Nexus thinking in business: Analysing corporate responses to interconnected global sustainability challenges

Dahlmann, Frederik; Bullock, Graham

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.022

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“…Analysing the annual reports of ASX listed mining companies provides results that indicate the commitment of these organisations towards environmental sustainability and protection of natural resources. This is in line with the integrated thinking about resilience, sustainability management and governance, reporting practices, and their interconnections, which have proven important to address environmental sustainability challenges (Dahlmann and Bullock, 2020).…”

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“…With the growing awareness of the importance of environmental sustainability, environmental deterioration is becoming a global concern ( Borghesi et al., 2015 ; De Marchi, 2012 ; Horvathova and Davidova, 2011 ). Nexus thinking – integrated thinking about resilience, sustainability management and governance, reporting practices, and their interconnections – is increasingly important to address sustainability challenges ( Dahlmann and Bullock, 2020 ). The world is becoming more sensitive to social and environmental issues ( Toscano and Grieve, 2020 ) resulting in higher expectations that businesses should fulfil their role to protect the environment.…”

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Environmental sustainability disclosures in annual reports of mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Miklošík

Evans

2021

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Mining companies use environmental sustainability reporting to inform their stakeholders about their position in relation to environmental sustainability. This paper explores how these companies include topics related to the environment and its protection in their annual reports. The 100 largest mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) were included in the research sample, using market capitalisation as the size indicator. The investigation was performed by means of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of annual reports to identify relevant keyword occurrences. Results revealed that topics related to protection of the environment, emissions, carbon footprint, and climate change are addressed in companies' annual reports. In line with research in other industries, this study confirmed that the intensity of communication about these topics varies with company size. A new methodology was developed to assess the extent to which mining companies inform the stakeholders about their environmental protection initiatives and to address the limited applicability of the GRI G3 disclosure checklist for sustainability reporting, thereby enhancing the theory of social licence to operate.

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Environmental sustainability disclosures in annual reports of mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

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Evans

2021

Heliyon

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“…Place–policy–practice nexus is useful in framing the complexity of challenges in relation to supporting businesses towards clean growth. Nexus thinking has recently drawn attention from the sustainability scholars as a novel approach in framing sustainability challenges in policymaking (Dahlmann and Bullock, 2020). Figure 2 offers a graphic representation of the relationship.…”

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Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

2020

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Although clean growth has been identified as one of the grand challenges of the UK Industrial Strategy, public policy paid little attention to the configuration of business support towards enhancing clean growth potential of small and medium-sized enterprises. The dominant approach of policymakers to the design of enterprise support interventions appears to be ‘place-blind’ and downplays the challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises face in engaging with the clean growth policy agenda. Based on a mixed methods methodology, involving a survey of 306 businesses, a range of public engagement exercises and an extensive interview schedule, the study explores small and medium-sized enterprises engagement with the clean growth challenge and associated business support mechanisms. We conceptualise the nexus of place–policy–practice as a way of framing policymaking approach in addressing the challenge. As part of the clean growth policy implementation, business support mechanisms need to move beyond a singular focus on energy efficiency and shift towards a holistic approach to capacity building for sustainable development. Small business needs to project a district voice in the definition of place in the local industrial strategies and have access to enterprise support which is place-based, policy-informed and practice-relevant.

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“…Industries, including the healthcare sector, have a substantial impact on the environment as they contribute to environmental issues such as climate change [ 4 ], waste [ 5 ], deforestation [ 6 ], and water and air pollution [ 7 ]. In this regard, hospitals particularly emit hazardous pollutants of various classes, potentially causing several diseases, including, among others, lung cancer.…”

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Improving the Environmental Footprint through Employees: A Case of Female Leaders from the Perspective of CSR

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Sial

Zhou

et al. 2021

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Environmental quality strongly depends on human behavior patterns. Many environmental challenges are rooted in human actions, and thus, it is believed that these problems can be reduced through the promotion of pro-environmental behaviors (PB). Owing to this reality, the current study aims to reduce the environmental footprint of a hospital by promoting its employees’ environment-specific behavior via corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethical leadership (EL). More importantly, the study also considered the role of female leaders in the proposed relationship. The current study collected the data from the respondents employed in different hospitals of a developing economy through a questionnaire (paper-pencil method). A total of 489 valid responses were collected, which were analyzed by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. As per the current study’s findings, there is a positive relationship between CSR, while EL mediates between CSR and PB. Likewise, the moderating role of female leaders in the proposed relationship was more significant than that of male leaders. More specifically, the study’s findings have considerable theoretical and practical implications, as it opens paths for researchers to further investigate the applicability of different dimensions of CSR and the role of gender in environmental sustainability. It provides insight to policymakers on how to restructure their CSR preferences, priorities on the environment, and gender differences.

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Nexus thinking in business: Analysing corporate responses to interconnected global sustainability challenges

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Cited by 26 publications

References 59 publications

Environmental sustainability disclosures in annual reports of mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Environmental sustainability disclosures in annual reports of mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

Improving the Environmental Footprint through Employees: A Case of Female Leaders from the Perspective of CSR

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