Sustainability Reporting in the Construction Industry: Lessons from the United Kingdom and Brazil for the Malaysian Construction Industry

H.C. Bispo Junior, E.C.W. Lou, S.M. Syed Khuzzan

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    Abstract

    Organisational success is no longer assessed through commercial achievements – but now judged on their social and environmental performance – the triple bottom line. They expected to contribute towards the betterment of their customers and stakeholders, sustainability practices (upstream and downstream) and social responsibilities. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the de-facto non-financial reporting standard on sustainability indicators of social, environmental and human rights impact; diversity; and anti-corruption policies. The European Parliament passed a Law making sustainability reporting mandatory to major businesses by 2017. This is historic considering fewer than 10% of the largest EU companies disclose sustainability information regularly. The construction industry (CI) is not exempted. This paper researched sustainability reports of the Top 100 construction businesses in the UK and Brazil, and compared them to the logistics/transportation businesses; and their potential impact for the Malaysian CI. Findings indicated low uptake and poor report quality between the UK and Brazilian CI. Lessons learnt could help the Malaysian CI to accelerate sustainability practices, increase reporting uptake and produce quality reports.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities (SUDLiC 2014)
    Place of PublicationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    PublisherUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Pages349-359
    Number of pages11
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2014
    EventInternational Conference on Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities (SUDLiC 2014) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Duration: 1 Jan 1824 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities (SUDLiC 2014)
    CityKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Period1/01/24 → …

    Keywords

    • Construction
    • GRI
    • Logistics
    • Sustainability
    • Brazil
    • Malaysia
    • United Kingdom

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