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Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports

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Figure 1. Screening and process to access and review companies reports to identify how many mention the SDGs, and the level at which the SDGs are mentioned.

Figure 1. Screening and process to access and review companies reports to identify how many mention the SDGs, and the level at which the SDGs are mentioned.

Table 1. Descriptive findings for each of the steps in Figure 1, as well as other characteristics of the companies mentioning the SDGs.

Table 2. A table indicating the level of SDG communication among the JSE top 100 listed companies.

Figure 2. The level at which the SDGs were mentioned in the IRs in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial year end annual reports.

Figure 2. The level at which the SDGs were mentioned in the IRs in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial year end annual reports.

Figure 3. The level at which the SDGs were mentioned in the SRs in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial year end reports.

Figure 3. The level at which the SDGs were mentioned in the SRs in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial year end reports.

Table 3. The JSE sectors (n=total companies in top 100) with either report (SR or IR) mentioning the SDGs.

Table 4. Number of companies per sector referring to each of the SDGs in 2016 (among companies who have embedded the SDGs in their business model).

Table 5. Number of companies per sector referring to each of the SDGs in 2017 (among companies who have embedded the SDGs in their business model).

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