Blog Archive for Sustainability Category

oana A. Coman, Gabriel Dominguez Partida, and Nihar Sreepada

Research in Progress: Minority media and audience portrayals of organizations’ environmental actions

August 30, 2022

By Ioana A. Coman, Texas Tech University, Gabriel Dominguez Partida, Universidad Panamericana, and Nihar Sreepada, Missouri State University

Climate change, or perhaps more accurately, the climate crisis, is already negatively impacting all aspects of human life. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other crises, has been exacerbating these effects.

If, in 1987, we were defining sustainability… More

Gregoria A. Yudarwati

Research in Progress: Encouraging pro-environmental behavior among women groups in Indonesia

August 24, 2022

By Gregoria A. Yudarwati, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Sustainability communication not only aims to provide a clear and persuasive understanding of sustainable development and of campaigning for its acceptance, but also to involve people in the sustainable development process and encourage them to actively take part in it. Following a societal approach, public relations is perceived of… More

Yeunjae Lee, Ruoyu Sun, and Enzhu Dong

Research in Progress: Promoting employees’ pro-environmental behaviors through internal branding

August 15, 2022

By Yeunjae Lee, Ruoyu Sun, and Enzhu Dong, University of Miami

As corporations are under pressure to adopt sustainable practices to overcome the challenges of global warming, water/air pollution, and other environmental issues, embracing environmental responsibility and sustainable strategies has become an important task.

While most corporations have adopted a variety of environmental management practices by focusing… More

Juan Liu and Lingling Zhang

Research in Progress: Managing stakeholder expectations in a polarized society

August 9, 2022

By Juan Liu and Lingling Zhang, Towson University

Since the introduction of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, corporations have been using the goals as a guideline for disseminating and communicating their corporate sustainability agendas. Sustainable development when integrated by the organization is called corporate sustainability and is composed of three dimensions:

  • Environmental
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Virginia Harrison and Rosalynn Vasquez

Research in Progress: When sustainability challenges sport: How motorsport is adapting

July 21, 2022

By Virginia Harrison, Clemson University, and Rosalynn Vasquez, Boston University

Can a sport centered around fossil-fuel burning vehicles that promises to be carbon neutral put its money where its mouth is? Our study sets out to examine how communication practitioners in motorsport are wrestling with this question as they communicate more frequently about their sustainability initiatives.

On… More

Chris Skurka, Helen Joo and Rainer Romero-Canyas

Research in Progress: How should environmental non-profits talk about racial disparities?

July 19, 2022

By Chris Skurka, Penn State University, Helen Joo and Rainer Romero-Canyas, Environmental Defense Fund

It should come as no surprise that air pollution is bad for public health and well-being. Globally, air pollution accounts for over 6 million premature deaths related to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Children in particular are vulnerable to… More

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