Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2011, 59(7), 157-166 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201159070157

Integration of economic, environmental, social and corporate governance performance and reporting in enterprises

Jiří Hřebíček1, Jana Soukopová2, Michael Štencl1, Oldřich Trenz1
1 Ústav informatiky, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika
2 Ekonomicko správní fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, Lipová 41a, 602 00 Brno, Česká republika

Current trends of corporate performance evaluation, i.e. the measurement of environmental, social, economic and governance performance of company and corporate sustainable reporting are discussed in the paper. The relationship between company performance and reporting its key performance indicators is important, therefore, the development of modern and advanced methods and metrics to identify these indicators mainly based on the quantification with the possibility of utilization of information and communication technology are discussed.

Keywords: performance evaluation, ESG performance, key performance indicators, sustainability reporting, GRI, UN Global Compact, UNEP FI, OECD, ISO 26000
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This paper is supported by the Czech Science Foundation. Name of the Project: Construction of Methods for Multifactor Assessment of Company Complex Performance in Selected Sectors. Registration No. P403/11/1103.

Received: August 30, 2011; Published: January 26, 2014  Show citation

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Hřebíček, J., Soukopová, J., Štencl, M., & Trenz, O. (2011). Integration of economic, environmental, social and corporate governance performance and reporting in enterprises. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 59(7), 157-166. doi: 10.11118/actaun201159070157
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