This article contributes to the emerging stream of corporate carbon emission research, which zooms in on CEOs' responsibility in organizations' strategic decision-making. This investigation offers new knowledge of how a CEO's regulatory focus can shape whether firms reduce their carbon...

Sustainability issues became ever more important for firms' business strategies. Not living up to public and stakeholders' expectations results in controversies damaging the firm's reputation. Firms integrate sustainability aspects – environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues – in...

One of the most investigated research topics in the corporate sustainability literature is “the” business case. Long lionized for linking the profit motive to corporate environmental initiatives, the business case for sustainability is now vehemently criticized. These critics generally argue...

Firms worldwide are currently investigating ways to decarbonize global supply chains. Corporate scope 3 carbon emission reporting is a critical first step but is not yet a common activity for most firms. The current literature on corporate scope 3 reporting is highly fragmented and does not...

The theoretical foundation of (sustainable) supply chain management (SSCM) is an issue of frequent debate. Integrating it with the Global Production Networks (GPN), which is a kind of stepsibling, can help expanding the theoretical foundations of SSCM. The purpose of this paper is to explore how...

This study explores the relationship between chief executive officers (CEOs) and the board of directors in the context of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Based on a multi-theoretical approach, it examines whether dynamic CEO capabilities (DCCs) facilitate ESG performance...

Many initiatives and targets have been developed to address the unsustainable consumption of resources that consider the interconnected impacts and trade‐offs that exist between different resources that are critical for the functioning of human societies and economies. Despite efforts to...