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Sustainability as organizational strategy is applied in both the public and private sector organizations as a set of concrete efforts to reduce the negative impacts on the environment and the society as a whole from the operational activities in service provision and product creation.
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Sustainability is defined through the set of active and efficient actions undertaken by organizations to positively impact societal issues, foster economic development and growth, reduce adverse environmental consequences, and improve overall governance, including accountability and transparency of operations. Over the past two decades, sustainability planning became an integral part of organizational strategies and strategic planning efforts. In private sector, sustainability is often utilized to supplement the strategic plan under the guise of...
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Alibašić, H. (2018). Sustainability as Organizational Strategy. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3433-1
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