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Original Articles

The emergence of triple bottom line reporting in Spain

La aparición y desarrollo de las memorias de sostenibilidad en España

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Pages 195-219 | Received 19 Jan 2009, Accepted 10 Jun 2010, Published online: 15 Jan 2014
 

ABSTRACT

The emergence of triple bottom line reporting by organizations in Spain is the context in which the present work have tried to understand the influence of both external and internal contexts on social and environmental disclosures. The material for this study is drawn from semi-structured interviews with 30 managers of 20 Spanish organizations with responsibility for the preparation of TBL reports. The narratives provided by the interviewees suggest that internal (organizational and individual) and external contexts are both important in the explanation of social and environmental disclosure practices. One of the study's main findings is that certain assemblages of external and internal influences exist that can either enhance or inhibit the development of TBL reports.

RESUMEN

La reciente aparición en España de memorias de sostenibilidad confeccionadas por organizaciones empresariales es el contexto en el que el presente trabajo aborda el estudio de la influencia en la divulgación de información social y medioambiental del contexto interno y externo de las organizaciones empresariales. El estudio está cimentado sobre la conducción de entrevistas semi-estructuradas con 30 gestores involucrados en la preparación de las memorias de sostenibilidad de 20 empresas españolas. Las narrativas emanadas de las entrevistas sugieren que tanto el contexto interno (organizativo e individual), como el externo determina el desarrollo de las memorias. Uno de los principales hallazgos del estudio es la existencia de influencias externas e internas que al “ensamblarse” podrían fomentar o inhibir el desarrollo de las memorias de sostenibilidad.

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