The present research aims to understand the scope of assurance practices performed on environmental, social and governance (ESG) information disclosed by Italian companies. The key questions addressed are the followings: Do Italian listed companies recur to third party assurance services to demonstrate the credibility of their sustainability/CSR/social reports? Does the assurance process encompass the sustainability information disclosed on institutional websites?This is an explorative research, which aims to describe current company behavior. Data refer to a sample of listed Italian companies participating to an online survey. Findings highlight a diffuse company orientation toward third party assurance of sustainability/CSR/social reports. On the contrary, commissioning external assurance to enhance credibility of web information does not seem to be a relevant issue so far.
Non-financial information assurance. Do Italian listed companies assure sustainability reports and/or web communications?
BOSETTI, Luisa;
2017-01-01
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The present research aims to understand the scope of assurance practices performed on environmental, social and governance (ESG) information disclosed by Italian companies. The key questions addressed are the followings: Do Italian listed companies recur to third party assurance services to demonstrate the credibility of their sustainability/CSR/social reports? Does the assurance process encompass the sustainability information disclosed on institutional websites?This is an explorative research, which aims to describe current company behavior. Data refer to a sample of listed Italian companies participating to an online survey. Findings highlight a diffuse company orientation toward third party assurance of sustainability/CSR/social reports. On the contrary, commissioning external assurance to enhance credibility of web information does not seem to be a relevant issue so far.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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