Relating carbon and energy intensity of best performing retailers with policy, strategy and building practice
Description
Data collected in retailers’ CSR reports was organized in different tables for food retailers and for non-food retailers, according to the variables policy, strategy and building practice. In total, 31 best performing retailers were analysed (18 food retailers and 13 non-food retailers) against 27 worst performing retailers (17 food retailers and 10 non-food retailers). This dataset comprises the original grids used to code all of retailers analysed data. Data organization was made the following way: CSR/sustainability reports were searched for recurring themes, which were recorded under each variable’s table, to identify core consistencies and meanings (i.e. patterns). These patterns where then sorted into categories, according to internal heterogeneity and external heterogeneity. They were also validated by all authors to be reasonably inclusive of the analysed data as to cover our research questions. Hence, for each variable, data were organized according to the most general category that could embrace each of the identified listed measures.