It is reasonable to claim that, backed by the implementation of regulations in the field of sustainable finance such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the European Union is positioning itself as a leader in the field of sustainability, adopting evaluation models based on ESG standards, which articulate the analysis of sustainability into three macro categories: Environmental, that is the analysis of the ecological impact of economic activities; Social, relating to aspects connected to workers’ well-being, gender equality and relationships with communities; and Governance, which concerns transparency, ethics, and the quality of decision-making processes within said organizations. This paper aims, taking into consideration the fact that, although such policies may be virtuous and favourable for the company’s long-term performance, to highlight how for many Italian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the increasing regulatory complexity often proves more of a burden than a benefit, making the approach to sustainability non financially implementable.
È ragionevole sostenere che, forte dell’implementazione di regolamenti in materia di finanza sostenibile quali la Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), l’Unione Europea si stia posizionando come leader nell’ambito della sostenibilità, adottando modelli di valutazione basati sugli standard ESG, che articolano l’analisi della sostenibilità in tre macro categorie: Environmental, ossia l’analisi dell’impatto ambientale delle attività economiche; Social, relativa agli aspetti legati al benessere dei lavoratori, alla parità di genere e alle relazioni con le comunità; e Governance, che riguarda la trasparenza, l’etica e la qualità dei processi decisionali all’interno di codeste organizzazioni. Il seguente elaborato si presuppone l’obiettivo, prendendo in considerazione il fatto che, sebbene tali politiche possano risultare virtuose e favorevoli per le performance aziendali nel lungo periodo, di mettere in luce come per molte piccole e medie imprese (PMI) italiane la crescente complessità normativa risulti spesso più un onere che un vantaggio, rendendo l’approccio alla sostenibilità non finanziariamente implementabile.
The ESG burden on SMEs
EGIDI, FEDERICO
2024/2025
Abstract
It is reasonable to claim that, backed by the implementation of regulations in the field of sustainable finance such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the European Union is positioning itself as a leader in the field of sustainability, adopting evaluation models based on ESG standards, which articulate the analysis of sustainability into three macro categories: Environmental, that is the analysis of the ecological impact of economic activities; Social, relating to aspects connected to workers’ well-being, gender equality and relationships with communities; and Governance, which concerns transparency, ethics, and the quality of decision-making processes within said organizations. This paper aims, taking into consideration the fact that, although such policies may be virtuous and favourable for the company’s long-term performance, to highlight how for many Italian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the increasing regulatory complexity often proves more of a burden than a benefit, making the approach to sustainability non financially implementable.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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