Deadline: June 14, 2024
About the Book: Sustainability represents a great challenge for companies today. Understanding sustainability management in the luxury industry is necessary to know its implementation considering the stakeholder expectations, and the benefit of society and the environment. Different theories and methodologies to measure their impacts show the contribution of luxury companies to sustainable development through innovative solutions that apply to their value chain. The communication strategy is crucial to increase transparency.
The book aims to provide a theoretical and practical reflection on the various implications of sustainable management in the luxury sector. The guiding thread of this proposal is intended to be the journey from detecting the need to implement a sustainable management strategy in their companies in the luxury sector, to the challenge of measuring all sustainability issues, or how the future of data management is and its usefulness for making better decisions. In this way, the reader is shown the different stages in which a luxury company can find itself in the management of its sustainability, so that it becomes a theoretical-practical manual for those responsible for this discipline.
Aims and Scope: The scope of this book covers an advanced level of theories and development of materials in the field of sustainable luxury management, the strategies, measurements and value of Sustainability to understand the main challenges of sustainability in the luxury industry. The book depends on the following themes (but not limited to):
- Luxury and sustainable management.
- Sustainability goals and opportunities for luxury companies.
- Implementing goals and opportunities for luxury companies.
- Implementing sustainability in luxury business
- Impact of regulation on sustainability for luxury companies.
- Consumer behavior and Sustainable luxury
- Strategies for sustainable supply chain management in luxury.
- Collaborating with stakeholders in luxury companies.
- Marketing strategies for sustainability in luxury
- Strategic communication management to enhance the sustainability of luxury brands.
- Differences in sustainable luxury management between conglomerates and small players.
- Particularities of the measurement of sustainable luxury management according to the sector, products and services.
- Commonly accepted single metrics to measure sustainability issues: global reporting initiative, etc. Creating value for stakeholders and shareholders of luxury companies.
- Measuring sustainable management among the value chain of luxury companies.
- Measuring ESG criteria in the luxury industry.
- The challenges of measuring sustainability: variables, methodologies and interpretations.
Book Editors:
Dr. Celia Rangel-Pérez. Complutense University of Madrid, Avda.Complutense, s/n. 28040, Madrid-Spain. 0034 91 394 2220. cerangel@ucm.es
Dr. Belén López Vázquez. ESIC University, Avda. Valdenigriales, s/n 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón Madrid, Spain. 0034 91 4524100. belen.lopez@esic.university
Manuel Fernández Menéndez. Valdenigriales, s/n 2822 ESIC University, Avda. 3 Pozuelo de Alarcón Madrid Spain. 0034 91 4524100. manuel.fernandezmenendez@esic.university
Important Dates:
- Abstract submission: 14th June 2024
- Notification of abstract acceptance: 30th June 2024
- Full chapter submission: 15th October 2024
Notification the first chapter review: 30th November 2024 Revised chapter submission: 15 January 2025 Notification of second chapter review: 1st March 2025 Final submission of full chapter: 1st April 2025 Submission to publisher: 20th June 2025
How to Submit Abstract/Book Chapter and Queries:
Ensure the complete information of authors and co- authors and send an abstract by the scheduled deadline (14th June 2024) following this link: https://forms.office.com/e/ELs74JnRyV?origin=lprLink
For any query, please, send an email to the editors via these email addresses:
- cerangel@ucm.es
- belen.lopez@esic.university
- manuel.fernandezmenendez@esic.university
