Gender Equality in Sustainability Reporting: The current state of Swedish State-owned companies
(2023) BUSN79 20211Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- This study establishes itself within the Social Accounting literature, particularly in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) string in an effort to develop the knowledge of the current Swedish market, regarding gender equality. The objective of this thesis is to offer a thorough examination of the condition of sustainability reporting on gender equality across Swedish state-owned businesses.
We followed Content analysis on the sustainability reports, annual reports, websites and code of conduct of the companies and We followed the framework by IFC and GRI.
The results reveal that Swedish companies’ sustainability reports about gender equality do not score high on integrity, leaving much room for advancement. Our findings imply... (More) - This study establishes itself within the Social Accounting literature, particularly in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) string in an effort to develop the knowledge of the current Swedish market, regarding gender equality. The objective of this thesis is to offer a thorough examination of the condition of sustainability reporting on gender equality across Swedish state-owned businesses.
We followed Content analysis on the sustainability reports, annual reports, websites and code of conduct of the companies and We followed the framework by IFC and GRI.
The results reveal that Swedish companies’ sustainability reports about gender equality do not score high on integrity, leaving much room for advancement. Our findings imply substantial progress in Governance values and workplace categories. However, the reporting seldom represented the comprehensive, and comparable coverage of gender equality in supplier, community, consumer, and investment categories. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- We can conclude that the Swedish state-owned companies score quite low regarding the reporting of gender equality disclosures except in the case of organizational governance and values. However, there is room for eventual improvements in order to build the optimal conditions for gender equality reporting. Combining content analysis with interviewing could have satisfied the quest for discovery, description, and understanding of gender equality disclosures in the Swedish context.
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- author
- Nurrunnahar, Farjana LU and Nikolaidou, Foteini LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- BUSN79 20211
- year
- 2023
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Gender equality, sustainable reporting, Swedish state-owned companies, equality at the workplace.
- language
- English
- id
- 9141618
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- 2024-07-18 14:24:09
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- 2024-07-18 14:24:09
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