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Laskar, N.
57191412260;
Impact of corporate sustainability reporting on firm performance: an
empirical examination in Asia
(2018) Journal of Asia Business Studies, 12 (4), pp. 571-593.
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-
85057945977&doi=10.1108%2fJABS-11-2016-
0157&partnerID=40&md5=501561e6977f88cbcbe83890b593931e
ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of
corporate sustainability reporting on firm performance in four Asian
countries – Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and India – and to find out whether
there is any significant difference between developed and developing
countries of Asia with respect to the impact of such reporting on firm
performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on 36 listed
nonfinancial companies from Japan, 28 from India, 26 from South Korea and 21
from Indonesia respectively, from 2009 to 2014. Content analysis (binary −0
and 1) is used to calculate the disclosure score of sustainability
performance, based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) format. The outcome
of the content analysis is further used to examine the impact of corporate
sustainability reporting on firm performance employing a logistic regression
model. Findings: The study finds that the average level of disclosure is more
in the case of Japanese companies (90 per cent), followed by India (88 per
cent) and South Korea (85 per cent). On the other hand, the average level of
disclosure is only 72 per cent for Indonesian firms. Regression results
depict a significant positive association between sustainability reporting
and firm’s performance. The study further finds that the relative impact of
sustainability reporting on firm performance is more in developed countries
than in developing countries of Asia. Originality/value: This is the first
comprehensive study in Asian context to examine the impact of the level of
corporate sustainability disclosure on the firm performance by using the
logistic regression model. The outcome of this study would not only help the
corporate managers but also the policymakers to make a valuable decision,
which will eventually contribute to the objectives of sustainable
development. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Content analysis; Corporate sustainability reporting; Firm
performance; Global reporting initiative; Logistic regression model
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus
Paun, D.
6701608068;
Corporate sustainability reporting: An innovative tool for the greater good
of all
(2018) Business Horizons, 61 (6), pp. 925-935.
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-
85054074302&doi=10.1016%2fj.bushor.2018.07.012&partnerID=40&md5=2fbdabe3f4c65
646bf742291616cb679
ABSTRACT: Most publicly traded companies issue sustainability reports—also
known as corporate social responsibility reports—that contain an
extraordinary amount of multidimensional (e.g., environment, human rights,
labor practices and decent work, product responsibility, society)
longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data that is available to the
public. Unfortunately, corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports are
vastly underutilized due to perceived complexity. This article explains the
Sustainability Performance Assessment (SPA) System, a teaching and mentoring
tool for assessing CSR report information. Students reported a deeper
understanding of sustainability as an overall concept, sustainability from a
business perspective, and multifaceted sustainability performance information
presented in CSR reports. The real world research-focused SPA tool transforms
sustainability from a philosophical and abstract concept to something of
tangible value in everyday life for consumers, employees, and international
stakeholders. © 2018 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Corporate social responsibility; Corporate sustainability
reporting; Global reporting initiative; Sustainability education;
Sustainability reporting
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus
Uwuigbe, U., Teddy, O., Uwuigbe, O.R., Emmanuel, O., Asiriuwa, O., Eyitomi,
G.A., Taiwo, O.S.
57192920160;57203385530;55246824300;57202947642;57203547009;57203928325;57204
293323;
Sustainability reporting and firm performance: A bi-directional approach
(2018) Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 17 (3), pp. 1-16.
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85055110734&partnerID=40&md5=a5954f6e28031982f2391cf3fb250b6f
ABSTRACT: This study provides an insight into the bi-directional relationship
between sustainability reporting and firm performance in quoted Deposit Money
Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria. While the population size comprises of all deposit
money banks quoted on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, judgmental
sampling technique was used in the selection of the sampled banks.
Considering the period 2014-2016, the annual report and stand-alone
sustainability reports of the selected banks were analyzed through the use of
content analysis and coded in order to obtain the sustainability disclosure
index. The panel regression technique was used to analyze the data. The
empirical findings show that there is a bi-directional relationship between
sustainability reporting and firm performance of quoted Deposit Money Banks
(DMBs) in Nigeria. This finding confirms the proposition of the legitimacy
theory. The study observed that the market price per share of the samples
firms had a significant negative influence on sustainability reporting. In
addition, the study also out that sustainability reporting had a significant
positive influence on revenue generation of the sampled firms. © 2018 Allied
Academies.
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: DMBs; Firm performance; GRI; Legitimacy theory;
Sustainability reporting
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus
Seele, P.
23482488900;
Digitally unified reporting: how XBRL-based real-time transparency helps in
combining integrated sustainability reporting and performance control
(2016) Journal of Cleaner Production, 136, pp. 65-77.
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84959214132&doi=10.1016%2fj.jclepro.2016.01.102&partnerID=40&md5=8afd0171628d
09c716e0ef0b60817890
ABSTRACT: In this paper, I address the call for a “new approach to
sustainability reporting” (Lubin and Esty, 2014) based on the present
“sustainability gap” and propose the concept of “digitally unified
reporting.” This is achieved by reviewing two major trends from distinct
bodies of literature: “integrated reporting” from the sustainability field
and unified data based “XBRL-integrated reports” as established in financial
reporting making use of the digital standard XBRL (eXtensible Business
Reporting Language). Based on a systematic literature review, eight trend
statements are derived pointing at gaps and issues in the field of
sustainability reporting and management. Following this review, I propose a
new concept called “digitally unified reporting” that addresses these issues.
The core contribution is an XBRL-based approach to sustainability reporting
that combines digital data management of sustainability performance
measurement with digitally standardized sustainability reporting. To advance
theory, “digitally unified reporting” is defined and discussed and positioned
as a “twin track approach” to sustainability reporting (Burritt and
Schaltegger, 2010) that provides both an inside-out and an outside-in
perspective on sustainability reporting and management. The major advancement
and theoretical contribution of the proposed concept is a time-ontological
shift due to 24/7/365 digital transparency. This proposed shift is from
retrospective reporting on past performance to digitally enabled and
interoperable real-time transparency of performance measurement and reporting
for managers and external stakeholders. Finally, the concept is compared to
current conventional reporting approaches. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Digital age; Sustainability performance measurement;
Sustainability reporting; Transparency; XBRL
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus
Nulla, Y.M.
56682810400;
Institutional ownership and social and sustainability reporting in green
companies
(2015) Corporate Ownership and Control, 13 (1CONT9), pp. 1052-1062.
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-
84949908612&partnerID=40&md5=2166eefb8e7d76ecac1cd7e544b3e785
ABSTRACT: This research study explores the social and financial performance
and sustainability costs on institutional ownership companies. The
quantitative research method is used for this research study. The sample
comprised of top forty US environmental companies from 2012 to 2014. The
research question for this study is, what relationship is there between the
corporate governance, corporate social and environmental performance,
employee participation, and market and financial performance?. This research
finds that there is a positive correlation among all the variables except for
the sustainability costs. The social performance has a significant
correlation with the institutional ownership than sustainability costs. The
social performance had a positive impact on stock price than sustainability
costs. The increased strategy of the CSR practices didn’t motivate employee
participation in the company’s ownership structure, a negative correlation.
Institutional ownership had a very weak positive effect on the employee stock
ownership. Employee stock ownership had a strong correlation with the stock
price. The quality and frequency of the CSR reporting varies from company to
company; hence, the investors, stakeholders, and shareholders had to depend
on the management goodwill. © 2015, Virtus Interpress. All right rserved.
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: CSR; Financial performance; Institutional ownership;
Ownership structure; Social performance; Sustainability costs
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus
Camilleri, M.A.
55916086300;
Valuing Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting
(2015) Corporate Reputation Review, 18 (3), pp. 210-222.
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-
84928633498&doi=10.1057%2fcrr.2015.9&partnerID=40&md5=1552865e153e0c3ae838011
6280245c5
ABSTRACT: This conceptual paper sheds light on some of the major
intergovernmental benchmarks, guidelines and principles for corporate social
responsibility (CSR), corporate governance and sustainability reporting. It
reports on several governments' regulatory roles as their societal governance
is intrinsically based on interdependent relationships. There are different
actors and drivers who are shaping CSR communications and policies in
relational frameworks. This paper mentions some of the countries that have
already introduced intelligent substantive and reflexive regulations. It also
shows how certain businesses are stepping in with their commitment for
sustainability issues as they set their own policies and practices for
laudable organisational behaviours. Very often, corporate businesses use non-
governmental organisations' regulatory tools such as process and performance-
oriented standards. These regulatory instruments focus on issues such as
labour standards, human rights, health and safety, environmental protection,
corporate governance and the like. Afterwards, this paper discusses about the
relationship between governance and sustainability. It makes reference to
some of the relevant European Union Expert Group recommendations for non-
financial reporting and CSR audits. Relevant academic contributions are
indicating that customers are expecting greater disclosures, accountability
and transparency in sustainability reports. This contribution contends that
the way forward is to have more proactive governments that raise the profile
of CSR. It maintains that CSR communications and stakeholder engagement may
bring shared value to business and society. Ultimately, it is in the
businesses' interest to implement corporate sustainability and responsibility
and to forge fruitful relationships with key stakeholders, including the
regulatory ones, in order to address societal, environmental, governance and
economic deficits. © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Corporate governance; corporate social responsibility;
creating shared value; CSR regulatory guidelines; sustainability;
sustainability reporting
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
PUBLICATION STAGE: Final
SOURCE: Scopus