This unit considers how environmental issues are accounted and reported from organisational, governmental and personal perspectives. The unit engages with key contemporary environmental issues such as carbon pollution and water scarcity and investigates practical and theoretical reporting issues, including the location of reporting obligations, setting report boundaries, report content, measurement and assurance. Case studies draw on current developments in the field, including the new carbon reporting obligations under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth), the ongoing development of national water accounting in response to the National Water Initiative 2004 and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Mr James Hazelton
Prerequisites: 18cp
