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Sources for Company Information
Databases
- Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowFind company SEC filings including 10Ks (annual reports) which provide information on business strategy, assessment, and often information about sustainability practices within the business model.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowCompany profiles, SWOT analyses, and business publications.
- ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowNews and journal articles related to business and management.
Company Websites
Your company's website is a great place to start looking for information about sustainability, corporate responsibility, communications to stakeholders, and more. This applies to both public and private companies, though public companies will often provide more information and will have a special website for investor information, which usually includes information on sustainability/responsibility efforts as a means to inform current investors and court new ones.
Find links to this information usually in small font at the very top or the very bottom of the website.
Be aware that you may what to attempt to corroborate what you find with additional outside sources -- a company will paint itself in the best light possible and may gloss over potential issues.
Newspapers
You can access major national newspapers that report on business and management through our databases, but you can also make individual accounts for the Wall Street Journal and New York Times through the PSU Newspaper Readership Program. Your individual accounts will allow you to use the apps and websites of each paper, sign up for newsletters, and even set up alerts for specific companies or terms.
- Sign up for your newspaper accountsUse the individual links to set up your free accounts through the newspaper readership program.
Library Links
Search through the papers via the library databases without creating an account.