Measuring Territorial Social Responsibility and Sustainability Using the EFQM Excellence Model

Sustainability and social responsibility are goals that currently aimed for by companies, entities institutions as well national international agendas. In a globalized highly connected world, the achievement of both must be pursued. This means more than mere compliance with agendas approved agencies; it all these entities, each in their own field area responsibility, become co-responsible social, environmental economic situation. Because this co-responsibility, decisions activities contribute to deployment jointly responsible sustainable model innovation, development transformation. context, article aims propose based on principles total quality management will make possible explore degree territorial sustainability linked companies territory. The validity is application European Foundation Quality Management (EFQM) its applicability types organizations. empirical validation was carried out specific region Girona (Spain) participation University Social Responsibility (USR) Chair (UdG).