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Reporting for Sustainability (ACCT30012)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
Professor Naomi Soderstrom: naomiss@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term - Online |
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Diverse stakeholders are increasingly demanding information about the broader social, environmental, and governance (ESG) dimensions of organisations’ actions. The subsequent use of such information in decision-making is complex because it tends to be non-financial in nature. In addition, disclosure of information related to ESG leads firms to become more accountable along these dimensions. This course will introduce issues associated with organisational incentives to become more sustainable, reporting of ESG information to stakeholders, and use of ESG information for internal and external decision-making. At a broader level, the course will help students to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills as applied to a setting that is becoming increasingly important to business and society.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically evaluate the diverse reporting frameworks which may be used by organizations to report the sustainability of their operations;
- Examine the quality of sustainability information provided by organizations;
- Evaluate sustainability performance metrics and consider stakeholder needs in their development;
- Analyse inclusion of sustainability information in extant and future investment practice.
Generic skills
- Thinking critically about management and reporting issues associated with sustainability;
- Evaluating diverse financial and nonfinancial data to inform decision-making;
- Developing written and oral arguments to state and defend a point of view.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Completion of 200 credit points of study
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Pre-Class Assignments
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Group Assignment - Video
| Week 3 | 10% |
Oral Final Exam
| During the examination period | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Online
Principal coordinator Naomi Soderstrom Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Four 2-hour sessions per week for 3 weeks. Total time commitment 150 hours Teaching period 10 January 2022 to 28 January 2022 Last self-enrol date 13 January 2022 Census date 21 January 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 February 2022 Assessment period ends 28 February 2022 Summer Term contact information
Professor Naomi Soderstrom: naomiss@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject has a quota of 40. Once the quota has been reached, students will no longer be able to enrol. Please note that extra places will not be made available. Students are advised to enrol early and have alternative subjects to enrol into should they miss out.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024