Analysis of manufacturing businesses in addressing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Gerber, Anna (2023)
2023
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Author(s): Anna Gerber
Title of the Publication: Analysis of manufacturing businesses in addressing the 17 UN Sustainable Develop-ment Goals
Degree Title: Master’s Degree in International Business Management
Keywords: sustainable development, sustainability disclosure, United Nations, sustainable development goals, manufacturing business
The purpose of the thesis is to study individual and cumulative contribution to the achievement of the Sus-tainable Development Goals adopted by United Nations by analysing manufacturing case companies con-ducting a content analysis of their annual reports.
Present study covered six companies from United States, United Kingdom and Japan of similar business scale and operating manufacturing industry. Each case company is defined as large international enterprise with immense multi-oriented production base, human capacities, and net yearly revenue. Over the operating periods, they have established a strong presence in related industry and have a global reach.
The research was contacted as a multiple case study. Qualitative and quantitative data for the research was collected from annual reports of case companies for the latest reporting periods FY 2022 and FY 2023 as well as addressing to independent analytical resource to obtain ESG Risk rates for each case company in order to proceed with evaluation process of their endeavors. Results were analyzed using abductive ap-proach and applying a method of content analysis and were interpreted at discussion section of the thesis.
As a result were gained comprehensive insights on operating processes of the companies from analyzed different countries considering that despite the international operations and similar global frameworks fol-lowed by the analyzed companies, were still identified deviate patterns in terms of their ESG performance. As an output were formulated main conclusions and suggestions for future research in the field.
Title of the Publication: Analysis of manufacturing businesses in addressing the 17 UN Sustainable Develop-ment Goals
Degree Title: Master’s Degree in International Business Management
Keywords: sustainable development, sustainability disclosure, United Nations, sustainable development goals, manufacturing business
The purpose of the thesis is to study individual and cumulative contribution to the achievement of the Sus-tainable Development Goals adopted by United Nations by analysing manufacturing case companies con-ducting a content analysis of their annual reports.
Present study covered six companies from United States, United Kingdom and Japan of similar business scale and operating manufacturing industry. Each case company is defined as large international enterprise with immense multi-oriented production base, human capacities, and net yearly revenue. Over the operating periods, they have established a strong presence in related industry and have a global reach.
The research was contacted as a multiple case study. Qualitative and quantitative data for the research was collected from annual reports of case companies for the latest reporting periods FY 2022 and FY 2023 as well as addressing to independent analytical resource to obtain ESG Risk rates for each case company in order to proceed with evaluation process of their endeavors. Results were analyzed using abductive ap-proach and applying a method of content analysis and were interpreted at discussion section of the thesis.
As a result were gained comprehensive insights on operating processes of the companies from analyzed different countries considering that despite the international operations and similar global frameworks fol-lowed by the analyzed companies, were still identified deviate patterns in terms of their ESG performance. As an output were formulated main conclusions and suggestions for future research in the field.