Emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting review of current approaches

Biodiversiteetin väheneminen on yksi aikamme suurimmista ympäristöhaasteista. Yritykset ovat edesauttaneet luonnon monimuotoisuuden vähenemistä toimillaan. Täten on tärkeää lisätä yritysten vastuullisuutta ottamalla biodiversiteetti paremmin huomioon raportoimalla siitä. Tämän tutkielman tavoitteen...

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Main Author: Kulta, Lilli
Other Authors: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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description Biodiversiteetin väheneminen on yksi aikamme suurimmista ympäristöhaasteista. Yritykset ovat edesauttaneet luonnon monimuotoisuuden vähenemistä toimillaan. Täten on tärkeää lisätä yritysten vastuullisuutta ottamalla biodiversiteetti paremmin huomioon raportoimalla siitä. Tämän tutkielman tavoitteena on valaista yritysten biodiversiteettiraportoinnin sisältöä vastuullisuusraportoinnissa analysoimalla edelläkävijäyrityksiä. Aikaisempi tutkimus yritysten biodiversiteettiraportoinnista osoittaa, että raportointi on ollut rajallista ja biodiversiteettiraportoinnin yksityiskohtaisessa sisällössä on tutkimuspuutteita. Biodiversiteettiraportoinnin analysoinnissa on yleisesti käytetty sidosryhmä-, legitimiteetti- ja instituutioteorioita, joita on kritisoitu liiallisesta suppeudesta. Tästä syystä tutkielmassa tarkasteltiin monitasoisen näkökulman (Multi-level perspective) hyödyllisyyttä vaihtoehtoisena teoreettisena viitekehyksenä uusien vastuullisuusraportoinnin aiheiden analysointiin, sillä se tarjoaa kokonaisvaltaisemman lähestymistavan. Tämä tutkielma perustuu Corporate Knightsin Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations -luokituksen 50 parhaan yrityksen yritysvastuuraporteista kerättyihin tietoihin käyttäen sisältöanalyysiä. Tässä tutkielmassa havaittiin, että biodiversiteettiraportointi on vielä alkuvaiheessa, sillä biodiversiteettiin liittyvien tietojen vaihtelevuus oli suurta. Tutkielmassa tunnistettiin kolme erilaista biodiversiteettiä koskevien raportoitujen tietojen pääluokkaa, niiden alakategoriat ja kunkin kategorian yksityiskohtainen sisältö sekä luokkien välinen suhde. Kolme pääluokkaa ovat vaikutusten arviointi biodiversiteettiin, vaikutusten hallinta ja biodiversiteetin suojelu tuotteena tai palveluna. Näin ollen yritykset ovat omien vaikutustensa mittaamisen ja minimoimisen lisäksi alkaneet kasvattaa biodiversiteettikädenjälkeään. Tämä tutkielma täyttää tutkimusaukon ja laajentaa ymmärrystä maailman vastuullisimpien yritysten käyttämien erilaisten biodiversiteettiä koskevien tietojen yksityiskohtaisesta sisällöstä vastuullisuusraportoinnissa. Biodiversity loss has been identified as one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. As companies have been a major driver of biodiversity loss, it is important to increase corporate accountability on biodiversity via accounting for biodiversity. The prior research on corporate biodiversity reporting has pointed out that for the large extent the reporting is limited and there is a research gap on the detailed content of the biodiversity disclosures. The aim of this thesis is to shed light on the content of corporate biodiversity disclosures in sustainability reporting by analysing the pioneer companies in sustainability. The common theories used in analysing biodiversity reporting, including stakeholder, legitimacy and institutional theories, are criticised for their isolated nature. Hence, usefulness of multi-level perspective as an alternative theoretical framework for analysing emerging corporate sustainability disclosures was discussed in the context of biodiversity disclosures as it provides a more holistic approach. This thesis is based on data obtained from corporate sustainability reports of the top 50 companies in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations rating by the Corporate Knights, using content analysis as the research method. The finding of this thesis is that biodiversity reporting is still in early stages as the variety of biodiversity disclosures is high among the companies. Three different main categories of biodiversity disclosures, their sub-categories and the detailed content of each category as well as the relationship between categories were discovered. The main three categories are biodiversity impact assessment, biodiversity impact management, and biodiversity protection as a product or service. Hence, the companies in addition to measuring and minimising their own impacts have also started to increase their biodiversity handprint. This thesis fills the research gap and broadens the understanding regarding the detailed content of the different biodiversity disclosures used by the most sustainable companies in the world.
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title_full Emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting : review of current approaches
title_fullStr Emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting : review of current approaches Emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting : review of current approaches
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title_sort emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting review of current approaches
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title_txtP Emergence of biodiversity disclosures to the regime of corporate reporting : review of current approaches
topic disclosure sustainability reporting Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 sisällönanalyysi biodiversiteetti yritykset kestävä kehitys yritysvastuu content analysis biodiversity enterprises sustainable development corporate responsibility
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