The adoption of digital technologies has been at once vogue and attractive in recent years, thanks to the benefits they offer and the role they play in the digital world. Digital technologies are a vital tool for businesses, enabling them to increase their resistance to adverse external shocks and achieve sustainability. These technologies are increasingly being used by major corporations to reshape their business models and adjust their organizational and operational approaches to balance their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
Companies undertaking a digital transformation need to integrate the technologies concerned with green strategies and practices. Thus, companies striving to achieve sustainability goals should implement a set of green practices. This book examines the relationship between digital technologies and corporate sustainability. The objective is to investigate the significance of utilizing digital technologies to implement green strategies, including but not limited to green process innovation, energy-efficient solutions, eco-packaging, and materials recycling, the circular economy, and practices to address safety risks.
The book "Digital technologies, Sustainability & Green practices" aims to provide readers with an understanding of the key role of digitization and its impact on corporate sustainability. Furthermore, the book promises to inspire readers to use digital tools to manage and improve corporate sustainability through the application of green practices. In other words, this book offers new perspectives to various interested parties (e.g., academics, regulators, banking institutions, etc.), enabling them to better understand the technological and governance challenges. In addition, this book provides an impressive academic contribution to digital technologies and their impact on sustainability. Decision-makers should heed the research and recognize the factors driving digital technologies.