Sustainability reporting by publicly listed companies in Sri Lanka

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-182

  Dissanayake, Dinithi ^a   Tilt, Carol ^a   Xydias Lobo, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

KPIs; Sri Lanka; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; KPIS; SRI LANKA; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84967222093     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.086     Document Type: Article

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