Search for dissertations about: "Corporate Sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Corporate Sustainability.

  2. 1. Caring for Corporate Sustainability

    Author : Maria Eidenskog; Jenny Palm; Lotta Björklund Larsen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Actor network theory; care practice; corporate sustainability; CSR; environmental labels; ISO 26000; matters of care; thinking with care; SME; Att tänka med omsorg; aktör-nätverksteori; CSR; företagens samhällsansvar; hållbarhet; ISO 26000; miljömärkning; omsorgspraktiker; små och medelstora företag;

    Abstract : Corporate sustainability comes in a variety of shapes and the boundaries defining what can be called sustainability are disputed. This thesis explores the making of sustainability at a medium-sized company in Sweden, in this study called HygieneTech, that actively works with sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Three Pillars of Sustainability : Juxtaposing two Swedish fashion companies and their corporate sustainability concepts

    Author : Judith Katharina Nyfeler; Andrea Kollnitz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sustainability; brand values; ecology; corporate responsibility; slow fashion; Swedish fashion; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : The fashion system has increasingly been imbued by ecology and sustainability. While in the recent years a lot on approaches to more sustainable consumption behaviour from the con- sumers’ side have been suggested, this study focuses on the very practice of how sustainabil- ity - in an applied matter - is realised within a fashion company. READ MORE

  5. 3. Towards Corporate Sustainable Development : The ITT Flygt Sustainability Index

    Author : Eva Pohl; Hans Lundberg; Birgitta Schwartz; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : Environment; Sustainability; CSR; Indicators; Aggregation; Hållbar miljö; Nyckeltal; Vikta;

    Abstract : This thesis suggests a method for measurement of corporate contribution to sustainable development, looking at how well a company stands up to its policies and commitments regarding sustainable development.A sustainability index is developed and calculated for ITT Flygt AB over a three years period (2002-2004). READ MORE

  6. 4. Corporate Hegemony through Sustainability : A Study of Sustainability Standards and CSR Practices as Tools to Demobilise Community Resistance in the Albanian Oil Industry

    Author : Sara Persson; Malin Gawell; Peter Dobers; Alison Pullen; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hegemony; Gramsci; Political Discourse Theory; autoethnography; community grievances; sustainability standards; CSR; Albania; Patos-Marinza; oil industry; Gramsci; teori e ligjërimit politik; autoetnografi; ankesa të komunitetit; standarde të qëndrueshmërisë; PSHK; Shqipëri; Patos-Marinëz; industria e naftës; hegemoni; Gramsci; politisk diskursteori; autoetnografi; klagomål från lokalsamhället; hålbarhetsstandards; CSR; Albanien; Patos-Marinza; oljeindustrin; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Many critical business scholars have disregarded sustainability standards and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as mere window dressing, operating as a smokescreen to hide illegitimate corporate practices. Others have pointed to these activities as hegemonic articulations, as a way to strengthen corporate alliances with and dominance over other actors in society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Corporate Disclosures Regulations : Social Solution or a Problem?

    Author : Asif M Huq; Kenneth Carling; Fredrik Hartwig; Arend Hintze; Moti Zwilling; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; audit choice; audit regulations; corporate governance; corporate sustainability; EU-wide accounting reforms; firm growth; greenhouse gas emissions; machine learning; microdata analysis; natural learning processing; new institutional economics; nonfinancial reporting; survey;

    Abstract : Regulations are argued to have the answer to solving various social and economic problems that society faces today (e.g., climate change, tax evasion, etc.). READ MORE