296 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Trust and ESG Strategies explores how trust shapes the design, implementation, and impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives across sectors and regions. As ESG moves from a niche concern to a central lens for evaluating organizations, questions about credibility, greenwashing, and stakeholder confidence have become impossible to ignore. This volume brings together... Read more

Part I: Trust as the Foundation of ESG Strategy and Performance 

1. The Role of Trust in ESG: Theoretical Foundations and Emerging Perspectives 

Joanna Paliszkiewicz, Ireneusz Dąbrowski, and Maciej Kacprzyk 

 2. The Role of Trust in ESG Implementation – Impact on Corporate Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement 

Marzena Ganc, Kamel Rouibah, Mirosław Wasilewski, and Marcin Ratajczak 

 3. Sustainable Trust: Integrating Ethics, Performance, and Technological Landscape in ESG Strategy 

Hasan Tutar, Damian Kedziora, and Joanna Kedziora 

 4.ESG Performance, Trust, and Financial Outcomes: Evidence from the European Food Sector 

Magdalena Mądra-Sawicka and Bernhard Koch 

5. Digital Trust Equity: Redefining ESG Performance Metrics 

Angelica Marotta 

6. Trust as the Catalyst: Linking ESG Disclosure and Performance in a Virtuous Cycle 

Phuoc Nguyen and Trang Nguyen 

 7. Sustainable development of enterprises, CSR, and ESG as elements that inspire trust among stakeholders in the market 

Ewa Stawicka, Agnieszka Parlińska, Orhan Cengiz, and Ayse Ipek Koca Balli 

 8. Trust and ESG: a Comparative Perspective between Poland and Tenerife 

Hanna Górska-Warsewicz and Barbara Rostecka 

Part II: Trust, ESG, and Stakeholders – From Employees to Consumers  

9. Sustainability Development (ESG) in the Opinion of  Diary Cooperatives Management in Poland  

Tomasz Felczak 

10. Enhancing trust through ESG practices in consumer relations 

Monika Utzig, Aneta Mikuła, Jozefína Hvastová, and Magdaléna Freňáková   

11. Young consumers’ perception of information on environmental and social activities of food companies 

Agnieszka Bobola, Irena Ozimek, Julita Szlachciuk, Olena Kulykovets, and Trang Nguyen 

12. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Building a Culture of Trust within Organizations 

Paulina Kramarz and Henryk Runowski  

 13. Enhancing Urban Consumers' Loyalty to the Community-Supported Agriculture Organic Farms Via SNSs: A Study From Perspectives Of Farmer-To-Consumer Know-How Exchange Model  

Quang-An Ha and Thi Hong Nhung Nguyen 

 14. Trust in AI Technology in the Food Service Sector as a Key to Reducing Food Waste – The Erasmus+ FoodConscious Project 

Agnieszka Tul-Krzyszczuk, Edyta Skarzyńska, Vasiliki Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini Tsouka, Beata Bilska, and Marzena Tomaszewska 

Part III: Sectoral Applications of ESG and Trust  

15. Building Trust through ESG in Higher Education: How European Universities are Embracing Sustainability and Governance 

Etleva Muça and Iwona Pomianek 

16. Sustainable Development of Higher Education Institutions: How Can Universities Strengthen the Trust of Their Stakeholders? 

Piotr Pietrzak, Marta Mendel, and Jóhanna Gísladóttir 

 17. Green Skies, Trusted Wings: Global Perspectives on ESG and SDGs in Aviation 

Leila Halawi 

 18. Nature-Based Solutions for Increased Reciprocal Trust Relationship Between Citizens and City Administration: An Urban Planning View 

Antonio Valentin Tache, Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor, and Cezar Scarlat 

Biography

Joanna Paliszkiewicz is a professor and the director of the Management Institute at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland.

Ireneusz Dąbrowski is an associate professor at the Department of Applied Economics and Head of the Monetary Policy Unit at SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

Steven Lorenzet, PhD, is the dean of the School of Health Sciences at Touro University, USA.

Angelica Marotta, PhD, is a researcher at the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Quang-An Ha, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the School of International Business – Marketing, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH).