Sustainability Reporting in Universities --A Comparison Between China and Foreign Countries

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10.2991/mcei-15.2015.81How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Present condition analysis; Sustainability reporting; Higher education ;China; Comparison between China and foreign countries;

Abstract

The objective of this research is to offer opinions on the improvement of sustainability reporting in Chinese universities .By using documentary and statistics methods ,the author analyzes sustainability reports in Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) around the world from 2011 to 2013. The results show that sustainability reporting in Chinese universities is not as inferior as people might think it should be when compared to that in foreign universities ,but there is still a lot of room for improvement. The research is limited by the limited number of available sustainability reports in HEIs in both China and foreign countries .However, the results show that universities in China could learn from the experience of foreign universities and absorb the useful parts of the existing international guidelines instead of being limited by the domestic standards. This paper provides an analysis of sustainability reporting in universities around the world ,which has the potential to promote sustainability reporting in Chinese universities.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiqi You
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TI  - Sustainability Reporting in Universities --A Comparison Between China and Foreign Countries
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Management, Computer and Education Informatization
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