Materiality and integrated reporting · Source: Atlas Copco, annual report 2015, p. 127 Materiality...
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Sunniva Bratt Slette – Researcher, NTNU Sustainability
SMART Conference 29.11.2016
Materiality and integrated reporting for corporate sustainability
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1 Introduction
2 Research Question
3 Theoretical context
4 Methodology
5 Findings
6 Discussion and conclusion
7 Summary
Agenda
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Strategic research areas 2014-2023
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Integration of Sustainable Development Goals
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How can materiality and integrated reporting assist firms in achieving corporate sustainability?
Research Question
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1 Introduction
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3 Theoretical context
4 Methodology
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Models for sustainable development
“Weak sustainability” (O'Riordan, 1998)
Economy Society
Environment Sustainable development
Economy
Society
Sustainable development
Environment
”Strong sustainability” (After Adams, 2006)
Governance
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Business model for sustainability
Existing business model
Sustainable
value creation
Transformed business model
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Corporate sustainability
Companies or economic actors which
operate within planetary boundaries.
After Griggs et al. (2013)
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Materiality and integrated reporting
Materiality
Address the limited resources of firms and only focus on issues most
material for sustainable value creation for a firm and its stakeholders.
Integrated reporting
A combination of a traditional, financially oriented annual report and the
material parts of a corporation’s sustainability report.
(Eccles & Krzus, 2014)
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Sustainable Wood Industry
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Data from Master’s thesis: 45 interviews with 33 stakeholders
Stakeholders
Financial institutions
Public institutions
Companies
Research and academia
Non-governmental organizations
International organizations
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Sustainable Wood Industry
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Integrated reporting gives transparency, comparability across sectors and highlights “best practice”.
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Eccles’ Statement of Materiality
Relevance motives to integrated reporting and prevents “Death by Reporting”.
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Sustainable Value Matrix
Sustainable Value Matrix Systematizes and integrates firms’ sustainability efforts e
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Source: Atlas Copco, annual report 2015, p. 127
Materiality Matrix e Maps how companies should prioritize their resources for innovation and reporting in relevant areas only.
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Example: Yara’s Materiality Matrix Integrates the SDGs in sustainability efforts e
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2 Research Question
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6 Discussion and conclusion
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Standardized reporting reduces confusion
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Sustainability reporting closes the gap
Private funding Public funding
Sustainability reporting
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Transparency for sustainable investments
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Clear indicators benefits sustainability
Economic growth
Environmental protection
Social progress and fair trade
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Governance and transparency
Corporate sustainability
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“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”
- Alan Curtis Kay, computer scientist (1940)
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Sunniva Bratt Slette [email protected] +47 922 53 676
NTNU Sustainability – Knowledge for change https://www.ntnu.edu/sustainability
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