Climate change accounting and the Australian mining industry: Exploring the links between corporate disclosure and the generation of legitimacy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-82

  Pellegrino, Catherine ^a   Lodhia, Sumit ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian mining industry; Carbon greenhouse gas emissions; Climate change; Corporate disclosure strategies; Emissions trading scheme; Legitimacy theory; Media

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STRATEGIES; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; LEGITIMACY THEORY; MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84865002143     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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