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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 129, 2021
The 21st International Scientific Conference Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2021
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Article Number | 07001 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Claims | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202112907001 | |
Published online | 16 December 2021 |
Triple bottom line of the CSR concept and its reporting
1 Alexander Dubcek University in Trencin, Faculty of Social and Economic Relations, Studentska 3, 911 50 Trencin, Slovakia
2 University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
* Corresponding author: katarina.zvarikova@fpedas.uniza.sk
Research background: The global situation is alarming. Many scholars, politicians, non-profit organizations and journalists worldwide remind of these arising problems. Sustainability seems to be the only solution, and also many companies try to do their best to contribute to this issue.
Purpose of the article: CSR is considered a valuable tool in many fields – profit, stakeholders, and environmental dimensions. All these dimensions are characterized by their specifics, but it is proven that CSR positively impacts all of them. But the frequent problem is that although the companies are aware of the stakeholders´ importance, they are not able to report their activities or report them in an understanding way.
Methods: Methods of the literature review is used for the theoretical background to understand the importance of three dimensions of CSR. Method of analysis is used to analyze of GRI index.
Findings & Value added: Literature review proves the importance of CSR towards all three dimensions. According to analysis of the DRI index, it is evident, that not only organizations from developed countries have reported, but also organizations from developing countries had become reporting. Following the result of our analysis, we can see that 1 694 organizations from 80 countries try to come close to stakeholders and want to inform them about their activities.
Key words: CSR / three dimensions of CSR / stakeholders / sustainability / environment / profit / the GRI index
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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