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Hållbarhetsrapportering och legitimitetsperspektivet: en kvalitativ studie om hur organisationer erhåller legitimitet genom hållbarhetsrapportering
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 180 HE creditsStudent thesis
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development/Sustainability is used as a subject keyword for the thesis
Alternative title
Sustainability reporting and the legitimacy perspective : a qualitative studyabout how organizations acquire legitimacy through sustainability reporting (English)
Abstract [sv]

Samhällets krav på företag att rapportera om sitt hållbarhetsarbete har ökat. I takt med dennautveckling av behov från samhället och lagstiftning har hållbarhetsrapporter utvecklats.Ramverket för rapportering av detta hållbarhetsarbete “Global Reporting Initiative” (GRI) harvuxit fram och har som syfte att skapa transparens och jämförbarhet mellan rapporterna. Detframkommer av tidigare forskning att motivet bakom att hållbarhetsrapportera har sin grund isträvan efter legitimitet. Genom att hållbarhetsrapportera uppfyller företagen intressenternasinformationsbehov. Legitimitetsteorin betonar hur viktigt det är att uppfylla detta behov för atterhålla legitimitet och därmed kunna överleva ekonomiskt. Forskning har identifierat en radolika strategier företag kan använda sig av för erhålla legitimitet när de rapporterar sitthållbarhetsarbete. Denna kvalitativa studies syfte har varit att undersöka hur företagsutformning av hållbarhetsrapporteringen förändrats över tid för att uppnå en högre nivå avlegitimitet. Dokumentstudien hade sin utgångspunkt i att granska hur fyra svenskabörsnoterade företag inom olika branscher använde sig av legitimitetsstrategier när deutformade sina rapporter. Studien fann att de undersökta organisationerna använde sig,medvetet eller omedvetet, av legitimitetsstrategier när hållbarhetsrapporteringen utformades.En annan slutsats denna studie drog var att branschtillhörighet tycktes vara en mer förklarandefaktor än tidsaspekten när det kom till vilka strategier företagen tillämpat. Denna uppsats ärskriven på svenska.

Abstract [en]

Society's need for companies to report on their sustainability work has increased. The development of needs from society and legislation resulted in sustainability reports being developed. The framework for reporting on this sustainability work “The Global Reporting Initiative” (GRI) has emerged and aims to create transparency and comparability between the reports. It appears from previous research that the motive behind sustainability reporting is based on the pursuit of legitimacy. By reporting on sustainability, companies meet stakeholders' informational needs. The theory of legitimacy emphasizes how important it is to fulfill this need in order to obtain legitimacy and thus be able to survive financially. Research has identified a number of different strategies companies can use to gain legitimacy when reporting on their sustainability work. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how companies choose to frame their sustainability reports in order to gain legitimacy. The document study was based on examining how four Swedish listed companies in different industries used legitimacy strategies when reporting their sustainability work. The study concluded that the selected companies, knowingly or unknowingly, use legitimation strategies when developing their sustainability reports. Another conclusion of this study was that a company’s industry affiliation seemed to be a more explanatory factor rather than change over time itself concerning the choices of legitimation strategies. This essay is completely written in Swedish. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021.
Keywords [en]
Sustainability reporting, legitimacy, CSR, GRI, legitimation strategies, sustainability communication
Keywords [sv]
Hållbarhetsredovisning, legitimitet, CSR, GRI, legitimitetsstrategier, hållbarhetskommunikation
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26627OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-26627DiVA, id: diva2:1601041
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Business Administration
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Available from: 2021-10-07 Created: 2021-10-06 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved

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