Objectives This paper investigates which social sustainability practices are adopted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) already engaged in product environmental sustainability, and how these practices interact with eco-design and circular product strategies. Focusing on SMEs in the furniture sector, the study maps employee-centred and stakeholder-oriented practices and explores whether sustainability-oriented product strategies foster organizational learning, capability building, and more formal social sustainability mechanisms.
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM SMES IN THE FURNITURE SECTOR
Emanuela Conti
;Flavia Pallucca;
2026
Abstract
Objectives This paper investigates which social sustainability practices are adopted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) already engaged in product environmental sustainability, and how these practices interact with eco-design and circular product strategies. Focusing on SMEs in the furniture sector, the study maps employee-centred and stakeholder-oriented practices and explores whether sustainability-oriented product strategies foster organizational learning, capability building, and more formal social sustainability mechanisms.File in questo prodotto:
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