Companies and UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Abstract

This article analyses the important connection between corporate longevity, social responsibility and intellectual property rights (IPR) assets in the context of sustainability. Society is demanding greater transparency of the footprint corporate entities leave on the planet as a result of how their business model is activated. The private sector response necessary to operate sustainably in the long term is critically examined specifically in connection with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9). SDG 9 aims to "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation". Certain characteristics of companies in the century club are contrasted with those of the younger MNEs with IP-reliant digital business models to illustrate the important connection between innovation, IP, sustainability and corporate longevity. Learning from the management literature about the characteristics of established companies in the 'century club' together with a deeper understanding of core innovation theory may buttress the new digital MNE's adaptability, commercial success and longevity, within the wider sustainable industrialization context.

Scoping the Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Research in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Era

“…On the other hand, some studies tackled specific SDGs in their studies. For instance, Denoncourt [74] examined the connection between CSR and SDG 9, "industry, innovation, and infrastructure". Likewise, Calabrese, Costa, Ghiron, and Menichini [66] specifically studied the presence of SDG 5, "gender equality" among CSR managers.…”

“…Out of the 56 articles included in this scoping review, 36 articles analyzed CSR from a comprehensive approach that aims to balance the economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainability. The majority of these articles (32 articles) have a company-focused approach, such as exploring the impact of CSR on company reputation [73], identifying products, and process innovation, within organizations towards achieving the SDGs [74]. The research on large organizations and multinationals still dominate the literature on CSR [75][76][77], with little emphasis on the role of small and medium enterprises in achieving the SDGs through their CSR agendas.…”

“…The majority of the articles in this theme (24 articles) covered SDGs in a generic sense. Yet, studies such as Denoncourt [74], Katamba [82], and Robinson et al [79] tried to link specific goals with the CSR practices of companies such as SDGs 8, 12, and 13. Table 1 summarizes the results of the scoping review.…”

Responsabilidad Social Pública para contribuir a la consolidación de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible

“…En este sentido, en agosto de 2015, se firmó la nueva agenda 2030, (Denoncourt, 2020) que propone 17 objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, los cuales se convierten en la meta de la gran mayoría de países donde, las comunidades, las empresas, el sector público y privado se comprometen en una agenda común de transformación. Estos objetivos enunciados en la Figura 5 y explicados en la Tabla 6, son el punto de partida para analizar las tres dimensiones del desarrollo y el comercio justo como alternativa para el desarrollo sostenible, pues es evidente la coherencia entre los principios de comercio justo y los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (Corsi, Pagani, Kovaleski & Luiz, 2020 [6:1:1] El enfoque flexible de las políticas de RS coincide con una transición más amplia de la gobernanza pública en su conjunto, que lleva de la regulación jerárquica a modos de autorregulación y corregulación más parecidos a la red y a la asociación.…”

Implementation of General Sustainability Objectives as Tools to Improve the Environmental Performance of Industry

“…However, they also highlight the risk of the SDGs falling short because of the illusion that top-down steering by governments and intergovernmental organizations alone can address global problems. In the end, the question of when a business is truly sustainable needs to be addressed [32]. Also, in practice, the concept of societal transformation takes on largely different meanings for different actors across societies, for example, regarding pace, scope, goal and governability of transformations [33].…”