Sustainability and materials centered corporate social responsibility research in the year 2000s: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Primarily this paper empirically analyses and explore, whether sustainability centered CSR practices has gained significant attention in the academic and research topics. Secondly it analyse the ways whether and if available CSR practices are enough to address sustainability issue and are transparent. We have used bibliometric analysis in this research to study the knowledge development and research direction on sustainability centered corporate social responsibility and its reflection on academic and research topics. Findings of bibliometric analysis presented in this empirical research put insights for academicians’, researchers, industrial strategists and managers to find out the ways to achieve Industrial sustainability. Secondly results of bibliometric analysis emphasis to explore robust and transparent sustainability centered CSR practices in industries. Thus significant understandings have been developed to adapt sustainability centered CSR practices which could lead further better research in new areas of sustainability centered CSR practices. The research contributes towards enhanced academic and industrial research focusing on sustainability centered CSR activities. This paper is one of the rare pieces of sustainability centered CSR practices adapted among different industries and respond to call for continue study on CSR practices and its impact on environment, economic and social activities to achieve sustainability, thus for better industrial, academic and research perspective.