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17672: Innovation and Challenges of Sustainability Transition Away from Plastics in Organisations

Saturday, July 26, 2025
08:30 - 10:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B0-m4
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Practice,International,Research,Diversity
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Sustainable transitions in organisations and a move away from unsustainable practices towards efficient waste management, like phasing out single-use plastics and extended producer responsibility require innovation, collaboration and revision of existing management approaches. Management theory needs to examine how small- and medium-sized enterprises and larger multinational enterprises can reduce environmental pollution through improving operations and responding to sustainability regulation (such as the European Union Green Deal and Corporate Social Responsibility Directive) as well as voluntary initiatives that promote circular economy and sustainability. Despite increased innovation in industries such as product tracing, digitalisation, sustainable product innovation, and efforts to engage consumers and suppliers in sustainable practices, gaps in understanding how to promote uptake of sustainable business models persist. This PDW aims to deliberate how management theory and research can encourage sustainability transformation in organisations and communities for global scaling up. Through panel presentations and roundtable discussions, this PDW offers a platform for researchers to exchange ideas and insights from research and impact activities and aims to: 1) explore theoretical foundations, innovations and social dimensions of scaling-up sustainable management; 2) shed light on knowledge gaps on sustainability transformation from a global perspective; 3) examine how management scholars engage with policy makers, practitioners and communities, and establish the interface between public policy and voluntary action for ecological and socially equitable transitions; 4) foster collaboration between scholars researching sustainable waste transitions.