The many meanings of sustainability: an analysis of the airline industry disclosures

The purpose of this project is to provide a better understanding of what disclosures are included in the global commercial airline industry sustainability reports and how these reports (re)constructs the concept of sustainability to stakeholders.All in all, the current project contributes to the still relatively limited body of research deconstructing corporate sustainability disclosures. Relevance for PG: scientific development of the doctoral student of the Doctoral School, scientific publications

Details

Financial Program Name:

PRELUDIUM

Organization:

Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) (National Science Centre)

Agreement:

UMO-2019/35/N/HS4/04367 z dnia 2020-06-25

Realisation period:

2020-06-25 - 2024-06-24

Project manager:

Eljas Johansson

Team members:

Principal Investigator Eljas Johansson

Realised in:

Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Law

Project's value:

152 316.00 PLN

Request type:

National Research Programmes

Domestic:

Domestic project

Verified by:

Gdańsk University of Technology

Papers associated with that project

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Year 2024

An Analysis of Airline GRI and SDG Reporting
Publication
- E. Johansson
- Year 2024
This study aims to increase our understanding of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) topic-specific disclosures and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) addressed in the global passenger airline industry’s sustainability reporting (SR). Based on a quantitative content analysis of the industry’s sustainability reports from the financial year 2019 (FY19), this study reveals that airlines focused more on reporting environmental...

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Year 2022

An Analysis of Sustainability Reporting Practices of the Global Airline Industry
Publication
- E. Johansson
- Year 2022
Sustainability reporting (SR) has become a standard practice for many organisations worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to explore and develop our understanding of the global airline industry’s SR practices. Content analysis was employed to map which reporting frameworks the global commercial airline industry has recently used to report their non-financial impacts. Additionally, comparisons were made in the application of SR...

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Sustainability reporting in the airline industry: Current literature and future research avenues
Publication
- M. Zięba
- E. Johansson
- TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT - Year 2022
Sustainability reporting (SR) allows organisations to communicate their non-financial impacts to stakeholders. It has also become a widespread business practice in aviation, a transport sector that contributes significantly to global warming. Academia has begun to examine SR in the context of airlines surprisingly late, and no comprehensive reviews of its respective developments have been made so far. Consequently, a systematic...

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Year 2021

Neutralising Responsibility: A Critical Analysis of an Airline’s Climate Disclosures
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- E. Johansson
- Year 2021
Sustainability reporting provides companies with a medium through which they can communicate their non-financial impacts to stakeholders. The airline industry has been much at the centre of the climate change debate in recent years, which is why it is hardly surprising that airlines seek to take a proactive stance in such reporting. This study critically assesses how an airline based in the Scandinavian region constructs sustainability...

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