Este trabajo indaga sobre la carencia de indicadores unitarios y específicos en relación con la responsabilidad social universitaria, y acerca de las limitaciones que presentan los modelos para la elaboración de informes de sostenibilidad que son aplicados a las universidades. Se inicia con el análisis de la creciente importancia de la Responsabilidad Social Universitaria y los motivos por los cuales se considera oportuna la creación de un modelo específico para las universidades que elaboran informes de sostenibilidad. Esta investigación se circunscribe a un estudio de caso de los procesos realizados por dos universidades de Barcelona para adaptar los estándares de la Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) a su realidad organizacional, detallando el proceso de creación de nuevos indicadores que deben permitir realizar unos informes de sostenibilidad de mayor calidad por ser más aco...

This paper looks into the lack of single and specific indicators in relation to university social responsibility, and into the limitations of models for the preparation of sustainability reports applied to universities. It begins with an analysis of the growing importance of University Social Responsibility and the reasons why it is considered appropriate to create a specific model for universities that produce sustainability reports. This research is limited to a case study of the processes carried out by two universities in Barcelona to adapt the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to their own organizational reality, detailing the creation process of new indicators that should make possible the production of higher-quality sustainability reports, given the fact that they are more in line with the university reality. The initial results for the indicators’ adaptation a...

This paper looks into the lack of single and specific indicators in relation to university social responsibility, and into the limitations of models for the preparation of sustainability reports applied to universities. It begins with an analysis of the growing importance of University Social Responsibility and the reasons why it is considered appropriate to create a specific model for universities that produce sustainability reports. This research is limited to a case study of the processes carried out by two universities in Barcelona to adapt the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to their own organizational reality, detailing the creation process of new indicators that should make possible the production of higher-quality sustainability reports, given the fact that they are more in line with the university reality. The initial results for the indicators’ adaptation a...