On March 30th, the Cátedra de Empresa y Humanismo participated in the Spring Conference on Sustainable Economy, a forum organized by the Chair of Common Good Economy and UV Sustainability.
The opening address was delivered by Rafael Climent, Regional Minister of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade, and Labor of the Valencian Regional Government, who conveyed in his message that sustainable development goes beyond corporate social responsibility. It is a new vision, a new culture that aims to achieve greater resilience for the region's productive system. Companies must find social and economic balance, responding to current consumer demands.
During her presentation, Isabel Castillo, Director of the CE/R+S Club of Responsible and Sustainable Companies of the Valencian Community, emphasized that non-financial information is no longer independent but rather part of the accounts that companies submit annually, accounts that go hand in hand with purpose and value generation.
While it is true that the regulations, which previously required large companies to submit sustainability reports, since 2021 require it for those with more than 250 employees, the fact that the volume of reports submitted is increasing, 𝗻𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝘂𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻ó𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼.
For his part, Tomas Gonzalez, Director of Cátedra de Empresa y Humanismo, spoke of the need to standardize sustainability measurement criteria in order to establish a comparable and verifiable information system that simplifies costs and complexity and provides access for SMEs to incorporate, measure, and communicate their sustainability.
In this regard, he announced that work is being done on the 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀, a proposal under the framework of the Law 18/2018 of the Generalitat Valenciana (Generalitat Valenciana) aims to make it easier for medium-sized and small businesses to begin preparing, measuring, and managing their reports.
