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The purpose of the article is to examine the relationship between corporate revenue and sustainability. The article consists of two parts. The first part analyses the literature on the subject; the second part presents the study of the principles of sustainable development and financial efficiency of enterprises. The survey covered 563 of the biggest industrial and service enterprises operating in Poland (Polska in Największe firmy w Polsce 2021, [1]). This study assesses the contribution that companies have made to the global sustainability concept. It is focused on issues related to the analysis of the dependent variable economic growth and independent variables, i.e.: determinants which described the engagement in sustainable development. In the article, the methods of descriptive statistics have been used. They show the differences in economic growth between different groups of companies engaged in sustainable development. The analysis was completed with selected examples of good practices that companies can use in the future. The article shows, that the implementation of sustainable development at the level of enterprises is not at a satisfactory level. Attention should be paid to the need to introduce state guidelines, which should motivate enterprises to work more intensively in this direction. Therefore, it is necessary to educate and promote the idea of sustainability in order to improve the environmental awareness of consumers. Only their conscious choice of more ecological products can induce companies to work on sustainability.
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Tomala, M. (2023). Sustainable Development in the Strategies of Polish Enterprises. In: Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (eds) Research and Innovation Forum 2022. RIIFORUM 2022. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19560-0_49
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