Titel: Implementering av GRI-standarder och riktlinjer: Fördelar och Utmaningar i Hållbarhetsredovisningen. Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi. Författare: Sofia Ivarsson och Sofie Skalberg. Handledare: Jean Claude Mutiganda. Datum: 2024 - januari. Syfte: Skandinavien intar en framstående position i världen när det gäller att redovisa hållbarhet. Flertalet företag i Sverige har börjat implementera GRI som ett verktyg för att förstärka hållbarhetsredovisningen och förbättra kommunikationen med intressenterna. Studien avser att undersöka fördelar och utmaningar som svenska statliga företag upplever vid implementeringen och användningen av GRI-riktlinjerna i hållbarhetsredovisningen. Metod: I denna studie har en kvalitativ metod med en induktiv forskningsansats tillämpats, som innefattar empirisk datainsamling från sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med svenska statliga bolag i olika branscher. Efter kodning och tematisering av det empiriska materialet har resultatet sedan analyserats och tolkats mot tidigare forskning. Resultat och analys samt slutsats: Trots frånvaron av exakt lagstiftning väljer företagofta att anpassa sig till externa riktlinjer såsom GRI. GRI-ramverket ökar transparensen och förbättrar företagens trovärdighet och legitimitet. Däremot inkluderar utmaningarna resurskrävande rapportering och risk för att fokusera för mycket på kriterier i stället för på verkliga förbättringar, vilket kräver anpassning för att möta företagens specifika behov inför CSRD. Studiens bidrag: Studien bidrar till att redogöra för hur företag upplevt implementeringen och användningen av GRI som ramverk. Dessutom ger studien konkreta slutsatser och rekommendationer baserat på erfarenheter och insikter som företagen erhållit genom användningen av GRI i hållbarhetsredovisningen. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: För att få en bredare förståelse av GRI hade det varit intressant att undersöka andra företag, som inte är statliga och verksamma i Sverige. Det hade även varit intressant att undersöka de fördelar och utmaningar företag upplever med CSRD. / Title: Implementation of GRI Standards and Guidelines: Benefits and Challenges in Sustainability Reporting. Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. Author: Sofia Ivarsson and Sofie Skalberg. Supervisor: Jean Claude Mutiganda. Date: 2024 - january. Aim: Scandinavia occupies a prominent position globally in sustainability reporting. Many companies in Sweden have started to implement GRI as a tool to strengthen their sustainability reporting and improve communication with their stakeholders. The study aims to examine benefits and challenges that Swedish state-owned companies experience when implementing and using the GRI guidelines in sustainability reporting. Method: In this study, a qualitative method with an inductive research approach has been applied, which includes empirical data collection from seven semi-structured interviews with Swedish state-owned companies in various industries. After coding and thematizing the empirical material, the results have been analyzed and interpreted against previous research. Results and analysis and conclusion: Despite the absence of precise legislation, companies often choose to adapt to external guidelines such as GRI. The GRI framework increases transparency, improves companies' credibility and legitimacy. However, challenges include resource-intensive reporting and the risk of focusing too much on criteria instead of real improvements, requiring adaptation to meet the specific needs of companies ahead of CSRD. Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes to an account of how companies experienced the implementation and use of GRI as a framework. In addition, the study provides concrete conclusions and recommendations based on the experiences and insights that companies have gained through the use of GRI in sustainability reporting. Suggestions for future research: In order to gain a broader understanding of GRI, it would have been interesting to explore other companies, beyond state-owned and active companies in Sweden. It would also have been interesting to examine the benefits and challenges companies experience with CSRD.

Submitted by ROSIANE SANT ANNA STUTZ (rosistutz@gmail.com) on 2017-12-27T19:10:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rosi Stutz.pdf: 1924541 bytes, checksum: 466cc41030b03645511276ad7f864ddf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2018-01-02T13:02:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rosi Stutz.pdf: 1924541 bytes, checksum: 466cc41030b03645511276ad7f864ddf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-09T17:04:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rosi Stutz.pdf: 1924541 bytes, checksum: 466cc41030b03645511276ad7f864ddf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-04 / Esta pesquisa objetivou investigar a manifestação do isomorfismo nos Códigos de Ética das empresas de capital aberto listadas na Bolsa de Valores do Brasil para verificar como a construção deste documento é influenciada por mecanismos institucionais que exercem pressão sobre estas empresas, inseridas no mesmo ambiente.Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, de caráter descritivo, conduzida por meio de análise do conteúdo dos Códigos de Ética de uma amostra que incluiu todos os setores econômicos utilizados pela Bolsa de Valores do Brasil. Para tratamento dos dados, o estudo utilizou categorias referentes às exigências da Legislação Brasileira, à legitimidade e às melhores práticas de um Programa de Compliance.A partir das categorias evidenciadas no conteúdo dos Códigos de Ética, esta pesquisa observou a ocorrência dos aspectos de isomorfismo coercitivo e de legitimidade em todos os Códigos, independente do setor econômico das empresas da amostra. Este estudo sugere que os Códigos analisados foram criados como uma resposta simbólica para atender as pressões de regulação e do ambiente institucionalizado onde as empresas estão inseridas.A presente pesquisa se limitou a analisar os conteúdos dos Códigos de Ética sob a luz da Teoria Institucional, concentrando-se no aspecto do isomorfismo e dos mecanismos institucionais que exercem pressão sobre as organizações inseridas em determinado campo organizacional, não abordando outros conceitos da Teoria nem realizando qualquer análise sobre a efetividade dos Códigos de Ética nas organizações selecionadas.O resultado deste estudo serve como um insumo relevante tanto para empresas que necessitam construir seu Código de Ética, quanto para as que necessitam aperfeiçoar o conteúdo de Códigos de Ética já existentes.As empresas podem construir seu Código de Ética como um guia efetivo de conduta para restringir comportamentos não éticos da organização e não apenas como um documento escrito para atender as exigências institucionais e regulatórias.Pelo nosso conhecimento, este é o primeiro estudo de conteúdo dos Códigos de Ética das empresas de capital aberto no Brasil, após a Legislação Brasileira Anticorrupção. / The purpose of this study is to investigate the occurrence of isomorphism in the Codes of Ethics of public companies listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange to verify how the construction of this document is influenced by institutional mechanisms that put pressure on these companies, inserted in the same environment.A qualitative, descriptive research was carried out by analyzing the content of the Codes of Ethics of a sample that included all the economic sectors used by Brazilian Stock Exchange. For data treatment, the study used categories related to the requirements of the Brazilian Legislation, related to legitimacy and to the best practices of a Compliance Program.From the categories evidenced in the content of the Codes of Ethics, this study observed the occurrence of coercive isomorphism and legitimacy aspects in all Codes, regardless of the economic sector of the sample companies. This work suggests that the Codes analyzed were created as a symbolic response to address the pressure of regulation and the pressure of the institutionalized environment where the companies are inserted.This study was limited to analyze the content of the Codes of Ethics using the Institutional Theory, focusing on the aspect of the isomorphism and the institutional mechanisms that put pressure on the organizations inserted in a determined organizational field, not addressing other concepts of the Theory nor performing any analysis on the effectiveness of the Codes of Ethics in the selected organizations.The result of this study serves as a relevant input for both companies that need to build their Code of Ethics and those that need to improve the content of existing Codes of Ethics.Companies can build their Code of Ethics as an effective conduct guide to restrict employees’ unethical behavior and not just as a written document to meet institutional and regulatory requirements.To our knowledge, this is the first study of the Codes of Ethics content of public companies in Brazil, after the creation of the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law.