Essays about: "Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems.
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1. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE
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2. Too Big to be Passive
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This thesis draws upon 12 in-depth interviews, with senior managers and investment professionals from 7 leading institutional investors in Sweden, to explore how they reason and work with corporate governance in their passive investments. Using Foucault's theory of disciplinary power as a theoretical framework, we found that institutional self-discipline complements earlier research in the area, mainly as a tool for explaining their incentives to engage in ownership. READ MORE
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3. Self-assessment for SMEs to address operational and environmental performance. : Combining SCOR, SustainableSCOR, and LCA methodologies in the food industry
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : As world population grows, so does the demand for resources exploitation and transformation. This, in turn, has an effect in the increase of the related wastes. Facing these challenges by designing and developing sustainable products and supply chains, processes, operations, and management is becoming increasingly important. READ MORE
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4. Sustainability performance and management systems at Swedish fish & seafood wholesalers
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This is a bachelor thesis within the subject of Corporate Sustainability and Business Administration related to performance measurement of sustainability and how this impacts profitability. Through this study the researchers seek to create a deeper understanding for how large Swedish wholesalers of fish & seafood can develop more effective business operations and contribute to a sustainable fish & seafood industry while retaining or improving their profitability. READ MORE
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5. Measures to Save the Planet: A qualitative study on the value of concrete cause-effect linkages between sustainability performance and financial performance
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Sustainability is now more than ever an important aspect for companies to understand and cope with. An increasing number of companies aim to make sustainability part of their overall strategy, and one important aspect in so doing is measurement. READ MORE
