A web analysis of sustainability reporting: An oil and gas perspective

Journal of Website Promotion

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 161-182

  Dickinson, Sonia Jane ^a   Gill, Donna Louise ^a   Purushothaman, Maya ^b   Scharl, Arno ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated corporate web content analysis; Global; Line reporting; Oil and gas (OG) industry; Reporting; Reporting Initiative (GRI); Stakeholder expectations; Sustainability; Triple bottom line (TBL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449105288     PISSN: 15533611     EISSN: 1553362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533610802077255     Document Type: Article

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