Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed further light on how corporate environmental disclosures are used to respond to institutional pressures stemming from the social context. Design/methodology/approach – Interpretive textual analysis is applied to discuss how the environmental...

Purpose – The study seeks to add to the understanding of the diffusion and decline of environmental reporting practices Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews and municipal water utility publications are analysed to identify factors which have influenced the diffusion and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed further light on how corporate environmental disclosures are used to respond to institutional pressures stemming from the social context. Design/methodology/approach – Interpretive textual analysis is applied to discuss how the environmental...

Purpose – The study seeks to add to the understanding of the diffusion and decline of environmental reporting practices. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews and municipal water utility publications are analysed to identify factors which have influenced the diffusion and...