1Mara MADALENO, 2Daniel MAGUETA and 3Elisabete VIEIRA

1 GOVCOPP – Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies; DEGEIT – Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism; University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

2 GOVCOPP – Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies; ESTGA-UA – School of Technology and Management of Águeda; University of Aveiro, Águeda, Portugal

3 GOVCOPP – Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies; ISCA-UA – Institute of Accounting and Administration of Aveiro University; University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Abstract

We analyze the existent literature relating to gender diversity and sustainability reporting (SR) practices. The SCOPUS bibliographic database was used, and 49 documents were included in the analysis. The first document was published in 2011 and the most recent in 2023. Using the search criteria and analysis, policy implications have been highlighted. This article provides important findings as to future research needs and concludes that gender diversity has received growing attention. However, findings reported in the literature show opposite results. Gender diversity has been considerably explored considering SR, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environment, social and governance (ESG), and sustainable development goals (SDGs), but other forms of diversity are usually not reported by companies, neither explored empirically in the literature.

Keywords: Sustainability Reporting; Gender Diversity; Bibliographic Analysis; SCOPUS.
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