Implementing a Sustainability Balanced Scorecard „Dashboard‟ Approach to Assess Organisational Legitimacy. Kevin Huang, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wale Matthew Pepper, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wale Graham Bowrey, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales gbowrey@uow.edu.au Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and determine the contributing factors which influence the contents of a firm‟s sustainability reporting through
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1 SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 1 SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Traci Buxton French Salem International University ABSTRACT: A majority of CEO’s at large international companies consider sustainability efforts to be a high priority development item on corporate agendas, yet less than 30% of companies actively seek new capital investment opportunities in this area (McKinsey, 2010, para. 1). These same executives feel that value from sustainability
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Sustainability Paper Sustainability Paper PepsiCo is an excellent case in point of demonstrating how sustainability is used to build business longevity. Team-A will assess PepsiCo sustainability initiatives, identify stakeholders, affect of fiscal policies on stakeholders, sustainability achievements, and sustainability breakdowns. PepsiCo sustainability initiatives will be evaluated to industry sustainability standards. Team-A will identify PepsiCo stakeholder relationships and how sustainability
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6, 2014 Natalie Mierzynska, Sujatha Lekshmivaragan, Dmitry Rozental, Ebuka Nkwonta Table of Contents Background 2 Objectives 4 Procedures 4 Summary of Findings 4 Detailed Findings 6 Defying Common Criticisms 6 Integrating Sustainability Principles 8 “Greening” and Beyond 11 Enlightened Marketing 14 Social Responsibility & Financial Success 15 Conclusion 16 Works Cited 18 Background International Paper (IP) is the global leader in the production and distribution
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INTRODUCTION: The term green is given to those products and processes that are biodegradable, save energy and resources or are manufactured & disposed using environmental friendly techniques. Green marketing refers to the process of selling products and/or services based on their environmental benefits. Such a product or service may be environmentally friendly in it or produced and/or packaged in an environmentally friendly way. WHY GREEN MARKETING? In today’s scenario, both consumers and the companies
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‘Sustainability’ The Brundtland report (named after Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, the youngest person and first women ever to hold the office of Prime Minister of Norway, who spearheaded the initiative which ultimately led to the earth Summit in 1992), published in 1987 by the United Nation’s World Commission on Environment and Development, defined sustainable development as “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainability
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the concept of social responsibility has been described in different ways. For instance, its been called “profit making only”, “going beyond profit making”, “any discretionary” corporate activity intended to further social welfare”, and “improving social or environmental conditions”. We can understand it better if we first compare it to three similar concepts which are Social Obligation, Social Responsiveness and Social Responsibility. Social obligation is when a firm engages in social actions because
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Ethics and Sustainability – Org 530-1 Dr. Christopher Zapalski August 13, 2011 Introduction Module Five Critical Thinking Assignment This paper will analyze Dell Computer Corporations corporate governance, sustainability strategy and performance and identify relevant social, environmental and economic measurement systems that can be used to measure Dell’s corporate sustainability performance. An integral part of establishing a corporate sustainability
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of their stockholders. On the other hand a government’s role is to enforce laws, create new laws, and arbitrate conflicts to benefit the society in several ways including sustainability. Business owners whether for profit or non-profit are held accountable to the current Federal, State, and Local laws. If corporate sustainability reporting is not a current law then a company does not have the responsibility to incorporate disclosures relating to environmental, social and economic trends of the company
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1 | P a g e2 | P a g e3 | P a g e Background Note: “Greening the vendor chain” 1. Background: Sustainable development and accordingly sustainability, is considered the 21st century business paradigm. Sustainable development stands on the three pillars of economic, environmental and social development. The concept of sustainability addresses all operational aspects of an organization, i.e. all operations across the activity chain/value chain, which impact the business in either one or
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