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La transizione giusta tra lavoro e coinvolgimento delle imprese
Gregori, Tullio
2025
Abstract
The concept of a just transition has often been used as a strategy to address both the climate crisis and the eradication of poverty and inequality. This paper aims to show how the concept has evolved beyond its original formulation and has now become a central element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the Unit¬ed Nations and the Paris Agreement. After examining the role of some U.S. labor unions during the 1970s in highlighting the interconnectedness between environmen¬tal sustainability and workers' rights, the paper underscores the pivotal role played by firms. Companies should not merely act as passive implementers of environmental regulations or gender equality measures. Instead, close collaboration among busi¬nesses, policymakers, and workers is essential to ensure the implementation of just transition strategies that adequately address the social and economic impacts of de¬carbonization. In this context, the methodology developed by the nonprofit organi¬zation World Benchmarking Alliance is discussed. This initiative seeks to monitor and guide transformation within major global companies in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The approach assesses both the alignment of corporate strategies with low-carbon production processes and a range of social factors, including justice, human rights, working conditions, and equity. The paper then an¬alyzes the benchmarking results for the transport equipment sector, which reveal that achieving a just transition in the private sector is unlikely without a combination of regulatory frameworks and financial support.
La transizione giusta è stata spesso invocata per affrontare sia la crisi climatica sia lo sradicamento della povertà e delle diseguaglianze. In questo contributo si vuole mostrare come questo concetto oramai travalica quello originario, sorto soprat¬tutto per opera di alcuni sindacati statunitensi negli anni ’70 del secolo passato, diventando un elemento chiave per il raggiungimento degli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile individuati dalle Nazioni Unite e dall’accordo di Parigi. Dopo aver esa¬minato l’operato di alcuni sindacati nell’affermare l’interconnessione tra il destino dell’ambiente e quello dei lavoratori, si mette in luce il ruolo chiave svolto dalle imprese che non devono essere delle semplici esecutrici di normative ambientali o di parità di genere. La stretta collaborazione tra imprese, decisori politici e lavo¬ratori è fondamentale per garantire l’attuazione di strategie di transizione giusta che affrontino gli impatti sociali ed economici dovuti alla decarbonizzazione. A questo proposito viene discussa la metodologia proposta dalla organizzazione non profit World Benchmarking Alliance, che vuole monitorare e guidare il cambia¬mento nelle maggiori aziende a livello mondiale al fine di raggiungere gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile entro il 2030. Questo approccio valuta, da una parte, l’alli-neamento delle strategie aziendali alla realizzazione di processi produttivi a basse emissioni di carbonio e, dall’altra, diversi aspetti sociali quali la giustizia, i diritti umani, le condizioni di lavoro e l’equità. Vengono quindi esaminati i risultati del benchmark del settore dei mezzi di trasporto da cui risulta evidente che la transi-zione giusta nelle imprese private non sembra facilmente realizzabile senza un mix di regolamentazione e sostegno finanziario.
The concept of a just transition has often been used as a strategy to address both the climate crisis and the eradication of poverty and inequality. This paper aims to show how the concept has evolved beyond its original formulation and has now become a central element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the Unit¬ed Nations and the Paris Agreement. After examining the role of some U.S. labor unions during the 1970s in highlighting the interconnectedness between environmen¬tal sustainability and workers' rights, the paper underscores the pivotal role played by firms. Companies should not merely act as passive implementers of environmental regulations or gender equality measures. Instead, close collaboration among busi¬nesses, policymakers, and workers is essential to ensure the implementation of just transition strategies that adequately address the social and economic impacts of de¬carbonization. In this context, the methodology developed by the nonprofit organi¬zation World Benchmarking Alliance is discussed. This initiative seeks to monitor and guide transformation within major global companies in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The approach assesses both the alignment of corporate strategies with low-carbon production processes and a range of social factors, including justice, human rights, working conditions, and equity. The paper then an¬alyzes the benchmarking results for the transport equipment sector, which reveal that achieving a just transition in the private sector is unlikely without a combination of regulatory frameworks and financial support.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Tullio Gregori, "La transizione giusta tra lavoro e coinvolgimento delle imprese" in: "Towards an effective, efficient, and just energy transition / Verso una transizione energetica efficace, efficiente e giusta", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2025, pp. 15-50
Languages
it
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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