Determinants of Sustainability Reporting: An Analysis of Corporations in Anglo Economies

Title
Determinants of Sustainability Reporting: An Analysis of Corporations in Anglo Economies
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Ahulu, Helena Koteikor
Kotey, Bernice A
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Common Ground Research Networks
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:9703
Abstract
The paper argues that both legitimacy and stakeholder theories used together provide a better explanation of sustainability reporting among companies than one or the other theory used independently. Trends in financial and sustainability reporting by companies are discussed and the Global Reporting Index is justified as a preferred guideline for sustainability reporting. The two main theories (legitimacy and stakeholder), used in the literature to explain sustainability reporting among companies, are covered and their complementarity defended. A research proposal is described to test the contention that the two theories together explain better the sustainability reporting practices of companies than one or the other theory employed individually.
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Citation
The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 7(2), p. 271-286
ISSN
1832-2077
Start page
271
End page
286

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