Published Journal Article

Sustainability Reporting by the Public Sector: Momentum Changes in the Practice, Uptake and Form of Reporting by Public Agencies.

This paper is the result of primary research funded by EPA Victoria (Australia) and undertaken in 2005. The paper was recently published in the journal AccountAbility Forum Insight in practice.

Research Paper

The Centre's inaugrual research paper: Sustainability Reporting by Public Agencies: International uptake, forms and practices (November 2005).

Download Research Paper (pdf)

Submissions

AccountAbility –  Guidance Note on Assurance Levels and Statements as they Relate to the AA1000 Assurance Standard
In June 2007, AccountAbility released the draft Guidance Note on Assurance Levels and Statements as they relate to the AA1000 Assurance Standard (the Guidance Note). The Guidance Note is intended to provide new information on the concept of assurance levels as they relate to the AA1000 Assurance Standard and also includes a sample assurance statement. The Centre’s submission and accompanying letter to AccountAbility on the Guidance Note is now available to download.

See: The Centre's submission and accompanying letter

See: Guidance Note on Assurance Levels and Statements as they Relate to the AA1000 Assurance Standard

Global Reporting Initiative – Electric Utility Sector Supplement
In early January 2007, GRI released for comment the draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement. The Supplement states on page 4 that “…the supplement content was developed to be globally applicable to electric utilities regardless of their type of generation, size, ownership or range of activities within the sector’. The Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting has provided comment with a particular focus on the public agency utilities that fall into this definition.

See: Centre comments on draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement (pdf)

See: Draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement

San Franciso Public Utilities Commission
A department of the City and County of San Francisco (USA) that provides water, wastewater, and municipal power services to San Francisco.

See: http://sfwater.org/msc_main.cfm/MC_ID/18/MSC_ID/121

April 2007 Submission on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Draft Sustainability Baseline Assessment (pdf)

New South Wales Department of Local Government
In November 2006, the New South Wales Department of Local Government released an Options Paper examining the effectiveness of the current planning and reporting framework in promoting sustainable outcomes for local government and presenting a number of options to strengthen their strategic focus.

See: http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au

March 2007 Submission to the New South Wales Department of Local Government on the options paper on ‘Integrated planning and reporting’ (pdf)

 

 

Presentation on 'Sustainability Reporting as a Driver of Sustainability Innovation: An Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and the Global Reporting Initiative' at ICLEI's Accelerating Now! 2007 Conference (pdf)

The Centre's background paper on 'Delivering Innovation and Change: Sustainability Reporting by Local Government' (pdf)

Presentation to CPA Australia's National Public Sector Convention, March 2007 (pdf)

*Paper on ‘The case for sustainability reporting by the public sector’ (pdf) at the CPA Australia's National Public Sector Convention

Presentation to South Australian Sustainability Reporting Forum, March 2007 (pdf)

Presentation to NSW Local Government Corporate Planning Network, November 2006 (pdf)