CONVERGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONCEPT AND ENERGY COMMUNITIES: EXPLORING SHARED DRIVERS AND VALUES
CONVERGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONCEPT AND ENERGY COMMUNITIES: EXPLORING SHARED DRIVERS AND VALUES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to investigate interrelations between thecorporate social responsibility concept and the energy communities, agrassroots organization phenomenon in the field of renewable energy. Thecorporate social responsibility concept and the drivers for its implementationin energy companies and energy communities are explored against the energycommunities’ peculiarities, and their main characteristics and functioningprinciples. Given the dynamism of the energy sector, the growing significanceof energy companies and energy communities is accentuated for fulfillment ofsocietal concepts of energy security and energy transition. Key findings showa level of overlapping between the CSR drivers in energy companies and theguiding principles, values and motivations for establishing and operation ofthe energy communities. The results of the research should serve as basis forconducting future profound research on the energy communities’ phenomenonand thorough understanding of implementation of the corporate socialresponsibility concept in energy communities.

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