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Table 1.

A summary of the dynamic analysis of normativity production in sustainability reporting

Notion of normativity
Life cycle of a norm	Stages	Norm emergence (first phase)	Norm cascade (second phase)	Internalization (third phase)
		Actors	Epistemic communities	Professional organizations	Reporters
				Key individuals in organizations	Networks	Governments
				Institutional entrepreneurs	Consultants	Regulators
Conditions to be met	Societal context and discourse around sustainability reporting
	Coherent with a normative framework
	Congruence with previous similar practices
	Clarity with their indented purposes

Notion of normativity
Life cycle of a norm	Stages	Norm emergence(first phase)	Norm cascade (second phase)	Internalization (third phase)
		Actors	Epistemic communities	Professional organizations	Reporters
				Key individuals in organizations	Networks	Governments
				Institutional entrepreneurs	Consultants	Regulators
Conditions to be met	Societal context and discourse around sustainability reporting
	Coherent with a normative framework
	Congruence with previous similar practices
	Clarity with their indented purposes

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