SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE ON THE BIGGEST COOPERATIVES OF THE WORLD: AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR ADOPTION AND QUALITY

• DOI: 10.1111/apce.12073
• Publication Date: 2015-05-12T09:55:14Z
• Authors: Elies SEGUÍ‐MAS; Helena‐María BOLL...; Fernando POLO‐GAR...
• Keywords: Affect

ABSTRACT Sustainability Assurance (SA) is increasing worldwide. Cooperatives are highly susceptible to CSR but there an interesting research gap regarding SA in them. We use mixed methods (statistical and content analysis) study practices of the top 300 cooperatives Paradoxically, our results show scarce or late adoption, country‐level sector sensibility do not affect adoption significantly. Conversely, influence choice assurance provider. Finally, findings reveal that industry factors, also provider, statements’ quality.