Essays about: "importance of environmental sustainability"
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6. In Pursuit of Legitimacy: A Decade of Non-Financial Reporting in the European Automotive Industry
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Non-Financial Reporting (NFR) has grown significantly in importance within corporate reporting, particularly in the automotive industry, which is struggling with substantial inherent environmental challenges. However, at the same time, many argue that the NFR in the automotive industry is lackluster and riddled with inconsistencies and information overload. READ MORE
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7. Driven by Zero Emissions or Paramount Prestige? - Investigating the Coexistence of Environmental Concern and Materialism in Predicting Purchase Intentions of Premium Electric Cars
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : As the world embraces sustainability, markets align with the shift and undergo transformations. One of which is the luxury segment, from which the integration of sustainability challenges the theorized paradoxical relationship of the two concepts. READ MORE
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8. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. READ MORE
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9. Understanding The Motives Of Scandinavian Retail Companies CSR-efforts At Their Offshore Suppliers
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained substantial significance in recent years, driven by the growing societal emphasis on sustainability. Businesses are now expected to contribute to social and environmental goals alongside economic performance. READ MORE
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10. A New Landscape for Management Control: Managers Reaching a Balance of Remote Work in a Post-Pandemic Era
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In recent years organisations have faced the COVID-19 pandemic, which entailed extensive restrictions and lockdowns around the world. The new challenges have created new patterns for organisations to work after the pandemic and remote work has been implemented. The overall usage of remote work is applied to various extents in organisations. READ MORE
