Sustainability management implementation in a Finnish SME

Globaalit ympäristöongelmat vaikuttavat organisaatioiden taloudelliseen vakauteen sekä haastavat nykyiset johtamismenetelmät. Kestävän kehityksen johtamismenetelmille näh- dään kasvavaa tarvetta, mutta lukuisista työkaluista ja menetelmistä huolimatta niiden käyttöönotto on rajallista....

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Main Author: Kervinen, Ville
Other Authors: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/81943
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description Globaalit ympäristöongelmat vaikuttavat organisaatioiden taloudelliseen vakauteen sekä haastavat nykyiset johtamismenetelmät. Kestävän kehityksen johtamismenetelmille näh- dään kasvavaa tarvetta, mutta lukuisista työkaluista ja menetelmistä huolimatta niiden käyttöönotto on rajallista. Onkin todettu, että kestävän kehityksen johtamisen suunnittelun ja käyttöönoton välisistä rajoitteista on tutkimuspuutteita. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää kestävän kehityksen johtamisen käyttöönoton edellytyksiä tutkimalla, tunnistamalla ja luokittelemalla siihen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Samalla se pyrki tuomaan uutta tietoa edellä esitettyihin tutkimuspuutteisiin. Tapaustutkimus tarkastelee suomalaisen pk-yrityksen kestävän kehityksen johtamisen toteutukseen vaikuttavia tekijöitä ympäristönäkökulmaa painottaen, koska kohdeorganisaatio tarvitsi perustan ympäristöjohtamiselle. Tutkielma tarkasteli kestävän kehityksen johtamista kriittisten tapausten tekniikan avulla, ja yhdisti ympäristö- sekä kestävän kehityksen johtamisen näkökulmat datan triangulaation avulla. Tutkimustulokset toivat esille 30 tekijää, jotka vaikuttivat kohdeorganisaation kestävän kehityksen johtamisen käyttöönottoon. Tunnistetut tekijät jaettiin seitsemään kategoriaan sisällönanalyysin perusteella. Muodostetut kategoriat olivat johdon rooli, organisaatiorakenne, yhteistyö sidosyhtiön kanssa, työntekijöiden rooli, imagohyöty, organisaatiokulttuuri ja kansalliset tekijät. Tuloksista kävi ilmi myös kohdeorganisaation ympäristövaikutukset, joita hyödynnettiin ympäristöjärjestelmän toteuttamismallin luomisessa. Luodun mallin pohjalta kohdeorganisaatio voi kehittää ympäristöjohtamista. Rising environmental problems impact organisations’ economic stability and challenge the prevailing management methods. A growing need for sustainability management has risen, but its implementation is found lacking despite numerous tools, methods, and frameworks. Thus, a gap between sustainability management planning and implementation has been acknowledged. The current study aims to examine the conditions of sustainability management implementation by examining, identifying, and categorising the factors that impact its implementation and to provide knowledge for filling the presented gap. The current case study examines the factors that impact the sustainability management implementation of a Finnish SME from an environmental perspective as the target organisation urged a basis for environmental management. This qualitative study examined sustainability management through a critical incident technique interview and used data triangulation to connect environmental- and sustainability management perspectives. The study’s findings revealed 30 factors that impact the target organisation’s sustainability management implementation and, with content analysis, divided them into seven categories. The found categories were the role of top management, organisational structure, co-operation with the affiliated company, the role of employees, image benefit, organisational culture, and national factors. Simultaneously, the results revealed the target organisation’s environmental impacts that were utilised in an environmental management system implementation model based on which the environmental management can be developed.
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title_full Sustainability management implementation in a Finnish SME
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topic sustainability management implementation environmental management SME triple bottom line sustainability management model Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset kestävä kehitys johtaminen ympäristöjohtaminen small and medium-sized enterprises sustainable development leadership (activity) environmental leadership
topic_facet 20425 Corporate Environmental Management SME Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen environmental leadership environmental management johtaminen kestävä kehitys leadership (activity) pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset small and medium-sized enterprises sustainability management implementation sustainability management model sustainable development triple bottom line ympäristöjohtaminen
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