Standardizing Diversity: Analysing Discursive Practice in Corporate Sustainability Narrative Disclosures

This study is aimed to obtain preliminary observations and exploration of the standardization in the corporate sustainability practice, notably its reporting practice. The focus of information presented in the form of narrative disclosure set on diversity issues, as part of SDGs. The data was collected from the GRI Database of sustainability reports, as the case company. The study implemented intertextuality approach from Fairclough‘s meso level of CDA. The approach suggested textual dialogues, as presented by the case company were mainly related to the standards of disclosures despite the characteristics of diversity.