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In the following section of this paper a literature review will be presented regarding
the impacts of government policies on the promotion of Social Responsibility practices. Special attention will be given to the construction industry, which was found to
be responsible for the main inadequate environmental practices under the scope of
CREA-AM surveillance. A detailed description of CREA-AM, its responsibilities
and scope of action, will be presented in the subsequent section, followed by the
description of the methodology used and the analysis of the results obtained. The
conclusions’ section ends the paper.
2 Government Policies and the Promotion of Corporate
Social Responsibility
Society increasingly expects the integration of corporate social responsibility in
corporate governance, based on the premise that in all businesses it is company’s
responsibility to meet social and environmental expectations, since profit-focused
corporate governance is leading to the destruction of the environment and the planet
(Aluchna and Roszkowska-Menkes 2019). Local government actions are essential to
create social and environmental responsibility in what concerns the achievement of
low carbon targets, and local government leaders are successful in creating innovations in environmental policies (Ming et al. 2020). Local governments’ policies regarding social and environmental responsibility must be aligned with local
economic development (Yu and Huang 2020), therefore a careful assessment of the
economic and environmental contexts of local governments must be done before
implementing environmental sustainability policies.
The disorderly economic growth of developing countries leads to environmental
degradation, and it is fundamental for governments to create incentives, new policies
and rules in order to raise awareness on the importance of corporate social responsibility in macro and microeconomic growth environments. The dissemination of
knowledge through lectures, seminars and courses, and the encouragement of innovation in new business models integrating corporate social responsibility and environmental responsibility, are key to the sustainable development of growing countries
(Bradley et al. 2020). For example, the energy exploitation of coal in Colombia faces
a series of social and economic pressures, at the national and international levels, to
meet environmental and social goals. A study focusing energy transition and natural
resources governance in this Colombian activity sector showed that discursive policies between government officials and coal companies had the greatest influence on
political strategies (Strambo et al. 2020). According to this study, the discursive policies were important to make companies aware of their responsibilities to society and
the planet, as their managerial focus cannot be solely on financial profits, regardless
of the health of their employees and of the environmental impacts of the companies’
activities (Strambo et al. 2020).
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In the following section of this paper a literature review will be presented regarding
the impacts of government policies on the promotion of Social Responsibility practices. Special attention will be given to the construction industry, which was found to
be responsible for the main inadequate environmental practices under the scope of
CREA-AM surveillance. A detailed description of CREA-AM, its responsibilities
and scope of action, will be presented in the subsequent section, followed by the
description of the methodology used and the analysis of the results obtained. The
conclusions’ section ends the paper.
2 Government Policies and the Promotion of Corporate
Social Responsibility
Society increasingly expects the integration of corporate social responsibility in
corporate governance, based on the premise that in all businesses it is company’s
responsibility to meet social and environmental expectations, since profit-focused
corporate governance is leading to the destruction of the environment and the planet
(Aluchna and Roszkowska-Menkes 2019). Local government actions are essential to
create social and environmental responsibility in what concerns the achievement of
low carbon targets, and local government leaders are successful in creating innovations in environmental policies (Ming et al. 2020). Local governments’ policies regarding social and environmental responsibility must be aligned with local
economic development (Yu and Huang 2020), therefore a careful assessment of the
economic and environmental contexts of local governments must be done before
implementing environmental sustainability policies.
The disorderly economic growth of developing countries leads to environmental
degradation, and it is fundamental for governments to create incentives, new policies
and rules in order to raise awareness on the importance of corporate social responsibility in macro and microeconomic growth environments. The dissemination of
knowledge through lectures, seminars and courses, and the encouragement of innovation in new business models integrating corporate social responsibility and environmental responsibility, are key to the sustainable development of growing countries
(Bradley et al. 2020). For example, the energy exploitation of coal in Colombia faces
a series of social and economic pressures, at the national and international levels, to
meet environmental and social goals. A study focusing energy transition and natural
resources governance in this Colombian activity sector showed that discursive policies between government officials and coal companies had the greatest influence on
political strategies (Strambo et al. 2020). According to this study, the discursive policies were important to make companies aware of their responsibilities to society and
the planet, as their managerial focus cannot be solely on financial profits, regardless
of the health of their employees and of the environmental impacts of the companies’
activities (Strambo et al. 2020).