Scaling Sustainability: Regulation and Resilience in Managerial Responses to Climate Change. (15th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goworek, Helen; Land, Chris; Burt, George; Zundel, Mike; Saren, Mike; Parker, Martin; Lambe, Brendan
• Other Names: Goworek Helen guestEditor.; Land Chris guestEditor.; Burt George guestEditor.; Zundel Mike guestEditor.; Saren Mike guestEditor.; Parker Martin guestEditor.; Lambe Brendan guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: British journal of management. Volume 29:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 209
• Page End: 219
• Publication Date: 2018-04-15
• Subjects: Management -- Periodicals; 658.00941
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12295
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-3172

Abstract

Abstract: This paper introduces the special issue of the British Journal of Management on 'Scaling Sustainability: Regulation and Resilience in Managerial Responses to Climate Change', providing an overview of the key issues in scaling sustainability, comprising an analysis of the six papers in the special issue. We discuss the complex relationship between micro, meso and macro scales, in the context of organizations', managers' and consumers' complicity in the creation and intensification of climate‐changing conditions. In networking multiple sites into a 'global' scale, managers and organizations can lose sight of the situated, localized nature of the position from which they perform the global. We conclude that a key factor in the capacity and speed at which local actions can be scaled up is the connection of sustainability‐related activities by intermediary organizations that can generate resonance between multiple sites through association or alliance, rather than imposing a single logic. Thus, more resilient approaches, which acknowledge the significance of the interconnection between scales, are required to effectively scale sustainability strategies upwards or downwards.