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Toward Strategic Sustainability Integration: A Longitudinal Case Study of ESG Governance at Corticeira Amorim
(2026-11-01) Lobo, Carla Azevedo; Pinheiro, Paula; Jayantilal, Shital; Oliveira, Susana; Santos-Pereira, Carla
This study examines how a mature industrial corporation integrates ESG governance, SDG alignment, integrated thinking and reporting, and circular economy principles into a coherent sustainability strategy. While prior research often examines these frameworks separately, this study focuses on how they interact as interrelated governance, accountability, reporting, and operational mechanisms that support corporate sustainability transformation. In doing so, the paper responds to the need for case-based empirical evidence on how sustainability becomes embedded in corporate governance and strategic decision-making. The research adopts a longitudinal qualitative case study of Corticeira Amorim, the world’s leading cork producer. The empirical analysis is based on the company’s Sustainability Reports and Annual Consolidated Reports from 2018 to 2023. Through qualitative document analysis, the study examines the evolution of board-level ESG oversight, strategic sustainability disclosure, integrated reporting practices, stakeholder accountability mechanisms, and circular economy initiatives. The findings indicate a gradual transition from fragmented sustainability initiatives toward a more integrated governance model. The analysis identifies four interconnected dimensions of sustainability integration: strategic SDG alignment, ESG governance institutionalization, integrated thinking and reporting, and circular economy operationalization. These dimensions suggest that sustainability at Corticeira Amorim has progressively moved beyond compliance-oriented disclosure toward a broader governance and value-creation logic. The study contributes to the corporate governance and sustainability literature by providing case-based evidence of how ESG governance structures, sustainability reporting practices and circular economy principles may reinforce one another within a single organizational system. The case illustrates how integrated sustainability governance can support strategic coherence, stakeholder accountability and long-term value creation in a mature industrial firm.
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A excelência aprende-se. No turismo, qualificar é criar valor [artigo de imprensa]
(2026-10-30) Quintela, Joana A.
O turismo continua a assumir um peso significativo na economia nacional. Segundo os dados do Turismo de Portugal, em 2025, o alojamento turístico em Portugal registou 32,5 milhões de hóspedes e 82 milhões de dormidas. As receitas turísticas atingiram 29,1 mil milhões de euros. Estes resultados reforçam a responsabilidade de preparar o setor para o futuro. Num mercado competitivo, com visitantes cada vez mais informados, crescer exige prestar melhores serviços, valorizar carreiras e criar benefícios para os territórios e as comunidades. Na hotelaria e na restauração, setores fundamentais da atividade turística, a hospitalidade exige conhecimento especializado para responder às expectativas dos clientes e à competitividade do mercado. Esta necessidade é particularmente evidente no enoturismo, que tem registado uma evolução significativa em Portugal na última década e uma crescente projeção internacional, com os mercados externos a representarem cerca de 61% da procura, entre 2024 e 2025. [...]