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Sustainability disclosure and performance : an empirical study of U.S. petroleum corporations
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates if some of the largest U.S. petroleum companies’ written disclosure regarding sustainability is correlated with their sustainability performance. We measure the companies’ written disclosure with ... -
Sustainability disclosure and stock returns : a study of firm 10-K sustainability disclosure and stuck returns in the period 1994-2017.
(Master thesis, 2019)I utilize a keyword matching technique for comparing sustainability disclosure levels among publicly listed U.S. firms. By computerized parsing of the 10-K form, filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, I ... -
Sustainability enforcement : a qualitative study into the drivers and barriers of sustainable value creation : a Norwegian salmon farming context
(Master thesis, 2021)As the salmon farming industry is expected to increase production fivefold by 2050, it is pertinent to explore how the firms in the industry manage their business operations. The purpose of this Master Thesis is to examine ... -
Sustainability in Procurement and the Link to Profitability : An Exploratory Study
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores how sustainability focus in the procurement function affects a firm's profitability. Sustainability has become increasingly relevant for firms to address, as the adverse impacts of a business on society ... -
Sustainability in times of crisis : an empirical look into the relationship between financial and CSR performance during times of crises
(Master thesis, 2020)From Financial Crisis to Environmental Disasters to protests, corporations are facing numerous crisis that they must navigate through. As a result, corporations may find it hard to justify the need to invest into sustainable ... -
Sustainability Initiatives: Solution or Decoupling Tool? A Natural Resource-Based View on Sustainability and Financial Performance Effects of Membership in the UN Global Compact
(Master thesis, 2022)In absence of uniform global regulation for corporate sustainability conduct, initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) are being established to promote voluntary ESG efforts. Although the UNGC claims ... -
The Sustainability Liability Effect : How Consumers May Choose the Regular Product Instead of the Sustainable One
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper evaluates the potential problem of consumers believing that sustainable products with strength-related attributes are less effective compared to the competing non-sustainable products, also known as the ... -
Sustainability reporting within the shipping industry - An exploratory study of the ten largest container shipping companies
(Master thesis, 2015)The shipping industry is one of the driving forces of the global economy, and sustainability issues are of key importance to the future of our world. Therefore, this thesis will combine them and look at ... -
Sustainability-Linked Debt in Shipping : A study on the effects of SLD on shipowners’ cost of capital
(Master thesis, 2023)This study analyzes whether issuing sustainability-linked debt (SLD) reduces shipowners’ cost of capital. In light of the existing research on green bonds indicating increased investor appetite for sustainability, along ... -
The Sustainable Development Goals in Norway : What motivates large Norwegian companies to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, and how are the goals prioritised?
(Master thesis, 2021)The increasing engagement of businesses with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents a shift in the role the private sector has in the global sustainable development agenda. The purpose of this thesis is to explore ... -
Sustainable Food and Social Mechanisms : How social mechanisms influence adoption of sustainable food in a Norwegian student context.
(Master thesis, 2023)The purpose of this dissertation is to discover how social mechanisms influence adoption of sustainable food. The background for this is the identified growing market trends in relation to sustainable products and food. ... -
Sustainable food consumption in Latin America : how to meet the sustainable development goals
(Master thesis, 2020)This study first examines existing literature on agricultural consumption and production and how sustainability can be driven by consumer behavior. The thesis also explains the main differences between plant and animal-based ... -
Sustainable investment : factors influencing the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy : examining how different factors influence the adoption of sustainable investment strategies.
(Master thesis, 2021)With the growth of ESG investing across the finance industry, this paper seeks to explore how different factors influence the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy, with a predominant focus on large asset managers. ... -
Sustainable investment flows during crisis periods : Effects of Russian-Ukrainian war on SRI flows
(Master thesis, 2023)The thesis focuses on political and military crises, specifically the Russian-Ukrainian war, to research the war’s effect on monetary Net Flow in European mutual funds. We found that there are statistically significant ... -
Sustainable products and conceptual processing fluency: Investigating dynamics among implicit attitudes, explicit attitudes, and buying intent for sustainable products through priming paradigm
(Master thesis, 2021)In today’s information-dense environment, people struggle to filter through the abundance of content from social media, emails, newsletters, and advertisements, while companies battle for the slightest chance of getting ... -
Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)What ethical criterion for intergenerational justice should be adopted, e.g., when faced with the task of managing the global environment? Koopmans’ axiomatization of discounted utilitarianism is based on seemingly compelling ... -
Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)What ethical criterion for intergenerational justice should be adopted, e.g., when faced with the task of managing the global environment? Koopmans’ axiomatization of discounted utilitarianism is based on seemingly compelling ... -
Sustainable shipping: exploring the feasibility of investments in hydrogen-powered vessels for the short-sea sector
(Master thesis, 2020)Greenhouse gas emission from the shipping industry is increasing. At the same time there is a pressing need to reduce the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The need for alternative marine fuels is a fact. In this ... -
Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Face of Climate Change : Estimating the Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Brazilian Soybean Yield
(Master thesis, 2023)While climate change is known to pose a variety of highly relevant economic risks, there are still many probable implications and economic fields with a lack of available data and research. This thesis explores the ... -
Svin, svin!? : en studie av norske helsemyndigheters risikokommunikasjon under "svineinfluensa”-pandemien i 2009
(Master thesis, 2011)Formålet med denne utredningen er å bidra til økt forståelse av risikokommunikasjon som fenomen og hva som kjennetegner god risikokommunikasjon. Utredningen er gjennomført som en utforskende, kvalitativ casestudie av norske ...