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Från intention till implementering: revisorers avsikter och beredskap att erbjuda tjänster för hållbarhetsrevision: En studie om CSRD:s etablering i Sverige
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

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Titel: Från intention till implementering: revisorers avsikter och beredskap att erbjuda tjänster för hållbarhetsrevision – En studie om CSRD:s etablering i Sverige.

Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi

Författare: Josefine Pettersson och Olha Panchenko 

Handledare: Asif M. Huq

Datum: 2025 – juni

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att beskriva svenska revisorers avsikter och självupplevda beredskap att erbjuda tjänster för hållbarhetsrevision i enlighet med Europeiska Unionens (EU) nya direktiv Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), som trädde i kraft i Sverige den 1 juli 2024. Studien bygger på ett uttalat forskningsgap av Legenzova och Raudonienė (2025) som har undersökt litauiska revisionsbyråers avsikter och beredskap att erbjuda hållbarhetsrevision i linje med CSRD. Forskarna efterlyste i sin forskningsartikel kompletterande studier inom ämnet från andra EU-länder, där länder som representerar små öppna ekonomier var av särskild relevans. 

Metod: I denna tolkande intervjustudie samlades kvalitativa data in via semistrukturerade intervjuer, som sedan bearbetades genom en tematisk analys. Den studerade populationen består av auktoriserade revisorer, samt revisorer under pågående auktorisationsprocess.

Resultat och slutsats: I studien påvisas att svenska revisorers avsikter att erbjuda tjänster för hållbarhetsrevision präglas av externa institutionella faktorer, främst genom tvingande isomorfa krafter. Därutöver fastställs att deras självupplevda beredskap påverkas av externa insatser, såväl som av den enskilda organisationens interna resurshantering.

Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien kompletterar Legenzova och Raudonienės (2025) forskning, samt erbjuder en fördjupad tillämpning av institutionell- och resursbaserad teori inom revisionsfältet. Dessutom ger den insikter kring vilka strategier som är bäst lämpade för att främja revisorns beredskap beroende på byråns storlek, samt indikerar behovet av branschstöd riktat mot mindre aktörer.

Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Medan denna studie fokuserar på externa institutionella- och interna resursrelaterade faktorer, är det också sannolikt att individbundna faktorer – tidigare erfarenheter, mentalitet och karriärsmål – formar revisorns avsikter och beredskap att erbjuda hållbarhetsrevision. Av denna anledning kan framtida studier undersöka revisorers individuella egenskaper för att till fullo kunna förstå det studerade området.

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Abstract

Title: From intention to implementation: auditors’ intentions and readiness to offer sustainability reporting assurance services – A study about CSRD's establishment in Sweden.

Level: Bachelor thesis in business administration

Authors: Josefine Pettersson and Olha Panchenko

Supervisor: Asif M. Huq

Date: 2025 – June

Aim: The purpose of this study is to describe Swedish auditors’ intentions and self-perceived readiness to offer sustainability reporting assurance services in accordance with the European Union (EU) new directive Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which came into force in Sweden on 1 July 2024. The study builds on a pronounced research gap identified by Legenzova and Raudonienė (2025) who have investigated the intentions and readiness of Lithuanian audit firms to offer sustainability reporting assurance services in line with the CSRD. In their research article, the researchers called for complementary studies on the subject from other EU countries, where countries that represent small open economies were of particular relevance.

Method: In this interpretive interview study, qualitative data were collected via semi-structured interviews, which were then processed through a thematic analysis. The studied population consists of authorized auditors, as well as auditors in the authorization process.

Results and conclusions: The study shows that Swedish auditors’ intentions to provide sustainability audit services are shaped by external institutional factors, primarily through coercive isomorphic forces. In addition, it is determined that their self-perceived readiness is influenced by external efforts, as well as by the individual organization's internal resource management.

Contribution of the thesis: The study complements Legenzova and Raudonienė’s (2025) research and offers an in-depth application of institutional- and resource-based theory to the audit field. It also provides insights into which strategies are best suited to improve auditors’ readiness depending on firm size and indicates the need for industry support targeted at smaller firms.

Suggestions for future research: While this study focuses on external institutional and internal resource-related factors, it is also likely that individual factors – past experiences, mindsets and career goals – shape auditors' intentions and readiness to provide sustainability reporting assurance services. For this reason, future studies could examine auditors' individual characteristics to fully understand the area.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 57
Keywords [en]
CSRD, sustainability audit, institutional isomorphism, resource-based view
Keywords [sv]
CSRD, hållbarhetsrevision, institutionell isomorfism, resursbaserad teori
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-47152OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-47152DiVA, id: diva2:1967922
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Business administration
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Business administration
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Available from: 2025-06-12 Created: 2025-06-12 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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