Razvoj korporativne trajnosti v podjetjih z uporabo izbranih praks in orodij

Background and Purpose: The research paper identifies practices and tools to support corporate sustainability concept that can lead to increased business competitiveness in a dynamically developing business world. The pur­pose of the paper is to provide insight into the practices and tools of corporate sustainability applied by the Slovak industrial enterprises and which barriers do exist. Moreover, the aim is also to identify factors influencing the appli­cation of tools such as company ownership, importance of sustainability concept, and company vision. Design/Methodology/ Approach: In order to obtain the necessary data an online questionnaire was used. The sample of enterprises was selected on the basis of the enterprise size and the industry focus (n = 336). The following statistical methods were used 1) one-way ANOVA, 2) the Kruskal-Wallis test, and 3) the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Results: This paper revealed some key insights: 1) foreign-owned enterprises are better at application of sustain­ability practices and tools, 2) still quite a few enterprises attribute the importance to the concept, 3) the existence of barriers, particularly in the form of a lack of financial resources, 4) one of the key drivers of sustainability is enterprise vision. Conclusion: The paper created and analyzed quite a comprehensive list of practices and tools suitable for enter­prises in Slovakia. There was an effort to find out point at the ways how enterprises contribute to sustainable devel­opment. It was also found out that they attach importance to vision as a major trigger for the application of the tools. Keywords: Corporate sustainability, Practices, Tools, Barriers, Company visionOzadje in namen: V članku so opredeljene prakse in orodja za podporo konceptu trajnostnosti podjetij, ki lahko pri­vedejo do večje konkurenčnosti poslovanja v dinamično razvijajočem se poslovnem svetu. Namen prispevka je za­gotoviti vpogled v prakse in orodja korporativne trajnosti podjetij, kakršna uporabljajo slovaška industrijska podjetja, in identificirati ovire za njihovo uporabo. Cilj je tudi ugotoviti dejavnike, ki vplivajo na uporabo orodij, kot so lastništvo podjetja, percepcija pomena koncepta trajnosti in vizija podjetja. Zasnova / Metodologija / Pristop: Za pridobitev potrebnih podatkov je bil uporabljen spletni vprašalnik. Vzorec podjetij je bil izbran na podlagi velikosti podjetja in panoge (n = 336). Uporabljene so bile naslednje statistične me­tode: 1) enosmerna ANOVA, 2) Kruskal-Wallisov test in 3) Wilcoxonov testni seštevek. Rezultati: Raziskava je razkrila nekaj ključnih spoznanj: 1) podjetja v tuji lasti več uporabljajo trajnostne prakse in orodja; 2) še vedno precej podjetij ne pripisuje pomena trajnosti; 3) ovire obstajajo zlasti v obliki pomanjkanja finanč­nih sredstev; 4) eden ključnih dejavnikov trajnosti je vizija podjetja. Zaključek: V članku smo analizirali dokaj obsežen seznam praks in orodij, primernih za podjetja na Slovaškem. Prizadevali smo si, da bi ugotovili, kako podjetja prispevajo k trajnostnemu razvoju. Ugotovljeno je bilo tudi, da pripi­sujejo pomembnost viziji podjetja kot glavni pobudi uporabe orodij. Ključne besede: korporativna trajnost, prakse, orodja, ovire, vizija podjetj