Values and Approaches to Sustainability/CSR

Running Head: VALUES AND APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY/CSR
Values and approaches to sustainability/CSR
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Author’s Note

1VALUES AND APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY/CSR
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i. Identify and describe the two companies you have researched, their core business activities
and the countries and industries in which they operate...............................................................1
ii. What differences are evident between the two companies in terms of the range of issues
dealt with in their social reports and the depth of coverage on specific issues? Please note –
this question does not ask for a description or summary of the content of each company’s
reports. Instead, you need to analyse the types of information, the major themes, the
presentation, formatting and tone of each report – and explain how the reports are similar to
each other and how they are different..........................................................................................2
iii. Discuss which of the Sustainable Development Goals you believe are most relevant to
these companies, their industries and the countries in which they operate. Discuss the extent to
which these SDGs were addressed, explicitly or implicitly, in the CSR/Sustainability reports
of your companies?......................................................................................................................3
iv. Based on your analyses of your companies’ sustainability/CSR reporting, identity in which
Sustainability Phase/s (Dunphy, Griffiths & Benn) each of your companies sit. Explain your
reasons for these assessments......................................................................................................4
v. Discuss the extent to which the social reports provided by these companies reflect their
stated values.................................................................................................................................5
vi. Briefly reflect on your group’s discussions of these companies. In what ways did the ideas
presented by your group confirm your conclusions, influence your thinking and present
another perspective to you?.........................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................7

2VALUES AND APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY/CSR
i. Identify and describe the two companies you have researched, their core business
activities and the countries and industries in which they operate.
According to the official website of Cole’s supermarket (Coles.com.au, 2019), the
business activities of Coles comprises of the retail trading that provides household food products
to that of the potential consumers of the economy. It is an Australian based company that has
been operating for about 90 years. It is addressed as the supermarket that has the number of
physical stores located in different parts of the country. Cole supermarket operates upon the
retail, industrial sector. This supermarket chain is famous for its high end consumer products that
are offered. On the other hand, the supermarket chain is a huge competitor to that of the top rival
brand that is the Woolworth supermarket.
According to the official website of Loblaw (loblaw.ca, 2019), the business activities of
the Loblaw comprises of the household and that of the grocery items. On the other hand, the
supermarket chain provides a long chain of commodities that ranges from that of the pharmacies,
banking and apparel. It is a retail industry. It is a Canadian based country that has been able to
capture a major proportion of the consumer market share. On the other side, the firm is having
several a competitor such as that of the brand like Sobeys, Gordon, Sysco, Sofo foods, and much
more.
Both the company is famous for its high end quality products that they provide in the
market. They are famous for the strategic pricing that they make use of. On the other contrary,
there is remarkable goodwill and brand-equity that the firm has been able to generate in spite of
the presence of a huge number of competitors.