An analysis of sustainable reporting rating levels as an indicator of financial performance for JSE listed companies

dc.contributor.advisorPillay, Desanen
dc.contributor.emailichelp@gibs.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateHanekom, Barend Johannesen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T16:28:18Z
dc.date.available2013-04-29en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T16:28:18Z
dc.date.created2013-04-25en
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.date.submitted2013-02-16en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of sustainability reports is to represent the progress of a company’s sustainability effort and status to stakeholders. There is a need for stakeholders to benchmark sustainability performance of companies. The objective of this research was to find evidence that the GRI Application Level used in the ranking GRI compliant sustainability reports, is an indicator of financial performance for companies trading on the JSE in South Africa.The results will show that there is no evidence to show that the GRI Applications Level is an indicator of financial performance. The consequence of this evidence is that the lack of adequate benchmark standards can de-motivate companies to strive for higher sustainability performance.en
dc.description.availabilityunrestricteden
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationHanekom, BJ 2012, An analysis of sustainable reporting rating levels as an indicator of financial performance for JSE listed companies, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29740 >en
dc.identifier.otherF13/4/165/zwen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-175242/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/29740
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectCorporate governanceen
dc.subjectShareholder returnen
dc.subjectGri guidelineen
dc.subjectBenchmarkingen
dc.subjectSustainability reportingen
dc.titleAn analysis of sustainable reporting rating levels as an indicator of financial performance for JSE listed companiesen
dc.typeDissertationen

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