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DOČEKALOVÁ, M.
Original Title
Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Czech Companies-Case Studies
Type
journal article - other
Language
English
Original Abstract
Interest in voluntary environmental and social instruments and the-ir communication towards company stakeholders has given rise to the Corporate Sustainability Repor-ting. Corporate Sustainability Reporting is a part of a trend incorporating sustainability into companies management. Research methods are adjusted to articles aims. To map the situation in the Czech Republic available documents on Corporate Sustainability Reporting were analysed. In order to determine the causes leading to the fact that Czech companies publish Corporate Sustainability Report in a very small scale a case study as a research method is chosen. The research was conducted in three companies. To ensure triangulation, three data collection methods were chosen: interview, question-naire and archival data (corporate documents). The aim of this paper is to map out reporting on sustainable development in the Czech Republic and to find out why Czech companies do not publish Corporate Sustainability Reports more. It was found out that only a very small percentage of companies in the Czech Republic issue a report on sustainable development. The causes of low interest in Corporate Sustainability Reporting are its ignorance, personal and financial demands without short-term returns and the fact that companies do not perceive the potential benefits that Corporate Sustainability Reporting may bring. These benefits are: it can improve negotiations with state and local authorities and other subjects, it can increase positive employee relationship to their company, it can also increase attractiveness to potential investors and international cooperation and thereby achieve significant long-term economic effects and sustainability.
Keywords
Reporting, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, GRI, Czech Republic
Authors
RIV year
2012
Released
31. 12. 2012
Publisher
CERM, Akademické nakladatelství
Location
Brno
ISBN
1802-8527
Periodical
TRENDY EKONOMIKY A MANAGEMENTU
Year of study
VI
Number
11
State
Czech Republic
Pages from
9
Pages to
16
Pages count
8
BibTex
@article{BUT96395, author="Marie {Pavláková Dočekalová}", title="Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Czech Companies-Case Studies", journal="TRENDY EKONOMIKY A MANAGEMENTU", year="2012", volume="VI", number="11", pages="9--16", issn="1802-8527" }