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Corporate sustainability ratings: an investigation into how corporations use the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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“corporations share information on their sustainability performance (Searcy and Elkhawas, 2012).”
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“221 Searcy and Elkhawas (2012) suggest that there are many global sustainability indices linked to 222 financial markets, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the FTSE4Good Index, 223 and the MSCI ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Index (formerly known as the KLD 224 and…”
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“This might be a problem, as the methodologies applied by social rating agencies have been widely criticised for the lack of transparency and standardisation of the processes, as well as the unreliable information used, as information is mostly provided directly by the examined companies [17,42,43].”
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“In these cases, managers seem to put more emphasis on the DJSI, which is considered to be “harder to get into” (CSR Manager, C6) and therefore a more prestigious index to express leading sustainability performance.”
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“…analysed following the GRI guidelines that appear to be the most popular and comprehensive CSR reporting framework in use today, and the latter covering all three dimensions of sustainability and receiving worldwide recognition (Brown, de Jong, & Levy, 2009; GRI, 2011a; Searcy & Elkhawas, 2012).”
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“In particular, some stock exchanges of western countries have developed a composite sustainability index (including corporate water performance aspects) to measure corporate sustainability performance such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index, FTES4Good and MSCI ESG (Searcy and Elkhawas 2012).”
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“Historically, corporate reports served as the main medium for corporations in sharing information about their sustainability performance [22].”
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“Echoing this sentiment, Searcy and Elkhawas (2012) found that Canadian companies regard inclusion in the DJSI as a signal of reputational excellence [142].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Searcy, C., & Elkhawas, D.
- Affiliations
- Toronto Metropolitan University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Searcy, Cory
- ORCID
- Searcy, Cory
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 35
- Pages
- 79-92
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2089325011
- Cited by
- 245
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 12
- FWCI
- 29.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Cleaner Production (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Sustainability and Innovation in Business
- Keywords
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index, corporate sustainability ratings, sustainability index, Canadian firms, sustainability reporting, sustainability rating agencies, corporate transparency, stakeholder engagement
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