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2012

Sustainability

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Multinational Oil Companies Operating In Nigeria: An Assessment Of Sustainability Disclosure Performance, Bukar Zanna Waziri Mr Oct 2012

Multinational Oil Companies Operating In Nigeria: An Assessment Of Sustainability Disclosure Performance, Bukar Zanna Waziri Mr

Bukar Zanna Waziri Mr

The operations of multinational oil companies (MNOCs) in Nigeria over the years have translated into perpetual economic upsurge with compromised social and environmental tendencies. To this end, the study assesses the sustainability disclosure performance of MNOCs operating in Nigeria by making comparison between the actual practical performance and their reported disclosures regarding sustainability. The study used secondary data inform of discrete (sustainability, corporate social responsibility, safety, environmental, corporate citizenship reports via content analysis to generate variables for statistical analysis. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Three Dimensions (3D) sustainability disclosure performance indicators are then used as a standard gauge of MNOCs sustainability …


Sustainability And Corporate Governance, Shyam Sunder Feb 2012

Sustainability And Corporate Governance, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


The Sustainable Corporation: Lessons From Avatar, Norm Borin Jan 2012

The Sustainable Corporation: Lessons From Avatar, Norm Borin

Norm A. Borin

This article uses the fictitious company RDA from the movie Avatar as a textbook case of corporate non-sustainability. We provide a list of mistakes RDA made and provide parallel corporate examples in our own society in the areas of stakeholder analysis, corporate governance and systems thinking using the triple bottom line. For each area we present a framework that companies could use to operate in a more sustainable manner.