An Evaluative Approach of Corporate Sustainability in Agrifood System

In recent decades, companies have developed innovative sustainable business management models capable of integrating green, resilient and inclusive approaches. Recently, partly as a result of EU and international regulatory guidelines, Corporate Sustainability (CS) is becoming more diffused in business models through which companies have attempted to integrate the three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental). The objective of this research is to analyze the processes of integrating CS into business management and the related online communication of implemented sustainable actions through an integrated methodological approach based on the analysis of the websites of Italian agribusinesses, using the “7S” method of analysis, supplemented by specific Focus Groups to acquire qualitative information directly from a sample of companies to analyze the motivations for companies to move toward sustainable actions. In the paper, the methodological approach will be proposed, as the research is in progress and includes, among the objectives, the identification of key drivers and the implementation of strategies for CS in line with the SDGs related to the corporate ecosystem.