Sustainability disclosure for container shipping: a text-mining approach
Due to the increasing focus on green consumerism, sustainability disclosure—company informing its stakeholders of its involvement in sustainability—is an integral part of stakeholder management. Nevertheless, the sustainability reports published by container shipping companies exhibit unique structu...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1597312022-06-30T06:05:39Z Sustainability disclosure for container shipping: a text-mining approach Zhou, Yusheng Wang, Xueqin Yuen, Kum Fai School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering::Civil engineering Container Shipping Sustainability Disclosure Due to the increasing focus on green consumerism, sustainability disclosure—company informing its stakeholders of its involvement in sustainability—is an integral part of stakeholder management. Nevertheless, the sustainability reports published by container shipping companies exhibit unique structures and content. Existing sustainability disclosure frameworks are generic and do not cater to B2B industries, such as container shipping. Moreover, limited studies have been conducted to explore the sustainability disclosure framework of the container shipping industry. With a hierarchical unsupervised text-mining method, the latent information of major listed container shipping companies' sustainability reports has been explored. A unified framework is produced comprising three primary dimensions: employee training and management, sustainable business management, and sustainable shipping operation. Each primary dimension has three secondary sub-dimensions. Theoretically, this research uncovers themes and patterns on how container shipping companies disclose sustainability. Managerially, this research guides container shipping companies on preparing and organizing sustainability disclosure. For regulators, policymakers, and global investors, this research also provides implications on evaluating container shipping companies’ sustainability performance and serves as a benchmark against broader sustainability goals such as sustainable development goals (SDGs). Ministry of Education (MOE) This research is supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (Project ID, RS03/19). 2022-06-30T06:05:39Z 2022-06-30T06:05:39Z 2021 Journal Article Zhou, Y., Wang, X. & Yuen, K. F. (2021). Sustainability disclosure for container shipping: a text-mining approach. Transport Policy, 110, 465-477. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.06.020 0967-070X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159731 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.06.020 2-s2.0-85109575042 110 465 477 en RS03/19 Transport Policy © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Due to the increasing focus on green consumerism, sustainability disclosure—company informing its stakeholders of its involvement in sustainability—is an integral part of stakeholder management. Nevertheless, the sustainability reports published by container shipping companies exhibit unique structures and content. Existing sustainability disclosure frameworks are generic and do not cater to B2B industries, such as container shipping. Moreover, limited studies have been conducted to explore the sustainability disclosure framework of the container shipping industry. With a hierarchical unsupervised text-mining method, the latent information of major listed container shipping companies' sustainability reports has been explored. A unified framework is produced comprising three primary dimensions: employee training and management, sustainable business management, and sustainable shipping operation. Each primary dimension has three secondary sub-dimensions. Theoretically, this research uncovers themes and patterns on how container shipping companies disclose sustainability. Managerially, this research guides container shipping companies on preparing and organizing sustainability disclosure. For regulators, policymakers, and global investors, this research also provides implications on evaluating container shipping companies’ sustainability performance and serves as a benchmark against broader sustainability goals such as sustainable development goals (SDGs). |
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