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This qualitative and interpretative study relies on a Brazilian company proactive in sustainability\u2014Natura\u2014and analyzes its management controls for sustainability using the Malmi and Brown framework. Natura\u2019s external reports were used, along with public interviews with its sustainability key actors. The findings suggest the existence of broad management control, comprising planning, cybernetic, reward and compensation, administrative and cultural controls. Additionally, strong formal and informal management controls for sustainability are juxtaposed. The company\u2019s culture and values are the main motivation for integrating the SDGs. It was found that Natura has been introducing increasingly innovative cybernetic controls, with emphasis on environmental profit and loss, social profit and loss, and integrated profit and loss tools. 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This study also adds to the management control literature, responding to the research calls concerning the role of management control tools to achieve SDGs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su15032246","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,26]],"date-time":"2023-01-26T01:30:30Z","timestamp":1674696630000},"page":"2246","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Management Control Systems and the Integration of the Sustainable Development Goals into Business Models"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Marina","family":"Flor\u00eancio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4377-6357","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"L\u00eddia","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5839-168X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Helena Costa","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Porto Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (2022, December 18). 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