Festival of Scholars was a great experience as a presenter; I got to talk to people about projects I am really excited about and get their feedback on the variety of posters I presented. However, maybe even more interesting was talking to other students about their projects and theses that they are excited about. This […]
Sustainability Stories
In Aliette K. Frank’s article, What is the story with sustainability? A narrative analysis of diverse and contested understandings, she explores eight different sustainability “stories”, both those in public and scholarly contexts, that each show to a different approach to sustainability measurement. With this, Frank attempts to provide alternatives to conventional sustainability practices and ways of thinking. […]
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2011 for corporate sustainability assessment, and it is one of the key competitors of GRI. SASB distinguishes itself by focusing on communicating sustainability information to investors and establishing an accounting-based framework. It establishes a standard process to assess the material impacts of an industry […]
GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for Public and Third Sector Organizations: A Critical Review
GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for Public and Third Sector Organizations: A Critical Review This article takes a close look at GRI guidelines while providing a critique and suggesting alternatives. This is perhaps not too different from the research article that we are looking to write about STARS reporting, albeit ours more comparative. Also, Dumay et […]
The College Sustainability Report Card
The College Sustainability Report Card was a program from the Sustainable Endowments Institute that ran from 2007-2011. It was the first comprehensive list of sustainability profiles of institutions of higher education and it assessed the 300 schools in the US and Canada with the largest endowments along with around 20 other institutions who chose to […]