Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in business models

Roberto Biloslavo*, David Edgar

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The challenges facing society require the search for increasingly innovative solutions that go beyond the development of new products and services or the improvement of production processes but rather encourage a holistic rethinking of how organisations, whether for profit or not for profit, operate. This means reconsidering business models and their key components such as value proposition, value creation, and delivery systems. This chapter explores how and to what extent the sustainable development goals are integrated into business model research and highlights that although business model scholarship has varying levels of engagement with the SDGs, there is vast opportunity for more proactive and strategic engagement, especially with SDG 16. By adapting and transforming business models according to the SDGs, organisations can improve their approach to responsible management and thus contribute more to the sustainable development of society.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Accounting for the Sustainable Development Goals
EditorsAndrea Venturelli, Chiara Mio
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter12
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781003404118
ISBN (Print)9781032518282
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2024

Publication series

NameRoutledge International Handbooks
PublisherRoutledge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
  • General Business,Management and Accounting
  • General Social Sciences

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