Cross-sectional benchmarking of social and environmental reporting practice in the Australian oil and gas industry

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-118

  Dong, Shidi ^a   Burritt, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Australian oil and gas industry; Benchmarking; Industry specific disclosures; Social and environmental disclosures

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GAS INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; OIL INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TARGETING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950219239     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.450     Document Type: Article

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