Corporate views on the future of sustainability reporting

Annual International Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2012, ASEM 2012 - Agile Management: Embracing Change and Uncertainty in Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 890-895

  Searcy, Cory ^a   Buslovich, Ruvena ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); Reporting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; REPORTING; REPORTING STANDARDS; SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENTS; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883441271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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