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Objective: This study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric and literature review to describe the origin and content of research on corporate sustainability reporting in Latin America published in journals indexed in the SCOPUS, WoS, SCIELO, and REDIB databases on corporate sustainability reporting in Latin America and to contribute to its theoretical development and promote the performance and disclosure of sustainability in the region. Methodology: The comprehensive bibliometric and literature review used a quantitative and qualitative approach, with a descriptive scope through a content analysis of the papers' origin and nature according to the established qualitative categories. Originality/Relevance: The research contributes to increasing the body of literature on sustainability reporting research in Latin America and proposes a regional planning research to improve performance and sustainability reports with the stakeholders in the organizations of the region's countries. Results: The results of the analysis of 75 publications in 40 journals show an increase until the 2018 period. Most of the publications were by Brazilian and Colombian authors and journals. The largest number of studies corresponds to descriptive quantitative research based on content analysis of reports prepared according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Studies mainly consider institutional and legitimacy theories. There is also an absence of studies that consider stakeholder theory, address contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deal with environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting in the Latin American context. Social contributions: A pending research agenda is presented on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reporting in Latin American organizations as a contribution to the sustainable development in Latin America. Therefore, a regional plan of research is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizations seek to highlight the practices that generate value to your business. It should also emphasize that the organizational ability to learn becomes crucial to the continuity of the organization. Thus, the research aims to provide analysis of the sustainability reports of the five largest companies in the pulp and paper industry, according to Exame magazine, showing the developed and published actions that contributed to promoting intellectual capital. It is found that the activity under study plays a relevant contribution in the Brazilian economy and it is observed that in recent years the companies in this sector are developing efforts to raise internal and external knowledge, seeking to develop improvements and innovations that differentiate competitively. Try to understand what intellectual capital management practices that companies in the pulp and paper industry develop to increase their competitiveness. The theoretical framework includes the intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility. The research appears as empirical and is supported by a descriptive qualitative approach, using document analysis and data collection technique. The model of Edvinsson and Malone (1997) was used to perform the analyzes of the content of sustainability reports and therefore the theoretical contribution focuses on the extension of studies using this model categories. As company managing the contribution presents practices that contribute to learning and development activities fostering the management of intellectual capital. The social implications that demonstrate through actions linked to corporate social responsibility can promote the management of intellectual capital and develop strategies that contribute to competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the case study of Delta Cafés we discuss the sustainable development of the Portuguese company and brand over the 55 years of their existence. Delta Cafés has already been analyzed in terms of marketing activity, social responsibility, management control systems, etc. In this paper, we refer to these studies, and we reach the sources, i.e. the information provided by the Delta Cafés itself. Due to the nature of the coffee market and the use of case study methodology, we start the presentation of this case from a broader context, describing the coffee market in the world and characterizing the coffee market in Portugal as well. Then we present the history of the development of the company and the brand Delta Cafés. The paper ends with concluding remarks in which we discuss the issues of social and environmental responsibility in the light of the development of Delta Cafés business and brand strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Among the complexities of today's globalized world, CSR appears as an emerging and dynamic subject that enjoys increasing attention in the organizational context as it becomes a must for companies that want to stay competitive in the market. Faced with this context, the central objective of this study is to examine the ways in which companies bring corporate social responsibility into their organizational structures. As for the methodological procedures, this study appears as quantitative, descriptive and as a survey. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire adapted from Aldama; Love; Trostianki (2009) in a sample of 15 companies which have won the RS Quality Award in the years 2011-2013 in the categories Diamond, Silver and Gold. As a result it was found that companies adopt different ways of incorporating CSR function into the organizational structure, much of which is still in the design phase, since the activities and responsibilities in this sector are not discharged within a specific division, but rather linked to other sectors, such as quality management, which has boosted the adoption of CSR by companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study analyzes the actions of social responsibility expressed by the Environmental and Heritage Education Project (PEAP), which has been implemented in the Boa Vista and Moura communities, both located in Oriximiná, State of Pará. This project purported to promote the rescue and preservation of environmental and cultural heritage in local communities, developed in a partnership between the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Emilio Goeldi [a painter] Pará Museum] (MPEG), the private company Mineração Rio do Norte (Rio do Norte Mining) (MRN) and representatives of local communities. This study examines to what extent the actions of PEAP can be considered drivers of sustainable local development. To answer this question, the research focused on the implementation of the PEAP actions and their effects on the two communities under study. Specifically, we sought to identify potential social, cultural and economic impacts of the actions of PEAP on both communities, and to identify future expectations of social subjects involved. This is a case study that follows a qualitative approach. The data collected in documents and interviews were analyzed according to the concepts of sustainable local development, corporate social responsibility and tri-sector partnership. The study identified that the actions taken by the PEAP result of management practices and participatory social planning, and reflecting the redemption of traditional practices, socialization of information and income generation, which together contribute to sustainable local development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate social responsibility revives the discussion regarding the creation of shared value, where organizations should generate social value, without compromising the unquestionable mission of generating economic value for shareholders. The projects of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, as in any kind of project, have resource, deadlines and scope constraints, and they need to be managed and assessed through indicators. The literature describes some models of indicators for the assessment of projects on corporate social responsibility and sustainability. This paper aims to: discuss four models found in the literature, analyzing the indicators proposed by the Ethos Institute and checking out for adhesion between these indicators and the models discussed. This is a theoretical article, based on a bibliographic research and it begets as a result, in addition to the aims set out, the consolidation of the dimensions of analysis of the models studied. As a proposition for new studies, this article recommends research in the field about the adherence of the dimensions of analysis by the indicators developed empirically in organizations, with the dimensions consolidated in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]