Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Variations in Corporate Sustainability, Citizenship, and Social Responsibility Reporting

By:
Dr. Karen Paul
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This paper's objective is to compare and contrast the ways global corporations measure and report on sustainability, social responsibility, and corporate citizenship. Standards and practices differ by company, by industry, and by country. Alternative approaches are provided by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), AccountAbility, the International Standards Organization (ISO), and many other groups including government agencies and social investing firms. There are also industry initiatives such as the Cement Sustainability Initiative for cement manufacturers and Responsible Care for chemical companies. Variations in these reporting standards are considered, strengths and weaknesses are identified, and suggestions for effective measurement and reporting are put forward.


Keywords: Sustainability Measurement, Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Citizenship
Stream: Economic Sustainability
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Dr. Karen Paul

Florida International University
Miami, Florida, USA

Dr. Karen Paul has a long line of research in corporate social monitoring, socially responsible investing, and economic development. She has twice been a Fulbright Fellow, doing research in Africa and South America on the effectiveness of sanctions as an economic policy, and on the impact of corruption on economic development. She has also done research in Great Britain, Sweden, and Finland. She has developed the index called "Consumer Sensitivity to Corporate Social Responsibility" (CSCSR) which has been administered in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and South Africa. Most recently, she has published articles on the relationship of positive psychology to CSCSR, and on corporate social reporting in Mexico.

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