TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability reporting in state universities
T2 - An investigation of Italian pioneering practices
AU - Siboni, Benedetta
AU - Del Sordo, Carlotta
AU - Pazzi, Silvia
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest towards sustainability reporting from scholars all over the world, especially focusing on large corporations. Research has only recently been carried out regarding sustainability reporting in the public sector; however, very few studies have been published with reference to universities. In Italy, despite the fact that sustainability reporting is not mandatory, two guidelines have been issued to promote it within state universities. To date, only few studies have been published on this topic. To bridge this gap, the current work aims to review and assess the state of sustainability reporting in Italian state universities and therefore it contributes to the international debate about the development of sustainability reporting in the public sector. In doing so, this paper represents one of the first attempts at investigating sustainability reports in universities, and more broadly in the public sector.
AB - Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest towards sustainability reporting from scholars all over the world, especially focusing on large corporations. Research has only recently been carried out regarding sustainability reporting in the public sector; however, very few studies have been published with reference to universities. In Italy, despite the fact that sustainability reporting is not mandatory, two guidelines have been issued to promote it within state universities. To date, only few studies have been published on this topic. To bridge this gap, the current work aims to review and assess the state of sustainability reporting in Italian state universities and therefore it contributes to the international debate about the development of sustainability reporting in the public sector. In doing so, this paper represents one of the first attempts at investigating sustainability reports in universities, and more broadly in the public sector.
KW - Documentary Analysis
KW - Guidelines for Sustainability Reporting
KW - Higher Education
KW - Italy
KW - Reporting
KW - Stakeholder
KW - Sustainability
KW - Universities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887495147&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/jsesd.2013040101
DO - 10.4018/jsesd.2013040101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887495147
SN - 1947-8402
VL - 4
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
JF - International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
IS - 2
ER -