Corporate Governance and Sustainability The Role of the Board of Directors /

• Main Author: Minciullo, Marco (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Corporate governance.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Corporate Governance.; Sustainability Management.

This book discusses the implementation of sustainability in corporate governance mechanisms since 2013 and assesses how much the role of the Board of Directors has changed as a result. The study explores the impact of legislation upon corporate governance in two European contexts, the UK and Italy,...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Governance of Sustainability: A theoretical background
• Chapter 3: The Early stage of the Governance of Sustainability in Italy: The scenario in 2013
• Chapter 4: The Transition of the Corporate Governance towards Sustainability in Italy: The role of the new Code of Corporate Governance (2017)
• Chapter 5: Appraising the Evolution of the Governance of Sustainability: A longitudinal comparison between Italy and the United Kingdom (2013-2017)
• Chapter 6: Conclusions.