| dc.description.abstract | 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 within the shipping sector by doing an exploratory study of the
ten largest
container
sh
ipping
companies
. Sustainability reporting is becoming commonplace
among larger companies, and therefore this thesis sets out to look at what is reported and the
quality level. First, a literature review is conducted to look at, among other, the history,
current state, quality aspects and previous research into sustainability reporting. Then a
content analysis with a
scoring system is developed. This
is based on the most commonly used
framework, the GRI Guidelines, which are then adopted for the shipping in
dustry. The quality
aspects are
attached to
transparency, materiality, stakeholder engagement, KPIs and
assurance. Furthermore, this thesis sets out to identify further research topics within
sustainability reporting and
especially within the shipping industry. | nb_NO |
