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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Análise de indicadores de desempenho ambiental de empresas do setor de petróleo e gás no período de 2010 a 2014

Vellozo, Talita Granzinoli 05 July 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Joana Azevedo (joanad@id.uff.br) on 2017-09-22T14:33:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Talita Granzinoli Vellozo.pdf: 771210 bytes, checksum: 188a00b2dd976ec2831ba2169064f249 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Biblioteca da Escola de Engenharia (bee@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-09-28T13:11:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Talita Granzinoli Vellozo.pdf: 771210 bytes, checksum: 188a00b2dd976ec2831ba2169064f249 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-28T13:11:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Talita Granzinoli Vellozo.pdf: 771210 bytes, checksum: 188a00b2dd976ec2831ba2169064f249 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-05 / As empresas do setor de Exploração e Produção de petróleo e gás, cada vez mais estão incorporando a variável ambiental em seus processos, através da adoção de indicadores de desempenho ambiental. Esta pesquisa tem como principal objetivo analisar os indicadores de desempenho ambiental mais divulgados pelas principais empresas do setor, signatárias do Global Reporting Iniative (GRI). Para tal, foram avaliados seus relatórios de sustentabilidade ambiental para o período de 2010 a 2014, bem como estabelecidos critérios para a seleção dos indicadores a serem estudados. Com relação aos indicadores de desempenho ambiental mais divulgados, EN3 (Consumo Energético), EN8 (Total de retirada de água por fonte), EN16 (Total de emissões diretas e indiretas de GEE), EN20 (NOx, SOx e outras emissões atmosféricas significativas), EN22 (Peso total de resíduos, por tipo e método de disposição) e EN23 (Número e volume total de derramamentos significativos); as empresas, em sua maioria, apresentaram melhora em seu desempenho ao longo dos anos. O indicador EN22, bem como o indicador EN3, foram os que apresentaram os melhores desempenhos pelas empresas. Apesar da melhoria das práticas observadas pelas empresas, observa-se que o indicador EN20 apresentou os resultados mais desfavoráveis. Com efeito, a análise crítica, quanto à aplicação dos indicadores e das práticas de melhoria adotadas pelas empresas, auxilia na avaliação do seu desempenho e gestão ambiental, sendo possível a proposição de melhorias no que está sendo realizado pelas mesmas no referente a sustentabilidade, em seu aspecto ambiental. / The Companies of the exploration and production sector of oil and gas are increasingly incorporating the environmental variable in their processes, through the adoption of environmental sustainability indicators. This research has as main objective to analyze the environmental sustainability indicators most publicized by the major oil companies’ signatories of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). To this end, the environmental sustainability reports were evaluated for the period 2010 to 2014, and criterias were established for the selection of environmental sustainability indicators to be studied. Considering the most publicized environmental performance indicators, EN3 (Energy Consumption), EN8 (Total water withdrawal by source), EN16 (Total direct and indirect GHG emissions), EN20 (NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions), EN22 (Total weight of waste by type and disposal method) and EN23 (Total number and volume of significant spills); the majority of companies showed improvement in their performance over the years. The EN22 indicator, as well as the EN3 showed the best performance by companies. Despite improvements in practices observed by the companies, it’s observed that the EN20 indicator showed the most unfavorable results. Indeed, the review of the application of indicators and improvement practices adopted by companies may assist in the evaluation of its performance and environmental management, making possible to propose improvements being carried out by them in respect of environmental sustainability.
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The Corporate Interest in Climate Change Issues: Analyzing Annual Reports in Asian Public Listed Companies Covering the Period 2000 - 2009

Mai, Qiuyue January 2011 (has links)
Unlimited demands of development and non-stopped destruction of surrounding environments cause many environmental problems. In this paper, Climate Change as one important issue has been studied against an Asian background. For the purpose of showing a clear trend of communicated corporate awareness in global Climate Change issues, in this report, seventy Asian companies have been studied. The results show a relatively low-level growth curve of communicated corporate Climate Change awareness by dissecting companies’ CEO Letters during years 2000 to 2009, followed by a comparison study with European results and five possible explanations in the discussion part. As the conclusion of this paper, an increased interest among Asian governments and companies during year 2000-2009 has been observed. However, there is still lack of knowledge on a general level compared with the European results. According to the five possible explanations, several possible future studies have also been recommended in the paper: 1) Comparison study under the same scope within Asia or other continents; 2) Case-study on specific interested companies; 3) On-going study on the future curve trend with the same target group.
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Hållbarhetsredovisning : En kvantitativ studie på företagsfaktorer som påverkarmängden CSR-upplysningar i svenska företag

Hillenfjärd, Oskar, Kaiser, Heidi January 2018 (has links)
Idag förekommer det ett ökat tryck på företag att ta ett socialt ansvar, Corporate social responsibility (CSR). För att företag ska uppfattas som legitima måste de överensstämma med samhällets sociala normer, värderingar och förväntningar, vilket enligt legitimitetsteorin tros vara en stark drivkraft till att företag ökar sin omfattning kring frivilliga CSR-upplysningar. Begreppet CSR är nära relaterat till företagens ansvar i samhället som kan delas in i tre områden ekonomiskt-, miljömässigt- och socialt ansvarstagande. Gamerschlag, Möller och Verbeeten (2011) är några av många forskare som har studera varför tyska företag frivilligt ökar omfattningen på hållbarhetsredovisning i sina offentliga rapporter. Genom en kvantitativ undersökning på svenska börsnoterade företag är syftet att undersöka huruvida olika företagsfaktorer påverkar mängden CSR-upplysningar. För att beräkna mängden CSR-upplysningar har antalet nyckelord i företagens hållbarhetsrapportera räknats. Sambandet för den insamlade datan analyserades med en korrelationsanalys och en multipel regressionsanalys. De oberoende variablerna som undersöktes var lönsamhet, synlighet, ägarstruktur samt kontrollvariablerna storlek och branschtillhörighet. I den multipla regressionsanalysen finner vi ett signifikant positivt samband mellan mängden CSR-upplysningar och företagets synlighet samt ägarstrukturen. Denna studie kan inte tillstyrka att lönsamhet har något samband med mängden CSR-upplysningar. / Today there is an increasing amount of pressure on companies to take more social responsibility, often called Corporate social responsibility (CSR). In order for companies to be considered legitimate, they must comply with society's social norms, values ​​and expectations, which, according to the legitimacy theory, is believed to be a strong driving force for companies to increase their scope for voluntary CSR disclosures. The term CSR is closely related to corporate responsibility in society, which can be divided into three areas of economic, environmental and social responsibility. Gamerschlag, Möller and Verbeeten (2011) are some of the many researchers who have studied why German companies voluntarily increase the scope of sustainability reporting in their public reports. Through a quantitative survey of Swedish publicly traded companies, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether different business determinants affect the amount of CSR information. To calculate the amount of CSR information, the number of keywords in the companies sustainability reports has been counted. All the collected data was analyzed by a correlation analysis and a multiple regression analysis. The independent variables investigated were profitability, visibility, ownership structure, and for control variables the study used size and industrial sector. The multiple regression analysis shows a significant positive correlation between the amount of CSR disclosures and the company's visibility as well as the ownership structure. This study can not assure that profitability is related to the amount of CSR information.
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Uma análise da linguagem da tradução presente em relatórios de sustentabilidade à luz dos estudos da tradução baseados em Corpus / An analysis of the translation language found in sustainability reports in light of Corpus-Based Translation Studies

Vanessa Domingues Prata 04 August 2017 (has links)
Milhares de empresas ao redor do mundo publicam anualmente relatórios de sustentabilidade, documentos que divulgam o desempenho econômico, ambiental, social e de governança da organização. Segundo dados de 2014, do relatório Spotlight on corporate transparency: Insights from GLOBE 2014, da empresa de auditoria KPMG, mais de 5.000 empresas em 88 países elaboram esses relatórios seguindo as diretrizes GRI Global Reporting Initiative (KPMG, 2014, p. 4). Frequentemente, tais relatórios são elaborados na língua oficial do país em que as empresas estão instaladas (língua de partida) e traduzidos para o inglês (língua de chegada). O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar a linguagem da tradução presente em relatórios de sustentabilidade que seguem o padrão GRI para identificar os principais traços típicos da tradução, tais como explicitação, simplificação e normalização, seguindo o arcabouço teórico de Baker (1993, 1995, 1996). Como objetivo secundário visamos identificar os principais termos e expressões desse modelo de relatório em português e seus equivalentes em inglês, para a compilação de uma proposta de glossário bilíngue na direção português-inglês. O estudo foi feito principalmente por meio dos Estudos da Tradução Baseados em Corpus e da Linguística de Corpus, utilizando um corpus paralelo, com 10 documentos coletados da internet em português com as respectivas traduções para o inglês, e dois corpora comparáveis bilíngues, com um total de 30 documentos em português e outros 30 escritos em inglês. Em relação ao objetivo principal, notamos que, embora os documentos originais e as traduções do corpus de estudo sejam bastante semelhantes, isto é, apresentem o mesmo número de páginas, o mesmo layout e, aparentemente, o mesmo conteúdo em cada página, foi possível notar traços de explicitação, simplificação e normalização na linguagem traduzida. / Thousands of companies around the world annually publish sustainability reports, documents that disclose the organization\'s economic, environmental, social and governance performance. According to data from 2014 report Spotlight on Corporate Transparency: Insights from GLOBE 2014, published by auditing company KPMG, more than 5,000 companies in 88 countries compile these reports following the GRI Global Reporting Initiative guidelines (KPMG, 2014, p.4). Such reports are often produced in the official language of the country where the companies are established (the source language) and translated into English (the target language). The aim of this research is to analyze the translation language present in sustainability reports that follow the GRI standard to identify the main typical features of translation, such as explicitation, simplification and normalization, following the theoretical framework of Baker (1993, 1995, 1996). As a secondary goal we aim to identify the main terms and expressions of this model of report in Portuguese and their English equivalents, for the compilation of a proposal of a bilingual glossary in the Portuguese-English direction. The study was carried out mainly through Corpus-Based Translation Studies and Corpus Linguistics, using a parallel corpus, with 10 documents collected from the Internet in Portuguese with the respective English translations, and two comparable bilingual corpora with a total of 30 documents in Portuguese and other 30 documents written in English. In relation to the main objective, we noticed that, although the original documents and the translations of the study corpus are very similar, that is, they present the same number of pages, the same layout and, apparently, the same content in each page, it was possible to note traces of explicitation, simplification and normalization in the translated language.
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Miljövänliga inköp i dagligvaruhandel : En jämförande studie av publika hållbarhetsredovisningar / Green procurement in grocery trade : A comparative study of public sustainability reports in grocery industry

Dervishaj, Arbnora, Lingegård, Erik, Lindén Persson, Anton January 2017 (has links)
Titel: Miljövänliga inköp i dagligvaruhandel - En jämförande studie av publika hållbarhetsredovisningar i dagligvaruhandel Kurs: Ämnesfördjupande arbete i logistik, 2FE25E, VT-17 Författare: Arbnora Dervishaj, Anton Lindén Persson, Erik Lingegård Handledare: Åsa Gustavsson Bakgrund: Hållbarhet beskrivs utifrån tre dimensioner; miljö, social och ekonomi. De utvecklade kraven på de miljömässiga dimensionerna sätter press på verksamheter att ta ett större miljöansvar. Med implementering av miljövänliga produkter har de stora aktörerna inom dagligvaruhandeln stor påverkan på marknaden och branschen har blivit ledande för miljövänlig produktion och konsumtion. Genom dess förmåga att kunna påverka hela produktkedjan betraktas inköpsfunktionen som en nyckelfaktor för att driva verksamheten mot en hållbar utveckling. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att identifiera och jämföra vad aktörer inom dagligvaruhandeln i Sverige förmedlar inom miljö vid inköpsfunktionen genom publika hållbarhetsredovisningar. Vidare är syftet att presentera ett förslag till ett ramverk för att öka jämförbarheten av hållbarhetsredovisningar. Metod: Denna studie utgår från en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med ett deduktivt angreppssätt. Vidare har studien tillämpat ett positivistiskt synsätt samt komparativ undersökningsdesign. Studiens teoretiska referensram är sammanställd från vetenskapliga studier, litteratur samt hemsidor. Datainsamling av empiriskt material har utförts genom publika hållbarhetsredovisningar från fyra aktörer inom dagligvaruhandeln; Axfood AB, Coop Sverige AB, ICA Sverige AB och Lidl Sverige KB. Studiens teoretiska referensram och empiriska material analyseras genom mönsterjämförelser mellan urvalet. Slutsats: Studien har identifierat skillnader och likheter i vad som förmedlas angående inköpsprocessen genom publika hållbarhetsrapporter. Genom de genomförda mönsterjämförelserna har ett ramverk operationaliserats utifrån den teoretiska referensramen. Detta ramverk kan användas som en förlängning till de befintliga ramverken för att öka jämförbarheten av prestationer i inköpsfunktionen. Nyckelord: Hållbarhetsredovisning, Dagligvaruhandel, Logistik, Inköp, Miljö, Ramverk, Sortiment, Transport, Leverantörer / Title: Green procurement in grocery trade - A comparative study of public sustainability reports in grocery industry Authors: Arbnora Dervishaj, Anton Lindén Persson, Erik Lingegård Tutor: Åsa Gustavsson Context: Sustainability is described based on three dimensions; environment, social and economics. The developed requirements on the environmental dimension put pressure on businesses to take environmental responsibilities. With implementations of environmentally friendly products, the major companies in the grocery trade have a great impact on the market and the industry has become a leader in environmentally friendly production and consumption. Through its ability to affect the entire product chain, the purchasing function is considered a key factor in driving the business towards sustainable development. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and compare what companies in the grocery trade in Sweden present about environment in the purchasing function through their public sustainability reports. Furthermore, the purpose is to present a proposed framework to increase the comparability of sustainability reports. Method: This study applies a qualitative research with a deductive approach. Furthermore, the study has applied a positivistic view and comparative research design. The theoretical framework consists of scientific studies, literature and websites. The data collection of empirical materials has been conducted through public sustainability reports from four actors in the grocery trade; Axfood AB, Coop Sverige AB, ICA Sverige AB and Lidl Sverige KB. The theoretical framework and empirical material has been analyzed through pattern comparisons between the selected actors. Results: The authors have identified similarities and differences of the presented material in public sustainability reports regarding purchasing function. A framework has been developed to work as a module to prolong the existing framework and strengthen the comparability. Keywords: Sustainability reports, Grocery trade, Logistics, Purchase, Environment, Framework, Assortment, Transport, Suppliers
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Evaluación de los reportes de sostenibilidad y su impacto financiero en los ingresos y acceso al crédito en las empresas que reportan al GRI, Lima 2016-2018

Bocanegra Valencia, Rafael Reynaldo, Cochella Vinces, Silvana María, Gómez Restrepo, Angélica, Olazábal Pinglo, Jeanisse Karina, Vera Vera, Lizet Giuliana 25 November 2019 (has links)
En esta investigación, se analiza el impacto financiero de los reportes de sostenibilidad en los ingresos y acceso al crédito en las empresas que reportan al GRI en Lima entre los años 2016 y 2018, para lo cual se obtuvo una muestra de 32 empresas de una población de 40. El trabajo se divide en 5 capítulos, donde en el capítulo 1, se definieron los principales conceptos: reportes de sotenibilidad, los 4 aspectos del reporte del GRI, impacto financiero en los ingresos y en el acceso al crédito. En el capítulo 2, referido al plan de investigación, se estableció el problema, las hipótesis y objetivos. En el capítulo 3, se definió la metodología de investigación a utilizarse, estableciéndose cada instrumento de la investigación (cualitativa y cuantitativa). En el capítulo 4, se realizó el desarrollo de la investigación, realizándose entrevistas de profundidad a 3 expertos en temas de sostenibilidad desde diferentes puntos de vista (Global Reporting Initiative, la Superintendencia de Mercado de Valores y Perú 2021). Así mismo, se realizaron encuestas a las 32 empresas de la muestra, para obtener información sobre la importancia de los reportes de sostenibilidad y su relación con el impacto financiero y el acceso al crédito. En el capítulo 5, se realizó el análisis de los resultados de nuestra investigación utilizando una herramienta estadística que nos permitió corroborar las hipótesis planteadas de cómo los reportes de sostenibilidad impactan en los ingresos y el acceso al crédito de las empresas que los generan. Finalmente, se brindaron las conclusiones y recomendaciones, concluyendo que el generar reportes de sostenibilidad trae beneficios económicos y financieros que no solo contribuirá a que las empresas sean sostenibles y más rentables en el tiempo, sino que en el largo plazo favorecerá a la economía, la sociedad, el medio ambiente y el país. / Abstrac: This research analyzes the financial impact of sustainability reports on income and access to credit in companies that report to the GRI in Lima between the years 2016 and 2018. For this purpose, a sample of 32 companies from a population of 40 was obtained. The work is divided into 5 chapters, where in chapter 1, the main concepts were defined: sustainability reports, the 4 aspects of the GRI reports, and financial impact on income and access to credit. In chapter 2, concerning the research plan, the problem, hypotheses and objectives were established. In chapter 3, the research methodology to be used was defined establishing each research instrument (qualitative and quantitative). In chapter 4, the research was developed, conducting in-depth interviews with 3 experts on sustainability issues from different points of view (Global Reporting Initiative, the Superintendence of Securities Market and Peru 2021). Surveys were also conducted on the sample's 32 companies to learn about the importance of sustainability reports and their relationship to financial impact and access to credit.In chapter 5, the analysis of the results of our research was carried out using a statistical tool that allowed us to corroborate the hypotheses raised about how sustainability reports impact income and access to credit of the companies that generate them. Finally, conclusions and recommendations were provided, concluding that generating sustainability reports brings economic and financial benefits that will not only contribute to companies being sustainable and more profitable over time, but also in the long term will favour the economy, society, the environment and the country. / Trabajo de investigación
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Från dåtid till nutid : En studie om förändringar kring hållbarhetsredovisning mellan åren 1998–2019

Werner, Thom, Johansson, William, Finn Rydberg, Johan January 2020 (has links)
Titel From then till now - A study of changes in sustainability reports from 1998-2019. Level Bachelor thesis in Business Administration Authors William Johansson, Johan Finn Rydberg, Thom Werner Tutor Esbjörn Segelod Date 2020-06-09 Keywords Sustainability, Sustainability reports, Signalling theory, Stakeholder theory, Business emissions, Equality, Corruption, Donation, Business Research, GRI, CSR, CSR history, Voluntary disclosure and Legitimacy theory. Research Questions How have the sustainability reports changed in different GRI frameworks and how have it affected companies in different branches, depending on pages and line of business between 1998–2019? How have the word in the categories: environment, social and economic responsibility changed in companies sustainability reports between the years 1998–2019? Purpose The purpose with this study is to examine how businesses sustainability reports associated with energy-, automotive- and forest and paperproduct have effected their sustainability reports from an environmental, social and economical perspecitve from year 1998–2019. Method The method of this study is a quantitative method with a content analysis that consists of 75 sustainability reports in total where 62 of these 75 reports was used. These 62 reports are coming from 25 different companies associated to energy-, automotive and forest and paperpoduction. The study was made of sustainability reports from the year 1998 to 2019. The result of the study encoded to a scheme of code. Conclusion The conclusion of this study shows an increase of the sustainability reports in all three branches. The most of the words shows an increase from 1998-2019. / Titel Från dåtid till nutid - En studie om förändringar i hållbarhetsredovisning mellan åren 1998–2019. Nivå Kandidatuppsats Författare William Johansson, Johan Finn Rydberg, Thom Werner Handledare Esbjörn Segelod Datum 2020-06-09 Nyckelord Sustainability, Sustainability reports, Signalling theory, Stakeholder theory, Business emissions, Equality, Corruption, Donation, Business Research, GRI, CSR, CSR history, Voluntary disclosure och Legitimacy theory. Frågeställningar Hur har företags hållbarhetsredovisning påverkats av förändringen i GRI:s ramverk, mätt i antal sidor samt branschtillhörighet mellan åren 1998-2019? Hur har begrepp inom miljö, socialt och ekonomiskt ansvar förändrats i företags hållbarhetsredovisningar mellan åren 1998–2019? Syfte Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur svenska företag i branscherna fordon, energi samt skog- och pappersproduktion har påverkat sin hållbarhetsredovisning utifrån miljö, socialt och ekonomiskt perspektiv, mellan åren 1998–2019. Metod Studiens tillvägagångssätt är kvantitativ metod med innehållsanalys som var tänkt att bestå av totalt 75 stycken hållbarhetsrapporter men endast 62 stycken kunde användas. Dessa 62 rapporter kommer från 25 olika företag som tillhör energi, skogs- och pappersproduktion och bilbranschen. Studien använde sig av hållbarhetsredovisningar från 1998–2019. Resultatet kodades därefter i ett kodningsschema. Slutsats Den slutsats som kan uppsatsen visar är att en ökning av antal hållbarhetsrapporter har ökat i alla tre branscher. Även de flesta orden påvisar en ökning under 1998–2019.
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Differences in CSR Disclosure : Does the Content of CSR Disclosure vary between Code Law and Common Law Countries?

Zimmerer-Benz, Mona January 2020 (has links)
Only a handful of studies focuses on the relationship between the legal origin and the content of CSR reports, based on the institutional differences. The previous studies have contradicting results. The paper aims to add to the body of research by analyzing the relationship between the legal origin and its effect on the content of CSR disclosure. To analyse the content a scoring index is developed following Clarkson, Li, Richardson, & Vasvari, 2008 and Ong 2016. 45 CSR reports from 8 different countries are analysed and the research period is 2018 or FY 2019.  The findings suggest that companies from code law countries do publish more in-depth CSR reports. The key findings are that code law countries disclose more employment related information and that institutional regulations lead to better disclosure. Overall, this study extends the discussion on the effects of the legal origin.
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Företags kommunikation av hållbarhetsrapporter : en intervjustudie om hur svenska företag upprättar hållbarhetsrapporter och hur de kommunicerar sina hållbarhetsarbeten / Corporations' communication of their sustainability work : an interview study in how Swedish companies creates sustainability reports and how they communicate their sustainability work

Holmeros, David, Andersson, Ida, Pettersson, Matilda January 2022 (has links)
Hållbarhetsrapporter används av företag som ett verktyg för att kommunicera ut arbete kring socialt, ekologiskt och ekonomisk hållbarhetsarbete till interna och externa intressenter (Tewari & Dave 2012). Enligt en enkätstudie gjord mellan 2019 och 2020 av KPMG (2020) använder 96 procent av de 250 största företagen i världen någon form av hållbarhetsrapportering. I denna studie upptäcks en konflikt då tidigare forskning förklarar vikten av att kommunicera hållbarhetsrapporter till intressenter, eftersom det genererar finansiell avkastning, förstärkt rykte och ökat börsvärde. Å andra sidan hävdar andra forskare att många företag kommunicerar rapporten utan att veta vad intressenter efterfrågar. Syftet med studien är således att undersöka hur stora svenska företag upprättar hållbarhetsrapporter samt hur hållbarhetsarbetet kommuniceras ut till intressenter. Detta för att ta reda på vilket arbetssätt samt kommunikation som är mest framgångsrik. För att besvara forskningsfrågorna genomförs en intervjustudie med tio företag. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt grundar sig i signalteorin. Fokuset ligger på att analysera vilka signaler företagets avsändare skickar till intressenter samt vilken feedback mottagarna återkopplar med. Resultaten visar att hållbarhetsrapportens innehåll, utöver lagkraven, framför allt styrs av företagets bransch samt dess intressenter. Vidare tyder resultatet på att hållbarhetsrapporter inte är effektiva att kommunicera sitt hållbarhetsarbete via. I stället ger sociala medier samt företags hemsidor upphov till en effektivare tvåvägskommunikation. / Sustainability reports are an important tool for corporations to communicate their efforts to improve ecological, social and economic sustainability to stakeholders (Tewari & Dave 2012). According to a survey done in 2020 by KPMG, 96 percent of the world's top 250 corporations publish some form of sustainability reporting. Previous studies emphasize on the importance of communicating sustainability to improve financial returns, reputation and market capitalization. However, other studies argue that big corporations are rarely familiar with their stakeholders' interests. The aim of this thesis, which is written in Swedish, is therefore to understand how Swedish companies create sustainability reports and how they communicate their sustainability work to their stakeholders. The reason being is to find out which means of communication is the most effective. The study is based on ten interviews from companies which are analyzed through signal theory. During the analysis, the main focus is to construe which signals are being sent to stakeholders and the feedback that they later create. The conclusion is that the content of the sustainability reports, aside from the legal requirements, is both affected by the companies’ industry and their stakeholders’ expectations. Furthermore, it shows that the reports are not an effective form of communication, hence companies using social media and their websites instead to achieve a two-way communication.
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Hållbara transporter och GRI 305 : En komparativ studie gällande huruvida företag inom olika branscher hållbarhetsrapporterar hållbara transporter och GRI 305 / Sustainable transportation and GRI 305 : A comparative study regarding whether companies engage in sustainability reporting on sustainable transportation and GRI 305

Bodenäs, Anna, Fröslev, Ossian January 2023 (has links)
Background: Sustainability reporting has developed due to an increased societal awareness of issues such as climate change. The most used framework in the world is Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for sustainability reporting. The GRI 305 standard is a part of the framework and its focus area is reporting emission. Sustainable transportation has become a crucial aspect as sustainable development has been an ongoing conversation. Purpose: This research study purpose is to compare companies in different industries to review how GRI 305 and sustainable transportation are reported.  Methodology: A deductive approach has been used in this research study to review all companies within the industries. The analysis method is of a comparative nature as it involves making a comparison. The collected empirical data is based on sources that are secondary through sustainability reports.  Findings and conclusion: There were fewer deviations within the GRI 305 of the manufacturing of rubber and plastic than food production. Plastic and rubber manufacturing was noted reporting more in line with the considerations and activities concerning sustainable transportation. There were deviations in each industry and there was also significant variation in how companies in both industries reported.  Keywords: Sustainable transport, transport management, distribution network, means of transport, GRI, sustainability reports. / Bakgrund: Hållbarhetsrapportering har vuxit fram tack vare en ökad medvetenhet från samhället av vad som gäller bland annat klimatförändringar. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) är det mest använda ramverket i världen gällande hållbarhetsrapportering, inom ramverket finns 305-standarden som syftar på rapportering gällande utsläpp. I takt med att hållbar utveckling blivit en ständig diskussion har hållbara transporter blivit en viktig aspekt. Syfte: Syftet med denna forskningsstudie är att jämföra företag inom två branscher. Detta för att granska hur hållbara transporter och GRI 305 rapporteras. För att sedan offentliggöra likheter och skillnader. Metod: Studien har ett deduktivt angreppssätt. Analysmetoden är av en komparativ karaktär då det görs en jämförelse. Den insamlade empirin är baserad på sekundärkällor genom hållbarhetsrapporter. Resultat: Tillverkning av gummi- och plast visade mindre avvikelser inom GRI- 305 än livsmedelsframställning. Det noterades att tillverkningen av plast- och gummi rapporterade mer i enlighet med aktiviteter och övervägande angående hållbara transporter. Båda branscher hade avvikelser och det var stor variation i hur företag inom varje bransch rapporterade.

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