The organizational and operational boundaries of triple bottom line reporting: A survey

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-117

  Archel, Pablo ^a   Fernández, Manuel ^b   Larrinaga, Carlos ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary setting; Global Reporting Initiative; Social and environmental accounting; Sustainability reporting; Triple bottom line reporting

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SETTING; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE REPORTING;

SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549044710     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9029-7     Document Type: Review

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