CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING SCORING SYSTEMS

Kathryn Jones and Tony Alabaster
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Kathryn Jones: Centre for Environmental Informatics, School of Sciences, University of Sunderland, St. Geroge's Way, SR2 7BW, Sunderland, UK
Tony Alabaster: Centre for Environmental Informatics, School of Sciences, University of Sunderland, St. Geroge's Way, SR2 7BW, Sunderland, UK

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 1999, vol. 01, issue 01, 27-60

Abstract: Scoring systems are increasingly being used to rate, rank and benchmark corporate environmental reports. This paper outlines the four basic levels of measurement or scales utilised in scoring systems highlighting the rules of scaling and statistical application. The scoring systems created by seven groups of analysts and researchers are described and assessed for their methodological approaches. The research shows that the axioms of the scales are rarely obeyed, thus creating skewed and misleading results. The implications of utilising such scoring system to rate, rank and benchmark companies can have repercussions on the type of publicity that companies receive, and they must be better understood and executed in order that companies can deal with the consequences more readily.

Keywords: Environmental reporting; scoring systems; benchmarking; ranking; corporate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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