Future of Sustainable Management of Energy Companies in Terms of Attitudes and Preferences of the Younger Generation

Arnold Pabian,Barbara Pabian,Katarzyna Bilińska-Reformat

doi:10.3390/en14113207

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The future of the energy sector depends on the younger generation. The paper presents the results of the study, the aim of which was to determine to what extent younger generation is pro-ecological and pro-social, and whether they will include pro-ecological and pro-social activities in the management of energy companies. It is especially important to implement sustainable management in the energy sector. The study found that only 33.9% of young people are highly pro-ecological and 28.6% highly pro-social. As many as 83.0% of the younger generation show low and medium interest in environmental protection. Declarations of young people concerning high degree of inclusion of pro-ecological and pro-social activities in management are at the level of 49.9% and 58.1%. However, in many cases, these intentions do not coincide with the high pro-ecological and pro-social attitude of young people. This means that their future activity for sustainable management may be low. According to the survey, the younger generation to a large extent is not prepared to continue efforts for sustainable development in the future in the energy companies.

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Energy companies, like companies from other sectors of the economy, significantly contribute to the deterioration of the condition of our planet
The purpose of the study was to determine to what extent young people are pro-ecological and pro-social, and whether they will include activities aimed at environmental protection and solving social problems in the management of these companies, if they occupy the highest positions in energy companies
The questions aimed to determine: (a) whether young people are pro-ecological, and, they try to protect the natural environment of humans from destruction, (b) whether young people are interested in environmental issues, and, if they follow news and programs on this issue broadcast by the Internet, TV, radio, press, and whether they develop their knowledge about ecological threats and the ways of counteracting them, (c) whether they will limit the negative impact of their companies on the natural environment when occupying the top management positions in enterprises in the future, and (d) what percentage of profit of their future companies they will be ready to spend on financing pro-ecological projects

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Like companies from other sectors of the economy, significantly contribute to the deterioration of the condition of our planet. As a result of the growing ecological and social threats, the Earth is losing its potential, heading towards the limits of nature’s tolerance. In the past 50 years, the impact of human enterprise and human numbers on the earth has been devastating. We are living at a time of peak consumption and peak waste [1] As D. There is no business to be done on a dead planet [3]. Research shows that humanity needs a regenerative capacity of 1.6 Earth to guarantee a supply of goods and services that are consumed globally each year [4]

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