GRI sustainability reporting guidelines for public and third sector organizations: A critical review

Public Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-548

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critique; GRI; Public sector; SR guidelines; Sustainability reporting; Third sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954697512     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.496266     Document Type: Article

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