Model for assessing sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives’

Marcis, Jaqueline; Lima, Edson Pinheiro de; Costa, Sérgio E. Gouvêa da

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.170

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“…The most frequently reported indicators were in the economic and social performance categories and the lowest were in the environmental performance categories. These results are in line with the findings of Marcis et al (2019), who highlighted economic performance indicators as standing out in relation to other categories. This may be due to cooperatives using already-existing financial reporting and the increase in the number of financial reporting rules and standards, leading to the increase in the quantity of economic indicators reported.…”

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Sustainability Reporting in Cooperatives

Pritchard

Çalıyurt

2021

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The aim of the present study is to examine the sustainability reports of cooperatives, which may play an important role in achieving the sustainable development goals and help to identify which economic, environmental, and social sustainability indicators cooperatives are currently reporting. For this purpose, a total of 168 sustainability reports were examined for cooperatives that use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 reporting, and that are included in the Sustainability Disclosure Database (SDD-GRI). As a result of this study, it was determined that the economic performance indicator disclosure levels of cooperatives that are active in the financial services sector are higher compared with those of cooperatives that are active in other sectors. In addition, it was also observed that the labor practices and decent work sub-category indicator disclosure levels of cooperatives active in the agriculture sector are lower compared to those of cooperatives that are active in the healthcare services and financial services sectors. Another outcome of this study was the finding that the social performance indicator disclosure levels for large-scale cooperatives are greater than those of small- and medium-sized (SME) cooperatives.

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confidence: 91%

Sustainability Reporting in Cooperatives

Pritchard

Çalıyurt

2021

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“…This could be attributed to the fact that cooperatives as a part of social enterprises must prioritise pertaining to the social needs of their members, namely improving the quality of lives and cohesiveness among the members of the cooperatives, emphasising the professional, health and safety of their workforce while promoting social responsibility in their own communities in terms of donation and creating employment to the underprivileged. This result is in line with Marcis, Pinheiro de Lima, et al (2019) who revealed that the social dimension of sustainability is in the DNA of the cooperatives for use in the formulation of sustainability strategies for agricultural cooperatives. This result also echoed with Dale et al (2013), who observed that the social dimension of sustainability was stronger than the environmental and economic dimensions, although other sustainability dimensions (economic and environment) were present in the cooperative.…”

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“…This implies that offering high quality oil palm to the millers is not crucial to the oil palm cooperatives, indicating that the general tendency of the free-rider problems in conventional cooperative's operation (Ortmann & King, 2007;Soboh et al, 2009). The result also meets the indication of Marcis, Pinheiro de Lima, et al (2019) who revealed that although the economic dimension has stood out in comparison to the other dimensions, there is an increasing emphasis on social and environmental dimensions. Finally, the environmental dimension of SOP revealed the lowest loadings in oil palm cooperatives.…”

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“…Indeed, cooperatives receive ever-growing attention recently given their critical roles to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 (Abdul Aris et al, 2018;UN, 2017). Previous studies (Abdul Aris et al, 2018;Marcis, Pinheiro de Lima, et al, 2019;Ismail et al, 2019) argued that cooperatives should embrace sustainability in their operations. These studies' critical sentiments are how cooperatives should respond to sustainability demand and pressures by adopting cost-effective practices and balancing the three constituents of sustainability following the Elkington's (1998) triple bottom line framework, encompassing social, economy, and environmental dimensions simultaneously.…”

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Investigating Sustainability-oriented Practices in Malaysian Oil Palm Cooperatives: A Construct Validation Method Using Confirmatory Composite Analysis

Zakaria¹,

Rahim²,

Aman³

2021

IJARBSS

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Sustainability-oriented Practices (SOP) is a novel theme in the developing countries, particularly in the context of oil palm cooperatives. However, limited knowledge is observed about the achievements of sustainability agenda in oil palm cooperatives. Oil palm cooperatives are democratically controlled and voluntarily member-owned business to assist smallholders in managing their oil palm farms. This study concentrates on oil palm cooperatives because of the numerous sustainability conundrums, such as deforestation, and biodiversity endangerment, associated with this sector, and the dearth of the holistic SOP that applies to the smallholders to mitigate these issues. Consequently, the hierarchical component model of SOP is not properly proven, and this warrants the crucial need for a comprehensive method and homogenous classification of measures. This study aims to estimate and validate the SOP of oil palm cooperatives by confirming SOP as a higher-order component in the context of the Malaysian palm oil sector. Data was obtained from 185 board members of the oil palm cooperatives. Consequently, this data was analysed using confirmatory composite analysis (CCA) following a visible trend in applying partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Substantial results were drawn from the CCA, therefore justifying the higher-order component of SOP. The first and second level reliability and validity assessment revealed that oil palm cooperatives implemented SOP, with varying levels of consideration to social, economic, and environmental dimensions. Environmental dimension emerged as the least critical, while the social dimension is the most prioritised. This study contributes to the sustainability, cooperative, and palm oil sector literature by presenting the earliest studies of its kind that focus on sustainability of oil palm cooperatives using a hierarchical component model. This study shed new light on the phenomena of sustainability orientation that portrays SOP as pertinent to enhance the resilience of the oil palm cooperatives.

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“…Following this approach, Castilla-Polo et al (2018) introduced a combined measurement for cooperatives' performance to assist in the complexity of cooperatives' operations in the management context. Later, Marcis et al (2019) created the Sustainability Assessment for Agricultural Cooperatives (SAAC), where there is a specific category for controlling the cooperative nature and the partners' role in a similar way. Both works justify our starting point with this variable.…”

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Intellectual capital as a predictor of cooperative prominence through human capital in the Spanish agrifood industry

Hernández

Polo

2021

JIC

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PurposeIntellectual capital (IC) has been shown to play a crucial role in promoting competitive success among cooperatives as well as in other types of organizations. However, cooperatives are rarely included in this line of research. This paper aims to analyze how IC in agrifood cooperatives influences their prominence by fostering responsible research and innovation (RRI), reputation and performance.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model was developed based on a literature review, and a quantitative study was conducted, including a representative sample of the current most prominent Spanish agrifood cooperatives. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the validity of constructs, path relationships and recent advances in the predictive model assessment.FindingsThis study’s findings show the specific role of human capital (HC) for enhancing social and structural capital in cooperatives. It was concluded that there is a need to revise and reconsider the role-played by IC in the cooperative movement.Research limitations/implicationsThe main practical contribution is to offer a specific vision of IC for agrifood cooperatives in order to maximize their market prominence. Since the study was conducted in Spain and based on a cross-sectional research approach, even though the new methodological tool partial least squares (PLS) predict was used, the authors cannot affirm whether IC will have the long-term expected effects as assumed in this research and in all contexts of the agrifood industry.Originality/valueThis is the first empirical study that has examined IC in agrifood cooperatives in Spain, with attention focused on the role of HC as a predictor of market success.

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Model for assessing sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives’

Cited by 31 publications

References 29 publications

Sustainability Reporting in Cooperatives

Sustainability Reporting in Cooperatives

Investigating Sustainability-oriented Practices in Malaysian Oil Palm Cooperatives: A Construct Validation Method Using Confirmatory Composite Analysis

Intellectual capital as a predictor of cooperative prominence through human capital in the Spanish agrifood industry

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