312221 (v.1) Sustainability Management 603 (Accountability and Reporting)

Area:	Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	2 x 3 Hours Quarterly
Syllabus:	Issues, concepts and practice in evaluating and reporting on the sustainable development performance of organisations with particular emphasis on environmental and social performance. Disclosure of sustainability performance is a rapidly developing practice, as organisations stand up to the challenge of having to meet a steep increase in the demand for transparency on social, environmental and economic performance, from a diversifying group of stakeholders including shareholders, governments, employees, neighbours, business partners and public interest groups. Investigation and development of the business case for external sustainable development reporting, in particular, through the greater use of environmental management accounting. Focuses on evolving guidelines for sustainable development reporting, in particular, from the Global Reporting Initiative. Students attend a three hour lecture once every three weeks.
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Field of Education:	050900 Environmental Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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