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An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30643 An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business Gibson, Donald ichelp@gibs.co.za Pillay, Sheradia UCTD Embed South Africa (SA) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Implementation Sustainability Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. A fundamental shift in businesses markets in recent times has seen stricter regulation in place, enforcing the need for companies to adopt sustainability strategies. This impacts how companies operate, what they measure and how they report. Businesses need to develop a sustainability strategy that covers a range of key issues and implement it effectively, which in itself can pose challenges. The aim of the research is to investigate how companies in South Africa have successfully implemented or incorporated their sustainability strategy into their core business activities. Sustainability incorporates three key considerations namely social, economic and environmental. Using qualitative research methods, data was gathered to understand companies strategy and their process of successful implementation. Key outcomes of the research was a company view of the drivers of sustainability in companies, the identification of tools and methods crucial to implementation and finally the identification of key enablers and constraints to consider when implementing. The findings led to, two developments. One being the development of a three phased implementation map, that identifies specific tools applicable at each phase based on change theory. Second is a framework that summarizes the key enablers to successfully incorporate sustainability in an oragnisation. Gordon Institute of Business Science Restricted 2013-09-09T07:21:03Z 2013-04-30 2013-09-09T07:21:03Z 2013-04-25 2012-11-07 2013-02-24 Dissertation Pillay, S 2012, An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-120156/ > F13/4/251/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30643 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-120156/ en © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Embed South Africa (SA) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Implementation Sustainability An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title | An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title_full | An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title_fullStr | An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title_short | An investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| title_sort | investigation into the manner of implementing sustainability in business |
| topic | UCTD Embed South Africa (SA) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Implementation Sustainability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30643 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-120156/ |