Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in CHIna’s Construction Industry: From the Perspective of Sustainability

Abstract

AbstractIn the context of current sustainable development, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda of construction enterprises has been further promoted and redefinition. This study aims to discuss the status quo of CSR activities of Chinese construction enterprises from the perspective of sustainable development. The study established a CSR activity system for the sustainable development dimension of the construction industry, and used text mining to analyze 453 CSR reports from Chinese construction enterprises. The results show that most of construction enterprises focus on social CSR activities, and then, economic CSR activities and environmental CSR activities. Specifically, applying recycling systems, alleviating community poverty and organizing disaster prevention or relief activities are the top three CSR activities, while protecting privacy, protecting biodiversity and environmental protection public welfare activities are always ignored. In addition, Chinese listed enterprises, state-owned enterprises and large construction enterprises are more inclined to publish CSR reports. And the CSR activities that companies with different characteristics pay attention to are different. This paper shows the performance of the CSR activities of Chinese construction enterprises in the sustainable development period, and provides researchers and practitioners with an overview of the CSR map of Chinese construction enterprises.KeywordsCorporate social responsibilitySustainable developmentConstruction industryText miningChina