{"id":34262,"date":"2023-09-21T05:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T05:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/compare-the-2022-sustainability-reports-of-bp-and-shell-and-highlight-the-similarities-and-differences-you-observed-in-the-following-aspects-1-gri-standard-adherence-2-reporting-scope-3-stakeh\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T05:48:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T05:48:57","slug":"compare-the-2022-sustainability-reports-of-bp-and-shell-and-highlight-the-similarities-and-differences-you-observed-in-the-following-aspects-1-gri-standard-adherence-2-reporting-scope-3-stakeh","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/compare-the-2022-sustainability-reports-of-bp-and-shell-and-highlight-the-similarities-and-differences-you-observed-in-the-following-aspects-1-gri-standard-adherence-2-reporting-scope-3-stakeh\/","title":{"rendered":"compare the 2022 Sustainability Reports of BP and Shell and highlight the similarities and differences you observed in the following aspects: 1. GRI Standard Adherence, 2. Reporting Scope, 3. Stakeholder Engagement, 4. Materiality Assessment."},"content":{"rendered":"
Assignment Requirements:
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Write a report of not more than 8 pages (excluding the references) in which you compare the
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2022 Sustainability Reports of BP and Shell <\/span>and highlight the <\/span>similarities <\/span>and <\/span>differences <\/span>you
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observed in the following aspects:
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1. GRI Standard Adherence: Assess how each company adheres to GRI standards in their
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reporting. Are they following the same GRI guidelines, or are there differences?
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2. Reporting Scope: Analyse the scope of the reports, i.e. do both companies cover similar
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sustainability aspects, such as environmental impact, social responsibility, and
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governance practices?
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3. Stakeholder Engagement: Assess how each company engages with stakeholders in their
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reporting process. Do both companies disclose their stakeholder engagement activities,
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and are there differences in approach?
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4. Materiality Assessment: Analyse how each company identifies and prioritizes material
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issues. Are there variations in how they determine what is material to their sustainability
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performance?
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You are required to analyse <\/span>potential reasons <\/span>for the variations that you note. For example,
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differences could be attributed to the companies\u2019 size, industry focus, geographic locations,
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corporate culture, and etc.
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The BP 2022 Sustainability Report is available at the following website:
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https:\/\/www.bp.com\/en\/global\/corporate\/sustainability.html
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The Shell 2022 Sustainability Report is available at the following website:
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https:\/\/reports.shell.com\/sustainability-report\/2022\/<\/span><\/div>\n
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Additional requirements:
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1. Your report should contain the following sections:
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a. TITLE: single line, identifying the subject matter of the report
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b. INTRODUCTION: to the report
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c. MAIN CONTENT: to address the assignment requirements
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d. CONCLUSION: to summarise the key takeaways from your comparative analysis.
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For example, what insights did you gain about how different organizations within
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the same industry approaching sustainability reporting?
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e. REFERENCE: Harvard author-date referencing system, where applicable.
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2. You must reference correctly, both in the body of your report (in-text) and at the end of
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the document (end-text).
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3. Your submissions must be word-processed and presented professionally, using 12pt font
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and at least 1.5 line spacing. Ensure your grammar, expression and spelling are carefully
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checked before submission. Long direct quotes should be single spaced and indented from
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the left margin.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Assignment Requirements: Write a report of not more than 8 pages (excluding the references) in which you compare the 2022 Sustainability Reports of BP and Shell and highlight the similarities and differences you observed in the following aspects: 1. GRI Standard Adherence: Assess how each company adheres to GRI standards in their reporting. Are they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1112],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/34262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/34262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=34262"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=34262"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=34262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}