Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques

Galo Moreta; Edison Loza-Aguirre; Carlos Montenegro Armas; Denys A. Flores

doi:10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514049

Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques

Galo Moreta
, Edison Loza-Aguirre
, Carlos Montenegro Armas
, Denys A. Flores

Escuela Politecnica Nacional

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Abstract

Although several agencies in charge of promoting the adoption of a Sustainable Development have pointed out the need to seek a balance between economic, social, and environmental dimensions; currently, there is not much evidence about actions being taken to achieve this goal. In this article, we study the balance of the discourse about Sustainable Development (SD) presented in reports issued annually by world-renowned companies which have traded using the Dow Jones index over the last 15 years. Their reports are analysed by means of a Topic Analysis approach and the Monte Carlo method. Results show that, at least in discourse, the selected companies show a better dimensional balance than in other previous studies with a predominance towards lingering ecological factors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	254-259
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665400961
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514049
State	Published - 29 Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 29 Jul 2021 → 30 Jul 2021

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Name	Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021

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Conference	5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	29/07/21 → 30/07/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

LDA
Monte Carlo
Sustainable development
TBL
Text analysis

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Moreta, G., Loza-Aguirre, E., Armas, C. M., & Flores, D. A. (2021). Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques. In Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021 (pp. 254-259). (Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514049

Moreta, Galo ; Loza-Aguirre, Edison ; Armas, Carlos Montenegro et al. / Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques. Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 254-259 (Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021).

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Moreta, G, Loza-Aguirre, E, Armas, CM & Flores, DA 2021, Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques. in Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021. Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 254-259, 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021, London, United Kingdom, 29/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514049

Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques. / Moreta, Galo; Loza-Aguirre, Edison; Armas, Carlos Montenegro et al.
Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 254-259 (Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021).

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Moreta G, Loza-Aguirre E, Armas CM, Flores DA. Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques. In Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 254-259. (Proceedings of the 2021 5th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability, WorldS4 2021). doi: 10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514049

Evaluating social and ecological sustainability initiatives in global companies using text analysis techniques

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