Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future

Päivittäistavarakaupan rooli on huomattava yhteiskunnassamme. Se toimii merkittävänä työllistäjänä ja on osana jokapäiväistä elämäämme. Muutama toimija hallitsee markkinaa Suomessa. Alan toimijat operoivat sidosryhmien, kuten asiakkaiden, tavarantoimittajien ja tuottajien välissä. Tutkijat ovat myös...

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Päätekijä: Parkkinen, Henna
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2023
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spellingShingle Parkkinen, Henna Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future stakeholder engagement driving forces Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 kestävyysraportointi trendit heikot signaalit tulevaisuudentutkimus sustainability reporting trends weak signals futures research
title Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_full Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_fullStr Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_short Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry
title_sort sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry development within the years 2015 2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_sub development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
title_txtP Sustainability reporting in the food and grocery retail industry : development within the years 2015-2022 in the context of stakeholder engagement and the future
topic stakeholder engagement driving forces Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 kestävyysraportointi trendit heikot signaalit tulevaisuudentutkimus sustainability reporting trends weak signals futures research
topic_facet 20425 Corporate Environmental Management Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen driving forces futures research heikot signaalit kestävyysraportointi stakeholder engagement sustainability reporting trendit trends tulevaisuudentutkimus weak signals
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