Transport related CSR for profitability and innovation
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Linköpings universitet - Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 3 492 300 |
| Project duration | October 2014 - December 2017 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The project has aimed for developing and distributing knowledge on how transport related CSR work can enable profitability and innovation. Crucial sustainable logistics knowledge has been developed and confirmed relevant through five journal publications,invitations to business conferences, and a related degree project has received a ICHCA scholarship.
Expected results and effects
The developed tools have started to be applied, and knowledge from the project companies are starting to diffuse. The project has focused the diffusion of results by publication and conference participation, in total 13 case study reports/degree projects, 6 articles in industry journals, 11 scientific conference articles, 5 journal publications and 2 under review (all in international journals with double blind review). Detailed results are described in the final report.
Planned approach and implementation
Over 20 case studies have been conducted, and two surveys have resulted in a broad understanding for companies’ transport-related CSR work. In order to find significant relations, multivariate analyses have been performed. Studies of secondary data in sustainability reports have been conducted. Six workshops have been arranged with project partners to discuss more focused challenges and to discuss and verify preliminary findings. Findings have also been presented and discussed in conferences.