FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY, THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT – A THEORETICAL APPROACH

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2162172209091

• Palavras-chave: sustainable development; sustainability; excellence in management; EFQM.

• Keywords: sustainable development; sustainability; excellence in management; EFQM.

• Abstract:

  The desired corporate sustainability, and particularly the agri-food sector needs to go through sustainable development, and management excellence, which we vehemently discussed in the doctorate in agribusiness, and sustainability. Hence a question arose: is there a management system that offers sustainability to companies? Our objective was: to identify bibliographies that support the hypothesis that there is a gap to be filled, precisely the lack of management systems that provide economic, social, and environmental sustainability to these companies. We propose specific objectives: 1. Collect and identify scientific articles published in appropriate journals, based on the keywords; 2. Verify and understand, and if the authors propose a management system focused on sustainable development and sustainability; 3. Verify that the European Quality Foundation's Management Excellence Model would be appropriate for the corporate sustainability proposal. We conducted a collection of 51 articles from the Scopus, and Scholar Google platforms, and qualitative analysis of the bibliographic search data. The research validated the hypothesis and demonstrated that there is no management system that definitely provides companies with the desired sustainability. Therefore, it is challenging for further studies to clarify this issue, and the ODS EC 2030 to be addressed.