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Social Sustainability of Water and Waste Management Companies in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorSantos, Eleonora
dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Jacinta Raquel
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T09:41:47Z
dc.date.available2022-01-03T09:41:47Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-26
dc.description.abstractThe Sustainable Development Goals aim at balancing economic, social and environmental development. In this framework, social sustainability is key to tackle current challenges that hinder the maximization of social satisfaction. Yet, for many years, scholars have negleted the social dimension. A possible explanation may be the difficulty to measure social concepts such as well-being and prosperity. Thus, we argue that, to evaluate sectoral performance, the concept of social sustainability should be translated into metrics, by focusing on the indicators that impact on those social concepts. Consequently, time-series data from Quadros do Pessoal, PORDATA and SABI databases for the sector of Water Collection, Treatment and Distribution, Sanitation, Waste Management and Depollution, are consulted to analyze the evolution of those indicators and evaluate corporate performance concerning social sustainability in 2008–2019. In line with previous literature, we use average wages and employment as proxies for social sustainability. However, we introduce a new indicator, the average term for receipts to carry out an analysis from the stakeholders’ perspective. The results suggest that, especially as of 2017, sectoral firms appear to have reagained their momentum concerning social sustainability performance. This study provides the opportunity to uncover average sectoral trends on social sustainability and paves the way for future research exploring firms’ heterogeneity.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSantos E, Moreira J. Social Sustainability of Water and Waste Management Companies in Portugal. Sustainability. 2022; 14(1):221. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010221pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14010221pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6440
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationCentre of Applied Research in Management and Economics
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSocial Sustainabilitypt_PT
dc.subjectManagement and Assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectWater and Waste Managementpt_PT
dc.subjectCorporate Performancept_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleSocial Sustainability of Water and Waste Management Companies in Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleCentre of Applied Research in Management and Economics
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04928%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage221pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainabilitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
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person.givenNameEleonora
person.givenNameJacinta Raquel
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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