Article: L’étude de la pratique de vérification sociétale dans le contexte français de la loi Grenelle 2
Claire GILLET-MONJARRET
Maître de Conférences Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier Recherche en Management (MRM)
Abstract
The generalization of sustainability reporting has been accompanied by a questioning of its quality. As a result, many companies have begun to organize sustainability verification, the aim being to make their reporting reliable. The recommendations made by the Grenelle 2 law highlight the need for companies to carry out verification and reinforce the interest in the study of this practice. Using interviews with sustainability auditors and analysis of their working documents, our research aims to study sustainability audits in a specific regulatory context. The results suggest that the establishment of sustainability audits is a response to various forms of pressure for the purpose of obtaining legitimacy.
This article focusesoncurrent and futureanalysis teamsSocially Responsible Investment (SRI) ofasset managementin France.Theaim of this paperis to investigatea possibleconvergence betweentraditionalasset managementandSRI management, in particular througha detailed studyof the tasks performedby these teamsand theirposition in theManagement Industryassets.The resultsof a survey conductedin France in 2009with keyplayers in the fieldare presented.These results suggestaconvergencetaking place betweenSRI andconventional management(mainstream), although itstill seemsto be agreat heterogeneityof practicesreflectinga transitionin a fieldstill veryfragmented.