A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GAUGING CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

Purpose The role of corporate sustainability in sustainable development (SD) is becoming a contentious issue in the scientific and business worlds. The co-themed research, on the other hand, is still very new and hasn't been thoroughly investigated. The knowledge map of corporate sustainability research utilising the triple bottom line approach is analysed and visualised using an in-depth bibliometric analysis using VoS Viewer software. The objective is to use bibliometric analysis to figure out the level of this academic literature in terms of the triple bottom line as a measure of corporate sustainability, as well as to identify and analyse its knowledge base. This interest stems from a number of issues, including the scarcity of productive resources; and the necessity to optimise processes not just in terms of economics, but also in terms of environmental and social considerations. The study of sustainability models has benefited from these features. As a corollary, the goal of this research is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of corporate sustainability. An examination of 376 publications listed in the Scopus database, published between 2000 and 2021, was conducted to this intent. Design/Methodology/Approach A bibliometric methodology that involves the use of quantitative tools for the analysis of bibliometric and bibliographic information is adopted. Unlike classic systematic literature reviews, a bibliometric review has facility to provide information over domains characterized by large amounts of bibliometric and bibliographic information. Specifically, we follow four-pronged procedure for bibliometric reviews: (1) defining the aims and scope for review; (2) choosing the techniques for analysis; (3) collecting the data for analysis; and (4) conducting the analysis and reporting the findings. Findings The research examines the development of the field over 20 years, which has witnessed a steep rise in related publications only for the past five years, indicating a late interest in the area compared to other sustainability topics. Social performance measures entered the discussion particularly late, whereas economic and environmental measurement almost exclusively dominated the field for the first few years. Research Limitations/Implications: Since this is a quantitative analysis, qualitative aspects are not taken into account, which, when combined with the use of other data analysis computer tools, could result in somewhat different conclusions. Paper Type: Literature review