308361 (v.1) Sustainability Management 603 (Accountability and Reporting)

Area:	Division of Resources and Environment
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0

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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:	080399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Funding Cluster:	02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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308361 (v.1) Sustainability Management 603 (Accountability and Reporting)

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