cutting approach is therefore needed to understand the meaning, logic and applications of sustainability. An approach that must also take into account the growing pressure from global public opinion for more responsible and sustainable choices, both for companies and for citizens and institutions. A pressure that has been accompanied by a substantial production of regulations on the subject, both at European and national level. This is a logical consequence of the demand for a “more sustainable world”, which aims to guide, encourage and facilitate a path towards sustainability that does not always appear simple and transparent. Because sustainability must always take into account the competitiveness of the productive sector and the growth of the country system. The work, edited by Lorizio, then goes on to discuss the goals to be shared, the means to achieve them and the conditions that need to be considered.
The book’s various chapters deal with issues such as the relationship between digitalisation and sustainability, theoretical reference models, sustainability indicators, climate change and sustainability, and its relationship with specific economic sectors.
All with a fundamental belief: the transition to sustainability can be a strategic factor for the competitiveness of the productive sector, by aligning and agreeing on multiple and different objectives belonging to the different actors: companies, society and institutions.
Il paradigma della sostenibilità
Marilene Lorizio (edited by)
Franco Angeli, 2024
A recently published collection of essays on a complex concept that needs to be understood in depth
Sustainability, which is one of the most talked about key indicators of our time. “To be sustainable means to be competitive, to convince, to revive one’s place in the market, to have consensus, to have credibility. To invest, and therefore to grow. The concept of sustainability is complex and important. A concept that needs to be thoroughly understood and constantly updated. The book “Il paradigma della sostenibilità” (The paradigm of sustainability), just published by Marilene Lorizio (who teaches political economy at the University of Foggia), is a collection of texts written by several authors, who look at sustainability from different points of view, offering reflections, analyses, insights and projects from the fields of economics and statistics.
Lorizio and his collaborators start with a premise: sustainability now seems destined to profoundly and irreversibly change future economic and social scenarios, involving and affecting a wide range of sectors, thanks to its cross-cutting nature. A cross-cutting approach is therefore needed to understand the meaning, logic and applications of sustainability. An approach that must also take into account the growing pressure from global public opinion for more responsible and sustainable choices, both for companies and for citizens and institutions. A pressure that has been accompanied by a substantial production of regulations on the subject, both at European and national level. This is a logical consequence of the demand for a “more sustainable world”, which aims to guide, encourage and facilitate a path towards sustainability that does not always appear simple and transparent. Because sustainability must always take into account the competitiveness of the productive sector and the growth of the country system. The work, edited by Lorizio, then goes on to discuss the goals to be shared, the means to achieve them and the conditions that need to be considered.
The book’s various chapters deal with issues such as the relationship between digitalisation and sustainability, theoretical reference models, sustainability indicators, climate change and sustainability, and its relationship with specific economic sectors.
All with a fundamental belief: the transition to sustainability can be a strategic factor for the competitiveness of the productive sector, by aligning and agreeing on multiple and different objectives belonging to the different actors: companies, society and institutions.
Il paradigma della sostenibilità
Marilene Lorizio (edited by)
Franco Angeli, 2024