Essays about: "Non-financial issues"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the words Non-financial issues.
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16. ESG Integration Among Large Nordic Institutional Asset Owners : Mapping Large Nordic Institutional Asset Owners’ Approaches to Sustainability and ESG Integration in the Investment Process
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Traditional investing is mainly concerned with creating a financial return on investment for the investor and hence disregards other non-financial issues such as adverse environmental and societal impacts. This negligence of negative impacts in the investment process is beginning to be addressed with the emergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, socially responsible investing (SRI), and other sustainable investing types. READ MORE
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17. The Usage of the Perspectives Comprising the BSC from the Family Firm’s Point of View : A Case Study Influenced by the Spirit of Gnosjö
University essay from Högskolan i JönköpingAbstract : Even though family firms play a significant role in the economy, research regarding family firms is relatively new and is still an emerging field of study. Family firms possess specific characteristics distinguishing them from nonfamily firms. READ MORE
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18. Sustainability reporting and the related challenges of the United Nations Global Compact signatories : A qualitative study in the Nordic region
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Abstract Sustainability has been one of the most discussed topics among the business world and society for the last decade. The globally growing concern about sustainability related issues has led to businesses and non-businesses meet the demand of their stakeholders by producing a sustainability report to demonstrate their work and development in sustainability and how they have measured it. READ MORE
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19. Bankers hållbarhetsredovisning och innehållets relevans för deras intressenter : en fallstudie på företag inom banksektorn
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Recently, a new directive on sustainability reporting has been introduced in the European Union, which states that all major companies within the union are required to establish a sustainability report for the public. One reason for this is that stakeholders in society demand transparency and openness in sustainability issues that concern the social and environmental impact of corporations. READ MORE
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20. Funding of Social Enterprises : A case study of high investor engagement funding practices on for-profit social enterprises
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This bachelor thesis evaluates how high-engagement investors contribute to the development and growth of for-profit social enterprises by providing both funding and non-financial advisory services focused on organisational capacity-building. Case studies on three social enterprises describe the structure of funding deals, what considerations affected these due to the high social character of the ventures, and inquire into the relationship between social enterprise and their investors to evaluate how the investors provide value for their investees beyond capital. READ MORE
