TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors influencing the adoption of SDG reporting by large African and Asian companies
AU - Kazemikhasragh, Amirreza
AU - Cicchiello, Antonella Francesca
AU - Pietronudo, Maria Cristina
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article aims to investigate the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by large companies in low-and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, and the company characteristics that influence them to undertake such new sustainability reporting practices. Logistic regression analyses were applied to combine the data extracted from the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database and the Orbis database from Bureau van Dijk. The empirical results indicate that characteristics like the type of company, its economic performance and its engagement in voluntary sustainability programmes and external assurance are positively related to the adoption of SDG reporting. The results also show that some corporate, organizational and performance characteristics increase companies’ likelihood to adopt SDG reporting. Drawing on agency theory and legitimacy theory perspectives, this article contributes to the academic and practical understanding of factors influencing the adoption of SDG reporting by large companies in Asia and Africa’s low-and middle-income countries.
AB - This article aims to investigate the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by large companies in low-and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, and the company characteristics that influence them to undertake such new sustainability reporting practices. Logistic regression analyses were applied to combine the data extracted from the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database and the Orbis database from Bureau van Dijk. The empirical results indicate that characteristics like the type of company, its economic performance and its engagement in voluntary sustainability programmes and external assurance are positively related to the adoption of SDG reporting. The results also show that some corporate, organizational and performance characteristics increase companies’ likelihood to adopt SDG reporting. Drawing on agency theory and legitimacy theory perspectives, this article contributes to the academic and practical understanding of factors influencing the adoption of SDG reporting by large companies in Asia and Africa’s low-and middle-income countries.
KW - Logistic Regression
KW - Organizational Factors
KW - Sustainability Reporting
KW - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
KW - Logistic Regression
KW - Organizational Factors
KW - Sustainability Reporting
KW - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/194016
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/tmsd/2021/00000020/00000001/art00003;jsessionid=1asar78fw6enx.x-ic-live-01
U2 - 10.1386/TMSD_00034_1
DO - 10.1386/TMSD_00034_1
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-2748
VL - 20
SP - 43
EP - 60
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ER -