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Opting out with purpose: why some companies (dis)engage from sustainability certification strengthening B lab’s sustainability assessment standards for B corp certified companies
| authorProfile.email | diogocurto8@gmail.com | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Riodrigues, João Loureiro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Antunes, Diogo António Curto | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-08T09:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-08T09:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-06-23 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2025-06-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates how firms navigate the decision to pursue, maintain, or exit sustainability certification, such as B Corp. Using a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative analysis of B Lab’s Exit Survey with 25 interviews and secondary data, it identifies key drivers of (dis)engagement: perceived lack of value, operational constraints, and identity misalignment. Framed through Institutional and Organizational Identity Theory, the study reconceptualizes certification as a non-linear journey shaped by both external pressures and internal convictions. Findings offer practical insights for firms and certifying bodies, and highlight the legitimacy of alternative, authenticity-based approaches to demonstrating sustainability commitment. | eng |
| dc.identifier.tid | 204131049 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/203693 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation | UID/ECO/00124/2013 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Certification | |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | |
| dc.subject | Corporate social responsibility | |
| dc.subject | Purpose | |
| dc.subject | CEMS MIM | |
| dc.title | Opting out with purpose: why some companies (dis)engage from sustainability certification strengthening B lab’s sustainability assessment standards for B corp certified companies | eng |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| thesis.degree.name | A Work Project presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Master’s Degree in Finance from the Nova School of Business and Economics |
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