Maturity of Managing ESG Aspects vs. Supply Chain Resilience

Barbara Ocicka, Kamil Gemra

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Theoretical background: Resilience is one of the most desirable attributes of enterprises and supply chains in the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment. The theory of dynamic capabilities provides a theoretical foundation for building enterprise and supply chain resilience. The ESG concept has the potential to enhance business resilience to climate crisis on an evolutionary transformation path derived from maturity models.

Purpose of the article: The article aims to assess the maturity of managing ESG aspects in the process approach in enterprises and supply chains, and to examine the relationship between ESG management maturity and the perceived resilience of enterprises and supply chains to the climate crisis, based on survey data collected from company representatives.

Research methods: The article presents results of the research carried out within the project titled “The quality of management of ESG aspects vs. resilience to crises. Enterprises – financial institutions – local government units,” at the Institute of Corporate Finance and Investment in the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, in 2023. The authors compress the results of the literature review, and the qualitative survey conducted among 100 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, included in the WIG20, mWIG40 and sWIG80 stock exchange indices.

Main findings: The incorporation of ESG aspects into business process management is developing in two perspectives: internal in the enterprise and external in the supply chain. The factors determining the maturity of integration of ESG aspects into the management of business processes in enterprise and supply chain are as follows: goals, roles and responsibilities, business relationships, technologies and effects. The highest level of the maturity of managing ESG aspects characterizes companies listed in the WIG20 stock exchange index. The impact of the integration of ESG aspects into the management of business processes on the resilience of supply chains against the climate crisis is positive.


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ESG; climate crisis; resilience; company; supply chain

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/h.2026.60.1.57-76
Date of publication: 2026-05-23 16:12:49
Date of submission: 2024-09-10 21:27:03


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