You can start comparing the categories that your company has included in their ESG report with the ones that material or topics present in the MSCI ESG Industry Materiality Map :
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Subsector: Restaurant.
Alternatively, you can see the SASB materiality map – It may be useful for comparison.
https://www.sasb.org/standards/materiality-finder/find/?industry
Please start searching for information and explanation as to what really seems to be the most important sustainability challenge for the chosen sector.
– Use secondary research on data from forbes, harvard business school, research on profits, screenshots of articles, can also use screenshots of paragraphs instead of quoting as it will decrease similarities on turnitin, can use data as in numbers to create graphs
– Use academic research/articles but also business research and articles – if its just academic it wont have strong enough arguments
– Reference from market research data – statista or word bank – verify how to reference it
– If embedding tables/figures – have to have title and source
– Company with up-to-date ESG report available in full – it must include materiality assessment – ESG reports are usually available on company’s website – mjust find info on Environmental, Social, Governance
– General info on their sustainability approach and actions is not enough – we need data from the ESG report (it can be from 2020 onwards, doesn’t need to be 2023 necessarily)
Check MSCI website and/or SASB
Check assignment template to see example – please follow case study report format given on the brief
Use as many references as needed – websites, books, journals, articles, etc.Feedback from tutor regarding chosen company which is Starbucks:
You can start comparing the categories that your company has included in their ESG report with the ones that material or topics present in the MSCI ESG Industry Materiality Map :
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Subsector: Restaurant.
Alternatively, you can see the SASB materiality map – It may be useful for comparison.
https://www.sasb.org/standards/materiality-finder/find/?industry
Please start searching for information and explanation as to what really seems to be the most important sustainability challenge for the chosen sector.
– Use secondary research on data from forbes, harvard business school, research on profits, screenshots of articles, can also use screenshots of paragraphs instead of quoting as it will decrease similarities on turnitin, can use data as in numbers to create graphs
– Use academic research/articles but also business research and articles – if its just academic it wont have strong enough arguments
– Reference from market research data – statista or word bank – verify how to reference it
– If embedding tables/figures – have to have title and source
– Company with up-to-date ESG report available in full – it must include materiality assessment – ESG reports are usually available on company’s website – mjust find info on Environmental, Social, Governance
– General info on their sustainability approach and actions is not enough – we need data from the ESG report (it can be from 2020 onwards, doesn’t need to be 2023 necessarily)
Check MSCI website and/or SASB
Check assignment template to see example – please follow case study report format given on the brief
Use as many references as needed – websites, books, journals, articles, etc.