Sustainability reporting by Australian public sector organisations: Why they report

Accounting Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Farneti, Federica ^a   Guthrie, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global reporting initiatives; Organisational sustainability; Preparers accounts'; Public sector agencies; Social and environmental reporting; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349129013     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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