The institutionalisation of mining company sustainability disclosures

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-58

  De Villiers, Charl ^a,b   Low, Mary ^a   Samkin, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CSR disclosure; Environmental disclosure; Institutionalisation; Mining; Social disclosure; Sustainability disclosure; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MINING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CSR DISCLOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE; INSTITUTIONALISATION; SOCIAL DISCLOSURE; SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURES; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84922838207     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.089     Document Type: Article

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