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Hållbarhetsredovisning mellan olika branscher: En studie om likheter och skillnader i onoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 240 HE creditsStudent thesis
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development/Sustainability is used as a subject keyword for the thesis
Alternative title
Sustainability reporting between different industries : A study of similarities and differences in unlisted companies' sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilka likheter och skillnader som finns i onoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen. Studien ämnar även förstå dessa likheter och skillnader med hjälp av intressentteorin och institutionell teori. Studien kommer att bidra till en ökad kunskap om likheter och skillnader i onoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen.

Metod: En kvalitativ innehållsanalys genomfördes på hållbarhetsredovisningar upprättade för räkenskapsåret 2021. Urvalet bestod av 15 svenska onoterade företag fördelat på detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen. Den kvalitativa innehållsanalysen tillämpades deduktivt eftersom begrepp från Triple Bottom Line (TBL) låg till grund för studiens kodschema som tillämpades på studiens empiriska datamaterial.

Slutsats: Denna studie visar att det finns likheter och skillnader i onoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen. Studien finner att det finns likheter i vilka hållbarhetsområden som de onoterade företagen mellan branscherna redovisar om. Studien visar även att det finns likheter och skillnader i vilka underkategorier inom dessa hållbarhetsområden som de onoterade företagen mellan branscherna redovisar om på ett framträdande sätt. Denna studie visar att likheterna främst kan förstås av tvingande och mimetisk isomorfism, men även av den normativa inriktningen inom intressentteorin. Studien visar även att skillnaderna främst kan förstås av tvingande och mimetisk isomorfism, men även av den positiva inriktningen inom intressentteorin.

Originalitet/värde: Tidigare studier som har studerat företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan olika branscher har främst studerat börsnoterade företag. Dessutom finns det en avsaknad av studier som har undersökt likheter och skillnader mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen. Denna studie har bidragit till en ökad kunskap om likheter och skillnader i onoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisning mellan detaljhandels-, energi- och fastighetsbranschen. 

Abstract [en]

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what similarities and differences exist in unlisted companies' sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries. The study also intends to understand these similarities and differences with the help of stakeholder theory and institutional theory. The study will contribute to an increased knowledge of similarities and differences in unlisted companies' sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries. 

Methodology: A qualitative content analysis was conducted on sustainability reports prepared for the fiscal year 2021. The sample consisted of 15 Swedish unlisted companies divided into the retail, energy, and real estate industries. The qualitative content analysis was applied deductively because concepts from the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) was the basis of the study's coding scheme that was applied to the study's empirical data material. 

Findings: This study shows that there are similarities and differences in unlisted companies' sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries. The study finds that there are similarities in the sustainability areas that the unlisted companies between the industries report on. The study also shows that there are similarities and differences in which subcategories within these sustainability areas that the unlisted companies between industries report on in a prominent way. This study shows that the similarities can mainly be understood by coercive and mimetic isomorphism, but also by the normative branch within stakeholder theory. The study also shows that the differences can mainly be understood by coercive and mimetic isomorphism, but also by the positive branch within the stakeholder theory. 

Originality/value: Previous studies that have studied companies' sustainability reporting between different industries have mainly studied listed companies. In addition, there is a lack of studies that have examined similarities and differences between the retail, energy, and real estate industries. This study has contributed to an increased knowledge of similarities and differences in unlisted companies' corporate sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries. This thesis is written in Swedish.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [en]
Sustainability reporting between different industries – A study of similarities and differences in unlisted companies' sustainability reporting between the retail, energy, and real estate industries.
Keywords [sv]
Hållbarhetsredovisning, Intressentteorin, Institutionell teori, Triple Bottom Line
National Category
Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-29991OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-29991DiVA, id: diva2:1775907
Subject / course
Företagsekonomi - Civilekonom
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Available from: 2023-06-29 Created: 2023-06-27 Last updated: 2023-06-29Bibliographically approved

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