Business case of adopting corporate sustainability measures: a multi-study through a bibliometric research and literature review

Abstract

Has invested in Corporate Sustainability a positive economic return? If so, where is it hitting? Are the benefits only attributable to the environment or also to the shareholders?. This research aims to write a state of the art about the economic impact of being sustainable. We will analyze the 200 most cited peer-reviewed articles about 'Corporate Sustainability Performance' using the Scopus database until May 2018. We will perform a bibliometric study and an expert classification to get detailed research on Corporate Sustainability and economic performance. The expert analysis's most outstanding conclusion is that 70% of the companies introducing sustainability measures have an operational or financial positive economic impact.