Literature review
| Author | Region/Country | Aim | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klimek et al. (2019) | Europe/Poland | To define the CSR areas of the Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A., and the socially responsible tasks undertaken by port operators and the whole port service center | Air pollution–board of directors declared CSR as part of Port of Gdansk strategy |
| Ashrafi et al. (2019) | Canada and USA | (1) To investigate how port executives perceive sustainability and what CS strategies and practices ports have adopted in their business plans; and (2) to identify influencing factors (motivations/driving factors and key challenges/barriers) that might affect adoption and implementation of CS strategies and practices in ports in the future | Many of the identified influencing factors for adoption and implementation of corporate sustainability in ports are similar to those identified in other studies; some are more sector-specific, which has allowed this study to contribute to advancing knowledge of corporate sustainability in the context of ports with novel insights |
| Yuen and Thai (2017) | Singapore | To examine whether the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and provision of service quality (SQ) to satisfy shippers result in financial synergies | CSR complements SQ and provides modest financial contribution to shipping firms via customer satisfaction |
| Vanelslander (2016) | – | To focus on the way corporate social responsibility emerges among company goals in seaports and the extent to which innovation initiatives respond to the goals raised | Derives how relevant a specific innovation action is to a specific company goal and to which extent it actually contributes to achieving the goal |
| Lam and Notteboom (2014) | Singapore, Shanghai, Antwerp and Rotterdam | To investigate the port management tools that port/public authorities have at their disposal | The ports are particularly mature in exercising environmental standard regulations, which reveals that the enforcement approach is more prevalent |
| Dinwoodie et al. (2012) | Europe | To present a framework to identify the business processes required to manage the potential environmental impact of maritime operations, particularly in smaller ports | Present a framework to identify the process to measure the impact in the environment |
| Author | Region/Country | Aim | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/Poland | To define the CSR areas of the Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A., and the socially responsible tasks undertaken by port operators and the whole port service center | Air pollution–board of directors declared CSR as part of Port of Gdansk strategy | |
| Canada and USA | (1) To investigate how port executives perceive sustainability and what CS strategies and practices ports have adopted in their business plans; and (2) to identify influencing factors (motivations/driving factors and key challenges/barriers) that might affect adoption and implementation of CS strategies and practices in ports in the future | Many of the identified influencing factors for adoption and implementation of corporate sustainability in ports are similar to those identified in other studies; some are more sector-specific, which has allowed this study to contribute to advancing knowledge of corporate sustainability in the context of ports with novel insights | |
| Singapore | To examine whether the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and provision of service quality (SQ) to satisfy shippers result in financial synergies | CSR complements SQ and provides modest financial contribution to shipping firms via customer satisfaction | |
| – | To focus on the way corporate social responsibility emerges among company goals in seaports and the extent to which innovation initiatives respond to the goals raised | Derives how relevant a specific innovation action is to a specific company goal and to which extent it actually contributes to achieving the goal | |
| Singapore, Shanghai, Antwerp and Rotterdam | To investigate the port management tools that port/public authorities have at their disposal | The ports are particularly mature in exercising environmental standard regulations, which reveals that the enforcement approach is more prevalent | |
| Europe | To present a framework to identify the business processes required to manage the potential environmental impact of maritime operations, particularly in smaller ports | Present a framework to identify the process to measure the impact in the environment |
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