This appendix describes the methodology used to gather and
include articles in the database for further analysis and also
details the method used to assess the practices viewed in the
environmental reports. Content analysis was used for both the
literature and the corporate reports. Content analysis is a semistructured
methodology for extracting insight from qualitative
data (Krippendorff, 2007). Table A1 indicates techniques used to
ensure reliability and validity of the content analysis.