TY - JOUR

T1 - Sustainability learnings from the COVID-19 crisis

T2 - Opportunities for resilient industry and business development

AU - Schaltegger, Stefan

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.

PY - 2021/8/26

Y1 - 2021/8/26

N2 - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify sustainability learnings from origins of epidemics such as COVID-19 and deduct conclusions for businesses to create sustainable futures in three industries, which are strongly affected by Covid-19. Two main questions guide the discussion: How can we break the paths of viral epidemics through accounting for sustainability issues in the supply chain? How can we learn from sustainable supply chain failures to transform industries for sustainable futures?Design/methodology/approachThis viewpoint provides a conceptual discussion of opportunities and the necessity to develop resilient businesses for three indsutries, which have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 crises.FindingsTo defeat future pandemics, three paths how epidemics develop need to be broken in order to create sustainable development structural transitions beyond degrowth are needed.Practical implicationsThe practical implications for this paper are the learnings for management to develop more resilient businesses.Social implicationsBy breaking the three paths of pandemic development and by contributing to sustainable futures of sectors, the likelihood of future pandemics can be reduced.Originality/valueBy considering origins and the past of pandemics and with sustainability transformations of businesses, contributions can be made for more sustainable futures of industries.

AB - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify sustainability learnings from origins of epidemics such as COVID-19 and deduct conclusions for businesses to create sustainable futures in three industries, which are strongly affected by Covid-19. Two main questions guide the discussion: How can we break the paths of viral epidemics through accounting for sustainability issues in the supply chain? How can we learn from sustainable supply chain failures to transform industries for sustainable futures?Design/methodology/approachThis viewpoint provides a conceptual discussion of opportunities and the necessity to develop resilient businesses for three indsutries, which have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 crises.FindingsTo defeat future pandemics, three paths how epidemics develop need to be broken in order to create sustainable development structural transitions beyond degrowth are needed.Practical implicationsThe practical implications for this paper are the learnings for management to develop more resilient businesses.Social implicationsBy breaking the three paths of pandemic development and by contributing to sustainable futures of sectors, the likelihood of future pandemics can be reduced.Originality/valueBy considering origins and the past of pandemics and with sustainability transformations of businesses, contributions can be made for more sustainable futures of industries.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - business model

KW - Sustainability accounting

KW - industry transformation

KW - COVID-19

KW - Sustainability learnings

KW - Sustainability transformation

KW - business model

KW - Sustainability accounting

KW - industry transformation

KW - covid-19

KW - sustainability learnings

KW - sustainability transformation

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U2 - 10.1108/SAMPJ-08-2020-0296

DO - 10.1108/SAMPJ-08-2020-0296

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 12

SP - 889

EP - 897

JO - Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

JF - Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

SN - 2040-8021

IS - 5

ER -