Abstract

This research work will address the subject of sustainable operations and relate sustainable operations and financial performance to evaluate the extent to which organizations could achieve sustainable operations and profits. Using recent data on global corporations, the study discusses different types of sustainability activities, including resource use, carbon footprinting, and supply chain, and measures the effectiveness of these activities by the value-added operational measures of gross margins and rate of return on equity. The outcome shows that organizations that embrace sustainable practices have higher chances of making savings in costs, increased reputation, and efficiency implying better organizational performance. Using transparency in sustainability reporting also brings to light that firms want to report their E&S impacts and disclose them, attaining enhanced investors’ confidence and competitiveness in the market. These results provide further evidence to understand that sustainability needs to be integrated into companies’ value-creating activities and processes to become a protective factor as well as an enabler of financial performance.

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