Company Overviews
Start with your company's web site: Press releases, media, products, company history, and other information.
Then try:
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Mergent Market Atlas
Provides in-depth information about public companies, industries, countries, and more. Formerly called Mergent Online.
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ProQuest One Business
A comprehensive business database containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. Includes the full text of the Wall Street Journal. Formerly called ABI/INFORM Collection -
PrivCo
Private company information! PrivCo.com is the premiere source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies.
Registration Required! The first time you access PrivCo, you will be asked to create an account. Register with your academic email address (@usfca.edu). With your own account, you will be able to save your searches and track companies in your personalized watchlist. Your account provides 1,000 profile views, 1,000 exported records, and 500 deal views per year. -
Nexis Uni
Select the Find a Company button below the search box. Click the search box, type in the name of your company, and then use the pull down menu to select All Private Companies which allows you to search for any information available on your private company. This can also be used for public companies by selecting All Public Companies. -
Gale Business Insights: Global
Click the button that says Browse all Companies, then do a search for your company name.
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EDGAR Company FilingsThis is the web site of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the US, public companies must file information with the SEC. A 10-K is the annual filing a company must make. Search by company name (or part of a name), ticker symbol, or search by industry to create a list of companies. If you find reports in EDGAR, that means the company is public.
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Statista
Easy to use statistics search engine with access to more than a million statistics and facts. -
Business Source Complete
You can use Business Source Complete to find company profiles and company SWOT analyses. When you are on the main search page, look to the right of the screen for Company Profiles and SWOT Analyses. Click on the one that you want, then search for your company by name or with the alphabetical list. -
Ignacio: Library Catalog
There may be a book about your company that can give great overviews. Give it a try!
The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals ResourcesA collection of resources about each of the Sustainable Development Goals, presented by the United Nations.
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An Idiot's Guide to Saving the WorldThis podcast by Gail Gallie and Loyiso Madinga discusses the SDGs through real stories, possible solutions, and action items for individuals.
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SDG Country ProfilesTrack the Goals within numerous countries.
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SDG Knowledge HubNews, analysis, and events around the SDGs, compiled by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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Our World in DataResearch and data collected and published with the aim of helping to make progress against the world’s largest problems. Covers around 300 topics.
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Our World in Data: SDG TrackerWorld data organized specifically around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals in Business
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How Your Company Can Advance Each of the SDGsActions that companies and stakeholders can take to support the SDGs.
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SDG CompassSelect Full Publication to read tips and strategies for incorporating the SDGs into business practices.
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The Global Goals are in BusinessExplains that businesses and companies are a key part of achieving the SDGs. Here you will find projects, Business Avengers (top supporters of the SDGs), and ideas for getting started as a business owner or an employee.
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The SDGs Explained for BusinessInformation and resources about how companies can support the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Sustainable Development Goals
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ISBN: 9781119541813Publication Date: 2019From the description: Achieving the SDGs requires a fundamental rethink from businesses and governments across the globe. To make the ambitious goals a reality, trillions of dollars need to be harnessed to mobilise finance and accelerate progress towards the SDGs. Bringing together leaders from the World Bank, the financial and business sectors, the startup community and academia, this important, topically relevant volume explains what the SDGs are, how they came about and how they can be accelerated. -
Business Models and Sustainable Development Goals
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ISBN: 9783036543055Publication Date: 2022This open access book presents five research studies that examine transformative business models designed to support the United Nations SDG Agenda for 2030.
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ProQuest One BusinessA comprehensive business database containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. Includes the full text of the Wall Street Journal. Formerly called ABI/INFORM Collection
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Business Source CompleteThis is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included.
ESG, Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility
First, what is ESG, and what does it stand for?
E is Environmental
S is Social
G is Governance
For a longer explanation, see What is ESG? Definition and Meaning
And another explanation from Investopedia, with a short video
How can you find out about a company's ESG ratings, corporate responsibility, and sustainability information?
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Mergent Market AtlasProvides in-depth information about public companies, industries, countries, and more. Click the Sustainability tab to find ESG information.
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StatistaTo find ESG information:
1. search ESG, or ESG ratings, or ESG scores OR
2. search for a specific company or industry and add ESG to your search OR
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Nexis UniTo find ESG information:
1. on the main search screen, click on Advanced Search
2. In Advanced Search, scroll down to Source, and type in: CSRHub ESG Ratings
3. Back up under Searching All, type in your company name and click the red Search button.
4. If there is a report available, it will be shown in results.
Company Rankings and Standards
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SASB: Sustainability Accounting Standards BoardSASB Standards enable organisations to provide industry-based disclosures about sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s cash flows, access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term.
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CSRHubThe free information on this site is a ranking for each company, along with a chart that compares the company's corporate social responsibility efforts with the industry at large.
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KnowESGProvides ESG ratings for companies based on scores from three rating companies: Sustainalytics, MSCII, and Refinitiv. Also includes sustainability news for each company.
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KnowTheChainProvides rankings of individual companies, and competitors within industries, on labor rights and worker issues.
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S&P Global ESG ScoresESG scores based on the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), along with publicly available sustainability information.
Financial Data
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Mergent Market Atlas
Provides in-depth information about public companies, industries, countries, and more. Formerly called Mergent Online.
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Nexis UniReplaces LexisNexis Academic.
More than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. -
ProQuest One BusinessA comprehensive business database containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. Includes the full text of the Wall Street Journal. Formerly called ABI/INFORM Collection
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Gale Business Insights: GlobalDetailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports. Thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale's core business collection. Case studies, scholarly journals, and business news for deep research coverage of global economies.
Citing Your Sources
Whenever you do research, you will need to cite the information sources that you use. Most business scholars use APA style. Here are some tools that can help you with this task:
Gleeson Library's guide to citations: How? Why? When?
Tip: Look for citation tools within the databases that you use! These can be so helpful in helping you formulate your citations and works cited/bibliography. NOTE: Sometimes there are errors in these database-created citations, so it is a good idea to review them before submitting your paper/project/slides!!!
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APA 7th Edition Citations for Business SourcesAn excellent guide to using APA 7th edition style for popular business sources. Scroll through the guide to find an example for the business source you are using in your research. Compiled by librarians Naomi Schemm, Marcia Dellenbach, Zachary Grisham, Marianne Hageman, Natalia Tingle, Matt Trowbridge, and Amanda Wheatley
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Citing Business Databases in APA: Michigan State University GuideThis guide was created to help with citing some common business databases
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Citing Business Databases from the University of North Carolina at GreensboroThis guide has some additional business database examples in APA style.
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MLA Business Citations: Youngstown State UniversityScroll down the page to see citations for specific business web sites, reports, and databases cited in MLA style.
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Purdue OWLOur favorite style guide web site is the OWL from Purdue University.
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RefWorks
RefWorks allows users to create personal databases to manage, store, and share the information citations/references. Users can automatically insert references from their database into their papers and generate formatted bibliographies and manuscripts in seconds. See our RefWorks Guide for information about creating accounts, adding references, and using add-ons.
Getting Help!
There are several ways to obtain assistance with your research. Read on!
You have your very own librarian! She is Penny Scott, and you can contact her for help.
Her contact information is: email: plscott@usfca.edu * phone: 415-422-5389
It is best to email ahead, or make an appointment, to make sure she is available! Appointments are available virtually via Zoom, or in person, and are great for groups or individuals. If you don't see a time that works for you, email Penny.
If Penny is not available, or any time you need help, you can always get help, just Ask a Librarian!
You can also take a look at our Research Guides on many topics!