The forgotten pillar of sustainability: development of the S-assessment tool to evaluate Organizational Social Sustainability
Alessandro Annarelli, Tiziana Catarci, Laura Palagi

TL;DR
This paper introduces the S-Assessment Tool, a comprehensive questionnaire designed to evaluate organizational social sustainability across key SDG-related dimensions, addressing a critical but often overlooked pillar of sustainability.
Contribution
It develops and validates a novel assessment tool for measuring social sustainability in organizations, based on a systematic review and SDG-aligned framework.
Findings
The S-Assessment Tool effectively evaluates social sustainability performance.
The framework covers health, gender equality, decent work, and more.
It promotes organizational awareness and improvement in social impact.
Abstract
Pursuing sustainable development has become a global imperative, underscored adopting of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). At the heart of this agenda lies the recognition of social sustainability as a pivotal component, emphasizing the need for inclusive societies where every individual can thrive. Despite its significance, social sustainability remains a "forgotten pillar," often overshadowed by environmental concerns. In response, this paper presents the development and validation of the S-Assessment Tool for Social Sustainability, a comprehensive questionnaire designed to evaluate organizations' performance across critical dimensions such as health and wellness, gender equality, decent work, and economic growth, reducing inequalities, and responsible production and consumption. The questionnaire was constructed on the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsQuality and Supply Management · Global and Cross-Cultural Management · Evaluation and Performance Assessment
