Gender equality in terms of what? An analysis of sustainability reporting practices in Colombia and Norway’s large-scale extractive industry
(2022) UTVK03 20221Sociology
- Abstract
- Over the last decades, reporting on sustainability has become an integral part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as a way for companies to ensure and report on sustainable development alongside their operations. In achieving sustainable development globally the reduction of gender inequality is widely regarded as crucial, and with the UN 2030 sustainable development agenda specifically calling for business contribution the relevance of CSR to address gender equality is further delineated. However, as the main regulatory frameworks for sustainability reporting are voluntary, corporate reporting practices are seen to vary and the emancipatory potential in terms of transparency and accountability has been questioned. This thesis aims... (More)
- Over the last decades, reporting on sustainability has become an integral part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as a way for companies to ensure and report on sustainable development alongside their operations. In achieving sustainable development globally the reduction of gender inequality is widely regarded as crucial, and with the UN 2030 sustainable development agenda specifically calling for business contribution the relevance of CSR to address gender equality is further delineated. However, as the main regulatory frameworks for sustainability reporting are voluntary, corporate reporting practices are seen to vary and the emancipatory potential in terms of transparency and accountability has been questioned. This thesis aims to analyse how gender equality is addressed in corporate communication on sustainability in two cases from the extractive industry in Colombia and Norway, and how national social and political factors shape reporting practices. Through the lens of legitimacy, liberal feminism and the concept of “explicit” and “implicit” CSR, the thesis concludes that the reporting largely centres around liberal feminist conceptions of gender equality, while the expressions of these take different forms due to socially constructed norms, values and institutions, which gives companies legitimacy where they operate. (Less)
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- author
- Sandlund, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- UTVK03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Corporate social responsibility, gender equality, legitimacy, Colombia, Norway, qualitative content analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 9096783
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- 2022-08-05 17:17:13
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@misc{9096783, abstract = {{Over the last decades, reporting on sustainability has become an integral part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as a way for companies to ensure and report on sustainable development alongside their operations. In achieving sustainable development globally the reduction of gender inequality is widely regarded as crucial, and with the UN 2030 sustainable development agenda specifically calling for business contribution the relevance of CSR to address gender equality is further delineated. However, as the main regulatory frameworks for sustainability reporting are voluntary, corporate reporting practices are seen to vary and the emancipatory potential in terms of transparency and accountability has been questioned. This thesis aims to analyse how gender equality is addressed in corporate communication on sustainability in two cases from the extractive industry in Colombia and Norway, and how national social and political factors shape reporting practices. Through the lens of legitimacy, liberal feminism and the concept of “explicit” and “implicit” CSR, the thesis concludes that the reporting largely centres around liberal feminist conceptions of gender equality, while the expressions of these take different forms due to socially constructed norms, values and institutions, which gives companies legitimacy where they operate.}}, author = {{Sandlund, Elin}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Gender equality in terms of what? An analysis of sustainability reporting practices in Colombia and Norway’s large-scale extractive industry}}, year = {{2022}}, }