Meeting Sustainable Development Challenges at the Enterprise Level

Enterprises play a key role in achieving sustainable development goals because they affect them to a greater or lesser extent, both in a positive and negative way. The aim of the study presented in the article is to answer the question concerning the level of application of the best practices in enterprises related to the implementation of sustainable development strategy. As recognized means of operational activities in organizations, they are a guarantee of the effective achievement of their goals. The method employed in the research procedure was the Human Lean Green method. Thus, best practices applied in the enterprises analyzed became the basis for measuring their organizational maturity in three areas of sustainable development, i.e., social (Human), economic (Lean) and environmental (Green). The study was conducted in 20 enterprises (manufacturing or service enterprises). The results of the research show, among others, that the popularity of using practices from the Human area is greater than Lean Green practices.