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Corporate sustainability ratings: an investigation into how corporations use the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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“the application process is time-consuming, requiring a significant commitment to complete (Searcy and Elkhawas, 2012)”
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“inclusion on the index can increase perceptions of legitimacy among socially conscious investors and enhance their brands or reputations more generally, all factors that can help to maintain or improve the firm's competitive position among its industry peers (Searcy and Elkhawas, 2012)”
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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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