Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the BIST Sustainability Index

Burcu Demirel () and Ibrahim Erol ()
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Burcu Demirel: Akdeniz University, FEAS Department of Business Administration Accounting-Financing USA
Ibrahim Erol: Akdeniz University, FEAS Department of Business Administration Accounting-Financing USA

International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2016, vol. 6, issue 10, 21-31

Abstract: In recent years, there is a growing focus on corporate operations especially since the publication of the first environmental reports in 1989. Companies have started to publish information about its environmental, social and sustainability policies. The study examines the sustainability reporting elements of Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index (BIST) in Turkey and to evaluate which elements is most vital in this context. This study will begin with the sustainability reporting that will be examined under the roof of corporation sustainability and end with the examination of sustainability reports of 15 firms, which are included in the BIST Sustainability Index in Turkey, and a content analysis. The reports of companies under study were taken from special web site and GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) database of companies. Being the first study in examining the sustainability report of companies in BIST Sustainability Index, it is expected to contribute in literature about sustainability reporting recently started to gain importance in Turkey. Overall our findings suggest that the sustainability index established in Turkey is still in development stage, but the enterprises in the endeavor are working day by day to develop the sustainability qualities.

Keywords: BIST Sustainability Index; Corporation Sustainability; GRI; Sustainability Reporting. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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