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Tong, Mengni, and Toni Moussa. "How logistics firms deal with and report on CSR expectations." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18371.
Full textSheehan, Jared J. "Risk and CSR Reporting: A Case Study of AEP’s Corporate Accountability Report." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1303341741.
Full textHeed, Emilia, and Hanna Törnbom. "Corporate Social Responsibility : Varför ska banker ta ett ansvar?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-19123.
Full textJohansson, Malin, and Lorin Ahmed. "H&M:s hållbarhetsredovisning - En innehållsanalys av Vd:ns ord." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10447.
Full textThe report aims to gain understanding of how a company's legitimacy may be affected by a scandal. The report examines how Hennes & Mauritz are trying to repair and maintain their legitimacy through their sustainability report and the CEO's words. As the stakeholders' commitment to the business has grown and that the stakeholders have easier access to information will companies, like H&M, choose to communicate to the public by means of their sustainability reports. There is created a transparency in the company as sustainability reports shows the company's financial position, the development and impact of its activities on issues such as social conditions, human rights and the environment. The report focuses on a scandal that was published in the media in 2012, regarding low living wage in Cambodia. Through a qualitative content analysis, H&M's sustainability reports, focusing on the CEO´s words, for the years 2010 to 2014 are studied. And then analysed by using the theoretical framework and the media attention. The theoretical framework consists of legitimacy theory, CSR and GRI. After a critical analysis of H&M's sustainability reports showed the result that H&M are trying to use their reports to regain and maintain their legitimacy.
Baker, Juhaina, and Therese Kregert. "CSR-kommunikation i praktiken : Skillnaden i rapportering mellan etiskt och oetiskt." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-193988.
Full textCacková, Silvie. "Tvorba reportu CSR s využitím metodiky GRI: případová studie Siemens ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-206043.
Full textNorton, Janel Lynn. "Global CSR And Photographic Credibility: Exploring How International Companies Portray Efforts Through Photographs in CSR Reports." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4185.
Full textRobertson, Bradley Neil. "Why is the assurance of social and environmental disclosures stalling within New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Accounting & Information Systems, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6938.
Full textSuchopárová, Petra. "Příprava společnosti T-Mobile pro získání Národní ceny za CSR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-11818.
Full textPalmberg, Daniel. "Konstruktionen av CSR : Klädföretags agerande efter institutionella logiker." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10417.
Full textThe concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and why companies choose to engage in such task is debated by many, both within the academy as well as outside it. There is however a disagreement in what is included in a company’s engagement in CSR activities. This study argues that current theories in use, are unable to explain the complex environment in which companies operate and therefore incapable of providing good answers to this study’s purpose, concerning how CSR is constructed. This study draws on the theory of institutional logics as a tool in exploring a company’s engagement in CSR in a complex environment and discourse theory in visualizing the meaning of CSR as well as its construction. Despite a great amount of research in institutional logics, this study departs from previous research in its exclusive use of CSR-reports, gathered from companies in the remarkable apparel industry, as sources of data.This study concludes that an apparel company´s engagement in CSR activities emanates from several, often contradictive, institutional logics that take form through numerous different pressures in the environment. The result of the study calls for a CSR that includes a moral stance where the companies perform philanthropic deeds, beyond the needs of their own business. Hereby, the study displays a discursive construction of CSR that is equally complex as the environments in which the companies operate, with numerous different yet parallel logics influencing. In answering the purpose, the study makes two contributions to the theory of institutional logics. In identifying the institutional logics, an entirely new institutional order is acknowledged. Lastly, in using CSR-reports in the analysis, this study shows how texts of organisation´s own making can be used in identifying institutional logics.Two implications can be made, the first being the power that different stakeholder of the company has in influencing the meaning of CSR and how they themselves are part of the process. Thus being able to drive change, as important components in an environment to which companies show great compliance. The second implication concerns the necessity in company’s consideration to a discourse of CSR that includes a moral dimension, comprising a commitment that goes beyond a vested interest for the business.
Jakobsson, Sofie, and Ella Werner. "En kartläggning av det föränderliga : CSR-rapportering i årsredovisning från svenska börsnoterade företag." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45205.
Full textProblem: CSR is a concept under constant change with widespread definitions. As it is an optional responsibility the reporting varies between actors. Knowledge about the report on CSR is deficient and needs deepening through studies of characteristics that can affect the level of reporting. An updated comparison and knowledge base for companies to rely on when working with CSR activities and creating reports that further build uniform reporting is currently missing. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to survey the reporting of the three dimensions of CSR, environment, economic and social, in annual reports of Swedish listed companies. The purpose is further to test and analyse the variables net sales, branch of business, mean age, gender balance and ownership structure to explain their impact on the level of CSR reporting. Method: In this study the authors applied a quantitative method with a content analysis research method. Collection of data was conducted through a review of annual reports for 80 listed companies at the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Data was compiled through a created list of words and a grading table and was further processed with hypothesis tests analysed in the statistic data programs SPSS and Stata. Results: This study shows that the social dimension of CSR has the highest level of reporting. The main focus was on employees, development and emission. The study has proven a statistically assured relation between the level of CSR reporting and net sales, branch of business, mean age of people in leading positions and ownership structure. For the variable gender balance no statistically assured relation could be found.
Gavlén, Anna, and Lina Pettersson. "Kvinnor i styrelser och deras påverkan på hållbarhetsredovisningen : En kvantitativ studie av 278 bolag noterade på den svenska börsen." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-26812.
Full textThe aim with the study is to study if there exists a relation between the number of women on board and the sustainability report in companies that´s listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Earlier studies show a positive relation between the number of women on board and the sustainability reports. Therefore have we chosen to study this in companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The study is based on positivist research philosophy and uses a deductive approach. We have used a quantitative method and used data from annual reports and Retriever. The population consists of 318, the final sample is 278 companies all listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The data is analysed with the help of SPSS and we have done a correlation analysis and several regression analysis. The study could not find any relation between the number of women on board and the sustainability report. We also could not find any relation between the number of women on board and the choice of ISO or Global Compact. However, we could find a positive relation with GRI. The study could not find a conclusive result to show critical mass.
Martinsson, Marcus, and Daniel Karlsson. "Hållbarhetsredovisning : Hur kan hållbarhetsredovisningen utvärderas ur ett intressentperspektiv?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46037.
Full textSyftet med uppsatsen består i två delar. Den första delen avser att utveckla van der Ploeg och Vanclays verktyg genom att skapa underfrågor till deras frågeschema. Med målsättningen att skapa en modell som är användbar för intressenter till att utvärdera hållbarhetsredovisningars kvalitet. Andra delen av syftet handlar om hur den utvecklade modellen kan användas praktiskt och utvärdera hållbarhetsredovisningar ur ett intressentperspektiv. Modellen tillämpas för att granska ett urval av 31 företag och dess hållbarhetsredovisningar. Urvalet av företag är uppdelade i tre olika sektorer på Stockholmsbörsen: konsumenttjänster, råvaror samt olja och gas. Forskningsmetoden i studien utgår ifrån en kvantitativ innehållsanalys som syftar till att göra informationen i hållbarhetsredovisningen jämförbar samt ge en objektiv och systematisk beskrivning som ligger till grund för de slutsatser som framkommit i studien. Slutsatser av studien tyder på att modellen har blivit förbättrad och att tidigare problematik med att använda modellen för jämförelser och strukturerade analyser har förenklats. Den utvecklade modellen har sedan testats empiriskt och erfarenheter tyder på att modellen är funktionsduglig för att samla in och sammanställa data. I studien uppmärksammades dock svårigheter för enskilda intressenter att identifiera frågor som är intressanta just för dem. Men trots dessa svårigheter är modellen användbar för att utvärdera hållbarhetsredovisningar i sin helhet ur ett intressentperspektiv.
Dzafic, Jasmin, and Angelica Petersson. "Greenwashing in CSR reports - A case study of two entities." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30124.
Full textYohannes, Michael. "Comparison and analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports of the top five companies ranked on the 2013 CSR RepTrak." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/16390.
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In the 1970s, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was discussed by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman in his article 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.' (Friedman, 1970). His view on CSR was contemptuous as he referred to it as 'hypocritical window-dressing' a reflection of the view of Corporate America on CSR back then. For a long time short-term maximization of shareholder value was the only maxim for top management across industries and companies. Over the last decade, CSR has become a more important and relevant factor of a company’s reputation, shifting the discussion from whether CSR is necessary to how best CSR commitments should be done (Smith, 2003). Inevitably, companies do have an environmental, social and economic impact, thereby imposing social costs on current and future generations. In 2013, 50 of the world biggest companies have been responsible for 73 percent of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emission (Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013). Post et al. (2002) refer to these social costs as a company’s need to retain its 'license to operate'. In the late 1990s, CSR reporting was nearly unknown, which drastically changed during the last decade. Allen White, co-founder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), said that CSR reporting'… has evolved from the extraordinary to the exceptional to the expected' (Confino, 2013). In confirmation of this, virtually all of the world’s largest 250 companies report on CSR (93%) and reporting by now appears to be business standard (KPMG, 2013). CSR reports are a medium for transparency which may lead to an improved company reputation (Noked, 2013; Thorne et al, 2008; Wilburn and Wilburn, 2013). In addition, it may be used as part of an ongoing shareholder relations campaign, which may prevent shareholders from submitting Environmental and Social (E&S)1 proposals (Noked, 2013), based on an Ernst & Young report 1 The top five E&S proposal topic areas in 2013 were: 1. Political spending/ lobbying; 2. Environmental sustainability; 3. Corporate diversity/ EEO; 4.Labor/ human rights and 5. Animal testing/ animal welfare. Three groups of environmental sustainability proposal topics of sub-category number two (environmental sustainability) 6 2013, representing the largest category of shareholder proposals submitted. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) even goes as far as to claim that CSR reports are '…becoming critical to a company’s credibility, transparency and endurance.' (PwC, 2013).
Danarp, Martin, and Anas Ramish. "Sustainability reports - Legitimizing negative aspects : A qualitative study on the Swedish steel industry." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160729.
Full textYtterberg, Cecilia, and Maria Broman. "Hållbarhetsredovisning enligt GRI:s riktlinjer : En studie av två svenska statliga företag." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-25293.
Full textZimmerer-Benz, Mona. "Differences in CSR Disclosure : Does the Content of CSR Disclosure vary between Code Law and Common Law Countries?" Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-35073.
Full textAlagic, Amra, and Emelie Anthonsen. "Socialt ansvarstagande : En studie kring arbete med CSR inom detaljhandeln ochhur media kritiskt granskar detta." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-11357.
Full textCorporate social responsibility has recently become increasingly important, especially in the retailing sector. It has also become more important to the society which affects how organisations choose to work with this. Therefore, media reporting on corporate social responsibility has also increased. How can this affect organisations and their CSR-reporting? Corporate social responsibility has become a well-known concept that corporations have adapted, a consequence of this is that the concept of CSI has emerged. This means that corporations are working in an irresponsible manner to achieve legitimacy. Organisations are dependent on their stakeholders, which in turn may be affected by the media. Thus, it is in the interest of businesses to convey a positive image to the society, which can be done by producing sustainability reports. The purpose of this essay was to contribute with knowledge about how a public organisation with many stakeholders workswith CSR and how they are affected by the media's reporting regarding this. We have conducted a qualitative study where we analysed 15 sustainability reports produced by H&M between 2002-2016. We have done this by conducting a content analysis where we developed a coding scheme. We searched for key concepts and examined how many times these occurred in the sustainability reports. We also analysed the media reporting on H&M's corporate social responsibility. Our theoretical framework consists of research that addressed the concepts CSR, CSI, stakeholders, legitimacy, sustainability reportingand media. We also present an analysis model that served as a starting point, with this weput our empirical data in relation to the theoretical framework and afterwards we conductedan analysis based on this. Our empirical study consists of our coding scheme and material from media and H&M's website. This, together with the theoretical framework, forms the basis of our discussion and conclusions. Our main conclusion was that the corporations' sustainability reporting is primarily influenced by the demands of stakeholders. We have not been able to identify a greater impact from the media regarding the organisations sustainability reports, which reinforces this statement.
Holmqvist, Evelina. "Förändringar i tjänsteföretags hållbarhetsredovisning : En longitudinell studie på svenska storbanker." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-346.
Full textAs people in today's society have become more aware of sustainability issues, the demand for sustainable enterprises has increased. This has resulted that many companies have chosen to voluntarily begin to implement the sustainability report to show that they are good actors in society and thereby achieve legitimacy. The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how legitimacy can be pursued in service companies sustainability report by describing how sustainability reporting has developed over time and to identify the underlying causal factors for why reporting change and development has occurred over time. To address the purpose of the study, a longitudinal study of Sweden's four major banks has been conducted. The study was conducted through both the content analysis of sustainability reports, from when the banks began to sustainability report to the latest published, as well as through interviews with three of the major banks. Based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) categories of corporate social responsibility (financial, environmental and social impacts), changes in the banks communication has been identified. The analysis of the categories shows that the underlying factors why changes in the major banks Sustainability reports has occurred over time is due to the GRI’s guidelines have changed, current issues in the world and society have changed, which meant that certain issues have a larger space in the Sustainability reports. Banks also adapts the content of the sustainability report according to what their stakeholders demand and the requirements they place on the banks, which is consistent with the institutional theory. Further, the major banks also capture what their competitors has reported to find out what seems best. The report on the social impact has over time become more increasingly significant in sustainability accounting, while accounting for banks' environmental impact been on a downward trend. This has been explained by stakeholders' increasingly awareness regarding sustainability issues and that they are now demanding more information about organizations social impacts than they previously did, when the demand for environmental information was great. A bank's direct environmental impact is also expected to be relatively limited given their actual operations, which has also lead to decrease about the reporting of the environmental impacts.
Otter, Malin, and Adam Samuelsson. "Hållbarhet är målet : Hållbarhetsredovisning inom svensk elithandboll." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17217.
Full textThyssen, Jacqueline, and Christiane Hinrichs. "Online communication of CSR by Swedish MNEs : A multiple case study." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-7923.
Full textQuader, Mithila, and Sara Lidén. "An approach to manage corporate scandals : Legitimizing negative incidents in CSR-reports." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-68550.
Full textEriksson, Per, and Peter Forsberg. "Corporate Social Responsibility och hållbarhetsredovisning i tre svenska företag." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-6238.
Full textDatum: 2009-06-02
Nivå: Magisteruppsats i ekonomistyrning, 15 hp
Författare: Peter Forsberg och Per Eriksson
Handledare: Esbjörn Segelod
Titel: Corporate Social Responsibility och hållbarhetsredovisning i tre svenska företag
Problem: Vilket CSR-arbete har Atlas Copco, Vattenfall och ICA idag och hur redovisas resultatet? Har de skett några förändringar i vad bolagen redovisar idag i sina hållbarhetsredovisningar jämfört med 2005?
Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur Atlas Copco, ICA och Vattenfall arbetar med CSR idag och hur deras hållbarhetsredovisningar presenteras 2008 jämfört med 2005.
Metod: För att genomföra undersökningen har vi valt att intervju de tre företagen, granska deras hållbarhetsredovisningar från 2005 respektive 2008 och studerat litteratur.
Resultat: Resultat vi kom fram till är att arbetet är organiserat på olika sätt men gemensamt för bolagen är att många har CSR-frågor som en del i sitt arbete och att det rapporteras in och sammanställas. Alla tre bolagen har förbättrat sin presentation av hållbarhetsredovisningarna, exempelvis har strukturen blivit tydligare i de nyare rapporterna. Jämfört med 2005 har två av tre bolag utökat sin rapportering av prestandaindikatorer trots att dessa totalt har minskat sedan övergången från Guidelines 2002 till nya G3. Två av tre bolag har även fått sina rapporter granskade av revisionsbolag.
Date: 2009-06-02
Level: Master thesis in management accounting, 15 credits
Authors: Peter Forsberg and Per Eriksson
Tutor: Esbjörn Segelod
Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability report in three Swedish companies
Problem: What are Atlas Copco, Vattenfall and ICA doing in the field of CSR today and how is the result presented? Have there been any changes with regard to what the companies declare today in their sustainability reports compared to 2005?
Purpose: The purpose with this essay is to investigate how Atlas Copco, ICA and Vattenfall works with CSR today and how their sustainability reports are presented 2008 compared to 2005.
Method: To carry out the investigation we have chosen to interview the three companies, review their sustainability reports from 2005 and 2008 and study literature.
Result: The result we have come down to is that the work is organized in different ways in the three companies. Common to the interviewed companies is that many CSR-questions constitute an integral part of their businesses. All three companies have improved their presentation of the sustainability report, for example have the structure of the report improved in later reports. In comparison to 2005 two out of three companies have expanded their report of performance indicators in spite of decreasing numbers of performance indicators since the change from Guidelines 2002 to the new G3. Two out of three companies have also had their reports third party checked by audits.
Högfeldt, Laila, and Koinberg Rebecca Hugosson. "Hur Redovisar Dagligvarubranschen Socialt Ansvar?" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17882.
Full textProgram: Civilekonomprogrammet
Márová, Klára. "Analýza aktivit Commerzbank AG v oblasti společenské odpovědnosti a návrhy na zlepšení." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-17915.
Full textEnström, Frida, and Emma Hermanssson. "Utvärdering av hållbarhetsredovisning : En studie som visar viktiga faktorer vid aktieägarnas utvärdering och jämförelser av hållbarhetsredovisningar." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-14152.
Full textBackground Today companies include CSR in their operations and establish sustainability reports which is a consequence of increased pressure from society and company stakeholders, including shareholders. Previous studies find that the information in sustainability reports varies, which complicates the ability of readers to evaluate different sustainability reports and compare it between companies. For example, to receive value from the CSR-activities, shareholders must in a correct way interpret and value the activities. Companies' work with CSR can create value for shareholders by increasing the trust of stakeholders which leads to protection of the company when negative events occur. Purpose Our purpose is to contribute to understanding the use of sustainability reports when comparing between different companies and what information that is important for shareholders to evaluate in sustainability reports. Methods We conducted our study in line with the qualitative method. The empirical data was gathered through six semi-structured interviews. Analyses of the empirical result in relation to theories and previous studies presented in our theoretical framework led to our conclusions. Results This study shows that transparency, credibility and essential are important factors for shareholders to evaluate in sustainability reports. Shareholders should also evaluate risks, as well as the probability that these will occur and what it will have for consequences. Our study shows that sustainability reports are useful when comparing different companies because the evaluation is based on the comprehensive picture, which allows shareholders to ignore the fact that the companies report different types of information.
Theilkemeier, Linnea, Azin Taheri, and Isabel Dreveborn. "Corporate Social Responsibility : the legal framework of CSR." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-14307.
Full textCesar, Lovisa, Hanna Darius, and Rebecca Fors. "Argumentativ CSR-kommunikation. : En studie om hur svenska modeföretag legitimerar sin outsourcade produktion." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23462.
Full textThe fashion industry is characterized by a constant search for the cheapest possible labor. As a consequence, companies operating in this sector usually choose to outsource their production function to a third party outside the home market. Furthermore, such decision can give rise to a complex supply chain. As a result, the scrutiny from all actors in society has become more extensive as mishaps and scandals regarding the outsourced production have been discovered. Criticism about lack of control and transparency in the supply chain has therefore meant that companies have found ways to argue for their operations and the sourcing decisions that have been made. The purpose of the study is to highlight the argumentative techniques used to justify outsourced production. This was answered by investigating and categorizing the use of argumentative categories in Swedish fashion companies sustainability reports. The methodology used was a discourse analysis. The analysis was based on a previously designed framework that was modified during the study. The result shows that all study objects use argumentation techniques that can further be linked to different main categories of the analysis model. These arguments are used in order to legitimize the companies CSR-activities connected to the outsourced production. The study helps to give readers of the companies sustainability reports the opportunity to access the information based on a more critical approach. The thesis is written in Swedish.
Boström, Daniel. "Environmental information : A study of environmental disclosure in financial analyst reports, annual reports, CSR reports and environmental risk profiles." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-24589.
Full textThe awareness of environmental issues has increased among the public the last decades. An environmental movement is occurring and companies are beginning to adapt themselves and their business activities to the changing view of environmental issues. Greater attention are turning to companies around the world due to the view that they have a responsibility concerning environmental and sustainability matters in their business operations. The development of environmental guidelines such as the Global Reporting Initiative and the presenting of separate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports illustrate the emerged demand of an environmental awareness from various stakeholders. Government regulations and inter-continental agreements of carbon taxes, emission trade rights and various environmental targets are influencing the operations and the environmental approach for the companies.
An important link in the information chain is the financial analysts and their role as information intermediaries. The characteristics of their profession combined with their expertise knowledge of evaluating companies are reasons behind their function in the investment value chain. Traditionally, the valuation of companies has been based on financial figures and the models derive from typical tangible assets such growth numbers, estimated future earnings and cash flow. Environmental issues have throughout the years been considered of secondary importance due to the specific kind of information it represents.
This study examines factors influencing the amount of environmental information presented in financial analyst reports. The amount of environmental information presented in annual reports, CSR reports and an environmental risk profile developed by GES Investment Services have been selected as predictor variables to determine the amount of environmental information in the financial analysts’ reports.
40 companies from the industrial sector have been included in the study and the results reveal that no or very little environmental information can be found in the financial analyst reports. The financial analysts’ seem to prioritize other kinds of information when evaluating companies and creating analyst reports. The study also reveals that companies with separate CSR reports seem to have a higher amount of environmental information presented in annual reports as well as a better environmental risk profile.
Eriksson, Amanda, and Joakim Fridman. "Den goda maten : Hur Kommuniceras CSR-arbete till och av lokala franchisetagare? En fallstudie på ICA Gruppen AB." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85344.
Full textClausson, Rasmus, and Linus Sjögren. "Hållbarhetsrapporter och aktievärde : Värderas frivilliga och lagstadgade hållbarhetsrapporter lika?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173419.
Full textBohatová, Zuzana. "Analýza ekonomických přínosů CSR aktivit ve společnosti Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-5324.
Full textPouvreau, Baptiste, and Pierre Sonier. "Corporate social responsibility disclosure in corporate communication : A content analysis of the automotive industry’s sustainability reports." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-57063.
Full textTruong, Alex, and Walid Dost. "Hållbarhetsredovisning i bankbranschen : En kvalitativ studie över hur banker kommunicerar sitt hållbarhetsarbete." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23464.
Full textSustainability reporting is an instrument that has two basic functions: an instrument for increased transparency and one for controlling sustainability processes. The transparency perspective includes how the company can present its sustainability work through its sustainability report so that it becomes more visible to its stakeholders. The governance perspective is about how companies can control, measure and target the sustainability issues that are considered important through sustainability reporting. At present, it is mainly large companies that choose to make sustainability reports. Research shows that companies in environmentally sensitive industries place greater emphasis on sustainability reporting than companies in less environmentally sensitive industries. In autumn 2016, a legislative amendment was introduced in the Annual Accounts Act, which means that all major Swedish companies are obliged to report on sustainability. As the banks are a powerful player in the struggle for sustainable development, we want to investigate how the legal requirement has affected the banks 'sustainability report and even if the banks' sustainability report is developing into a standard for the industry. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the occurrence of changes in how companies in the Swedish banking industry report their sustainability work after the introduction of the new Accounting law. Furthermore, we want to investigate earlier times of similarities between the banks' sustainability reporting and whether it is moving towards a normative direction for the industry. Our study will help with existing research in the area of sustainability reporting. In order to answer our purpose, we have chosen a qualitative research strategy with a deductive research approach. Our research is based on existing theories in the area and the purpose is to investigate whether we can find evidence for these theories in our research. Analyzes show that there has been a clear change in how the banks communicate the various keywords and the context within it or the words. For all banks, there has been a significant increase in words linked to the context management perspective and values and principles. In addition, the proportion of words linked to the context of future plans has decreased significantly. Another conclusion we have been able to draw is that the new legal requirement also contributes to increase Affordability of the Sustainability Report between companies within the same industry. This can be explained by companies in the same industry often have the same challenges, risks and key performance indicators.
Lajmi, Amira. "CSR governance practices : interactions and implications for the firm’s market valuation." Thesis, Le Mans, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LEMA2002.
Full textThis thesis attempts to examine the impact of CSR practices on firm market value. Particularly, we analyze the moderating role of the two sustainability-oriented corporate governance mechanisms, CSR committee and CSR assurance on the relationship between CSR reporting and the firm’s market value. Using a sample of French firms belonging to the SBF 120 index over two different periods from 2001 to 2011 and from 2007 to 2017, our results show that both CSR committee and CSR assurance act as a strategic tool to enhance the company’s ability to disclose more on CSR duties. We also show that the creation of a CSR committee and the demand for CSR assurance may substitute for each other. By studying their impact on firm market value, we conclude that the advantage of having a CSR committee and/or CSR assurance does not stem from their direct effect on market value, but from their moderating role between CSR reporting and firm’s market value. Our results show that while a higher level of CSR reporting is relevant for shareholders when firms have a CSR committee in the board, CSR assurance is specifically relevant only for firms exposed to environmental risks, demonstrating an unequivocal need to enhance the credibility of their CSR reporting. Our research is not limited to evaluating the effects of the presence or absence of external assurance but alos investigates the relationship between the issuance of a standalone CSR report and the firm’s market value, depending on the quality of assurance services. The result highlights the contribution of higher-quality assurance services to the relevance of standalone CSR reports. This thesis covers several disciplines namely accounting, accountability and corporate governance with may be a great interest for regulators, investors, managers and shareholders
Olsson, Magnus, and Karl Ambrosiusson. "Hållbarhetsinformation i VD-ordet : En kvantitativ studie av företag på OMX Stockholm LargeCap." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-27927.
Full textTitle: Sustainability information in the CEO letter- A quantitative study of companies at OMX Stockholm Large CapAuthors: Magnus Olsson and Karl AmbrosiussonBackground: The CEO letter is a voluntary section in the annual report where the management together with the CEO have the opportunity to express themselves about the past year and future expectations. The CEO letter is one of the most read parts in the annual report. This essay focuses on to what extent the CEO letter presents sustainability information. A Sustainability report has been a requirement for bigger companies since 2016 and the annual reports of 2017 are the first reports that have to contain a sustainability report.Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to find out if the new sustainability reporting requirements has affected the extent of sustainability information presented in the CEO letter. The purpose is further to explain whether the size of the company is a factor that affects the amount of sustainability information presented in the CEO letter.Method: Quantitative content analysis has been applied to measure the extent to which sustainability information is used in the CEO letter. It’s used by counting the frequency of concepts associated with sustainability.Conclusion: The result shows that the amount of sustainability information in the CEO letter has increased between 2016 and 2017, but that the change in the law did not have any additional impact on the amount of sustainability information. The result also shows that size of the companies doesn’t affect the amount of sustainability information in the CEO letter for the investigated companies.
Bahram, Diana, and Natalya Serevetnyk. "Hållbarhetsredovisning i svenska statliga och icke-statliga företag." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3212.
Full textThis study deals with sustainability reporting in three governmental and three non-governmental Swedish companies in different industries. With increasing demands from the society regarding company’s CSR - Corporate social responsibility, the perspective of accounting gets broader and covers even non-financial information to meet not only the owners’ demands but also others stakeholders' requirements. Sustainability has become an important tool for creating company’s business value and a positive sustainable external image. Different requirements in the field of such accounting for state and non-state enterprises make the phenomenon interesting to study. The purpose of this study was to find out how the sustainability reporting differs between governmental and non-governmental Swedish companies and how it is influenced by the legitimacy and stakeholders’ perspective.
The six companies included in the case study were state-owned SAS, Vattenfall and TeliaSonera and non-governmental Peab, Alfa-Laval and RNB Retail and Brands. To understand the phenomenon and explain the empirical data the using of legitimacy and stakeholder theories were helpful. Furthermore, mandatory and optional regulations in the area were presented, as well as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, which are becoming more recognized as a standard for sustainability reporting. The Empirical data was taken from interviewing the qualified people from the respective companies, corporate sustainability reports and other sustainability-related information. After the completed research it revealed that sustainability reporting is different depending on the type of company, its business and its stakeholders. The non-mandatory regulation in the area creates flexibility for the company, which gives companies greater capacity and opportunity for self-regulation within the CSR field.
Rinaldo, Domenico. "Analisi testuale dei report sociali di: Facebook, Apple, Google e Amazon. Un approccio basato su Topic Modelling." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/18040/.
Full textBoudali, Selma, and Mattias Olausson. "Venturi Undertray : KTH Bachelor Thesis Report." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-274378.
Full textDetta kandidatexamesarbete syftar till att beskriva arbetet som utförts för konstruktionsdesignen av Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Formula Student (KTHFS) racerbils underrede. Målet var att uppnå en aerodynamisk optimerad underredes design som följer de regler och krav fastställda av KTHFS gällande vikt, storlek, material som behövs till tillverkningen och kostnader. Efter en litteraturstudie på tidigare arbete, blev Venturi tunnlar, inspirerade av Aston Martin Valkyrie, konceptet som vi beslutade att uderreden skulle bygga på och valda på grund av deras förmåga att förbättra bilens prestanda genom sitt nedkraftsbildande och försumbar mängd drag med hjälp av ”ground effect”. Många CAD-designmodeller skapades i Solid Edge och en slutgiltig design överfördes sedan till Siemens NX för att analyseras med Star CCM+ och dess Design Managerfunktion. CFD-analyserna och optimeringen utfördes i Star CCM+ med avseende på tryckgradient, strömlinjehastighet och nedkrafter. Dessa gjordes med variabla parametrar i områden som utvidgningshöjd, inloppsarea och frigångshöjd. I denna rapport finns en mer detaljerad beskrivning av hur CFD-analysen utfördes samt förslag för tillverkning. Med tanke på tidsbegränsningarna och samhällseffekterna av COVID-19 fick vi ta bort tillverknink från projektets omfattning, men en steg-för-steg tillverkningsguide tillhandahålls i rapporten. Analyser av vår slutgiltiga design visade på 428N downforce, en vikt på 2,55 kg och en produktionskostnad på cirka 2320 SEK. Den överenstämmer därför kraven för vikt, kostnad och frigångshöjd som fastställdes av Formula Student.
Metličková, Eva. "Společenská odpovědnost firem - zprávy o reportování udržitelného rozvoje." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-11756.
Full textLarsson, Hanna, and Therese Lindlöf. "Global Reporting Initiative : Hur har svenska statliga företag påverkats av regeringens beslut om hållbarhetsredovisning i enighet med GRI?" Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-4373.
Full textFokus på hållbarhet i företag ökat kraftigt på senare år. Ett resultat av denna hållbarhetsutveckling är GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), en organisation som utvecklar ramverk och ger vägledning för innehållet i företagens hållbarhetsredovisningar. Svenska Regeringen på initiativ av Maud Olofsson var först i världen med att kräva att alla svenska statliga företag, från och med räkenskapsåret 2008, ska upprätta en externt granskad hållbarhetsredovisning i enighet med GRI:s riktlinjer G3. Den här studien syftar till att undersöka hur de svenska statliga företagen har påverkats av regeringens nya krav.
Studien innefattar en undersökning av sju statliga företag som idag redovisar hållbarhet i enighet med GRI:s riktlinjer. En kvalitativ fallstudie har använts för undersökningen. Efter intervjuer med företagen kan det fastslås att det nya regeringskravet till viss del är en kostsam process. Det kan även konstateras att redovisning enligt GRI:s riktlinjer medför positiva förändringar i företagens interna processer. Företagen har även blivit mer medvetna om vilken påverkan de har på den hållbara utvecklingen.
Focus on sustainability in companies has increased sharply the last couple of years. A result of this development in sustainability is GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), an organization that develops frames and gives guidance for sustainability reports in the companies. The Swedish government on the initiative of Minister Maud Olofsson was first in the world to demand that all Swedish state-owned companies, from the fiscal year 2008, shall establish an externally audited sustainability reports in agreement with the GRI guidelines G3. This study aims to examine how the Swedish state-owned companies have been affected by the new government requirements.
The study includes an examination of seven state-owned companies, which today reports sustainability in agreement with GRI guidelines. A qualitative case study has been used for the thesis. After interviews with companies it can be stated that the new governmental requirement in some extent is a costly process. It can also be noted that accounting in accordance to GRI guidelines leads to positive changes in the companies internal processes. The companies have also become more aware of the impact they have on sustainable development.
Aldin, Sandra, Tove Sjöstedt, and Kristina Johansson. "Hållbarhetsredovisning : – En studie om hur sex klädföretag balanserar positiv och negativ information enligt GRI:s princip balans." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65945.
Full textBachelor thesis, 15 hp, 2FE93E, Spring 2017 School of Business and Economics – Linnaeus University in Växjö Authors: Tove Sjöstedt, Kristina Johansson and Sandra Aldin Tutor: Yuliya Ponomareva Examiner: Pia Nylinder Title: Sustainability Report - A study on how six clothing companies balance positive and negative information according to GRI’s principle balance. Keyword: Sustainability Report, CSR, GRI, Global Reporting Initiative, Balance, Strategies, Legitimacy Background: Sustainability Report is about accounting that includes environmental, social and economic impact. The clothing industry is exposed to heavy pressure from both the media and consumers who have high demands on sustainability issues, and it is therefore important to openly communicate the information. As a support to openly communicate the CSR information, the global GRI framework contains guidelines for obtaining comparable reporting in sustainability reporting. A principle that is part of GRI's guidelines is about balance where companies should report both good and bad results. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the content of Swedish clothing companies' sustainability reports, which report according to GRI's guidelines to see how Swedish clothing companies report negative information and relate to GRI's principle balance in which both positive and negative information should be reported. Method: The study is conducted in the form of a multiple case study. The data collection consists of secondary data where six clothing companies' sustainability reports and annual reports have been examined. Conclusions: The study shows that all clothing companies report both positive and negative information in their reports, but it is predominantly positive information. It also emerged that clothing companies use different strategies when presenting negative information in their reports, which means that the information still can be perceived as positive.
Nováková, Veronika. "Využití firemní filantropie pro posilování hodnoty značky." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-192437.
Full textFranzén, Rasmus, and Jens Karlsson. "CSR i tre börsnoterade företag : en komparativ innehållsanalys av hållbarhetsredovisningar." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17176.
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Belentschikow, Valentin. "Zur Wahrnehmung strategischer CSR-Aktivitäten und deren Kommunikation." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-172602.
Full textThe presented analysis deals with the perception of strategic CSR-activities and CSR-communication campaigns. Using a qualitative approach and exploring the field of the energy sector in Germany, data was gathered from expert interviews (communication officers & CSR-experts), content and frame analysis (media resonance, blogosphere, online chats, website analysis) and guided interviews. Conclusively, three concepts were identified: CSR as a voluntary act (perceived self-commitment based on corporate ethics), CSR as an obligation (engagement based on public pressure) and CSR as an instrument (sense-making engagement, instrumentalization for reputational goals). The compiled model illustrates linkages and relationships between these concepts and offers an explanatory approach for the fundamental skepticism towards strategic CSR-activities and related communication campaigns
Eliasson, Johanna. "The H&M Group: Enabling the Future : An anthropological discourse analysis of The H&M Group Sustainability Report 2016." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-339565.
Full textHultén, Manne, and Benedikt Lukas Rommel. ""Goodness is the only investment that never fails" : En studie om hur Volvo Cars kommunicerar CSR på sin webbplats." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-38807.
Full textToday, more and more companies are implementing CSR-strategies into their businesses. Although many consumers find it important that companies engage in sustainability issues, there are still not that many who are aware of who engages and how they engage. Therefore, it is essential for organizations to communicate about their CSR engagement in order to create credibility and maximize business returns. Previous research show that communicating CSR is a difficult and complicated task. The purpose of this thesis is to create an increased understanding in how the car manufacturer Volvo Cars communicates its CSR commitment on their corporate website. The study examines how the communication is structured based on style and message content, how often Volvo Cars communicate their economic, social and environmental commitments and how the communication is framed to various stakeholder groups based on the three motives from the triple bottom line theory. Volvo Cars is interesting to investigate in this context since the company is part of an industry that has a major impact on the environment. In addition, the company also describes itself as an active participant in sustainability-issues. The study has been conducted by using two qualitative and one quantitative content analysis. The data was collected from Volvo Cars landing page of sustainability and from the company's sustainability report from 2015. The data has been analyzed based on the triple bottom line-theory, the stakeholder model and a conceptual framework for CSR-communication. The findings of this thesis show that Volvo Cars CSR-communication is relationship building and contains a relatively complicated and “heavy” language. The company communicates its commitment about environment most often and the communication is framed very differently to various stakeholder groups.
Holinková, Jana. "Analýza přístupu firem ke společenské odpovědnosti v porovnání s požadavky standardu Global Reporting Initiative." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-5255.
Full textGeiser, Sofia, and Mirja Båtsman. "Quantity over Quality? : A study of a separate sustainability report's effect on financial performance for companies on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73467.
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