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Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Befragung zur Gestaltung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten

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Stakeholder gehen vermehrt dazu über Informationen hinsichtlich der Nachhaltigkeit der unternehmerischen Aktivitäten einzufordern, was dazu führt, dass die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung, welche bspw. nachweislich das Potenzial besitzt Kauf- oder Investitionsentscheidungen positiv zu beeinflussen, weiter an Bedeutung gewinnt. Die Gestaltung der Berichte variiert stark, daher stellt sich die Frage, welche Merkmale sie aufweisen sollten, um einen möglichst großen Nutzen für das berichterstattende Unternehmen zu erzielen. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrags werden anhand der Analyse einer qualitativen Befragung von 260 Teilnehmern Verbesserungspotenziale für die unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung mit dem Nachhaltigkeitsbericht des BASF-Konzerns als Referenz aufgedeckt und diskutiert. Begründet durch eine Diskussion der bekannten IS-Theorien Cognitive Fit und Task Technology Fit stehen dabei das Verhältnis von Text, Tabellen und Grafiken, die Bereicherung durch multimediale Inhalte, wie Videos und interaktive Grafiken, sowie generelle Verbesserungsvorschläge im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Befragten war dabei der Ansicht, dass die im untersuchten Nachhaltigkeitsbericht enthaltenen Informationen zu oft in Form von Texten aufbereitet wurden und dass diese besser anschaulich anhand von Grafiken oder Tabellen dargestellt werden sollten.

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Diese Arbeit ist im Rahmen des Projekts “IT-for-Green: Umwelt-, Energie- und Ressourcenmanagement mit BUIS 2.0” entstanden. Das Projekt wird mit Mitteln des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung gefördert (Fördernummer W/A III 80119242).

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Gräuler, M., Teuteberg, F. (2013). Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Befragung zur Gestaltung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten. In: Marx Gómez, J., Lang, C., Wohlgemuth, V. (eds) IT-gestütztes Ressourcen- und Energiemanagement. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35030-6_29

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