Chapter 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Abstract

Recently, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15),¹ in December 2009, we kept our eyes on the political representatives of the countries present, in the hope that decisions would be made that could restrain global warming, soil exhaustion levels, predatory deforesting, the near absence of potable water, the disappearance of animal and plant species and the damage caused by the pollution imposed on nature. Although with great caution, it was expected that the industrialised² nations, led by the United States,³ which over the years have reached a high level of economic and social development, would lead the negotiations, alongside China⁴ and the so-called emerging nations (India⁵ and Brazil, among others) that are now pursuing economic and social development, taking urgent measures with effectiveness and climatic justice, seeking to control global imbalance.

Citation

de Melo Rico, E. (2011), "Chapter 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability", Aras, G. and Crowther, D. (Ed.) Governance in the Business Environment (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 195-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-0523(2011)0000002013