Corporate sustainability in Canadian and US maritime ports

Ashrafi, Mahmoud Reza; Acciaro, Michele; Walker, Tony R.; Magnan, Gregory M.; Adams, Michelle

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.098

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“…This refers to a tool capable of providing information to the market and investors, which allows companies to know whether their activities are sustainable in the medium and long term [37]. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index offers its most accepted definition: "a business approach that seeks to create long-term value for shareholders by leveraging opportunities and effectively managing the risks inherent in economic, environmental and social development" [38].…”

Section: Literature Review and Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Sustainable Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Analysis and Future Trends

2019

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Due to the process of globalization, companies are obligated to observe corporate social responsibility and best practices from a sustainability approach towards their stakeholders and society. The explicit aim is to determine the relevance of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its relationship with sustainability, in order to establish trends and future lines of research. The evolution of global research on this subject has been studied from 2001 to 2018. For this purpose, a bibliometric analysis of 1832 articles has been applied, obtaining results of the scientific productivity of the journals, authors, institutions, and countries that contribute to this research. Evidence shows a growing interest in studying the relationship between socially responsible practices and the dimension of sustainability. The main category is Business, Management, and Accounting. The most productive journals are the Journal of Business Ethics and Sustainability. The authors with the most articles are García-Sánchez, Moneva, and Moratis, while Kolk is the most cited. The most prolific institution is the University of Salamanca. The United States is the country with the most publications and quotes. France and China are the countries with the largest number of international collaborations in their work. Global research has been on an upward trend with optimal publication rates in recent years.

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Section: Literature Review and Backgroundmentioning

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The Sustainable Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Analysis and Future Trends

2019

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“…Nevertheless, in recent years, PMBs have become aware of their role and responsibility in the global transportation supply chain with respect to their environmental and social performance. In the context of seaports, PMBs are increasingly including sustainability reporting into their long-term development strategy [16], as they are not only aware of the benefits linked to it, but also because they mostly possess the necessary financial and human resources to do so. However, in general, the industry still shows a large variety in approaches.…”

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Sustainability Reporting for Inland Port Managing Bodies: A Stakeholder-Based View on Materiality

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2020

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Sustainability reporting has been marked by a rise in importance in recent years as it has proved to be an important management tool in the understanding of where an organization is situated along the sustainability pathway. However, industries have shown different behaviors towards embracing this practice. In this paper, we turn our attention to the port industry, using the metropolitan inland Port of Brussels (Belgium) as a case study. Given the contested nature of port activities within urban regions, metropolitan inland ports are expected to benefit from the development of a sustainability report as it allows a more transparent account of the contribution of port activities to the objectives of different stakeholder groups in the urban environment. The case study is based on a survey yielding 74 valid responses from different stakeholder groups (employees, clients, and broader society). Our results show that the expected content of a sustainability report is viewed differently by these various stakeholder groups in terms of the relative importance of the dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL), as well as in terms of the specific indicators representing material issues. Furthermore, the concept of boundary setting with respect to the different dimensions of the TBL and the desired level of inclusion by stakeholders during the development of a sustainability report are differently assessed. The paper is of interest to academics as well as policy makers, as the research results complement the existing insights on sustainability reporting in general and can be used as basis to stimulate the adoption of sustainability reporting by inland ports.

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“…These objectives could be achieved taking care of the exploitation of resources investment types, technology orientation and institutional changes [5]. A result of a survey in the current state of corporate sustainability in ports in Canada and the United States of America shows that the majority of ports perceive sustainability as important and have adopted a number of sustainability strategies and practices, such as sustainability awareness and training programs, sustainability reporting, and sustainability initiatives and standards [6].…”

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Climate Change—Challenges and Response Options for the Port Sector

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Climate change is an established and growing priority environmental issue. This paper investigates the importance of climate change in ports through a research-based survey on data collected from participants at the Greenport Congress in Valencia in 2018. The data for this paper were obtained from the responses of 55 port professionals and environmental specialists that replied to a questionnaire survey during the Congress. Questionnaires were analyzed to identify the opinions and experience of delegates. A collaborative approach involving the free exchange of knowledge and experience between port professionals, industry practitioners and academia is the model most likely to deliver practicable options to the mutual advantage of operators, local communities, regulatory authorities and the environment. Based on the results of this survey, Climate Change occupies the 6th position among top 10 environmental port priorities and Carbon Footprint the 8th position. This reflects the importance of these two issues in the whole set of environmental priorities. Data collection has been identified as the main challenge ports encounter to implement a carbon management program. The need for a common port-sector Carbon Footprint scheme, which would benefit individual port authorities and the port-sector as a whole, was highlighted by the participants.

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Corporate sustainability in Canadian and US maritime ports

Cited by 97 publications

References 60 publications

The Sustainable Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Analysis and Future Trends

The Sustainable Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Analysis and Future Trends

Sustainability Reporting for Inland Port Managing Bodies: A Stakeholder-Based View on Materiality

Climate Change—Challenges and Response Options for the Port Sector

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