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A Comparative Study on the Environmental Reporting of the Public Sectors in Hong Kong and Japan: (English)

A Comparative Study on the Environmental Reporting of the Public Sectors in Hong Kong and Japan: (English)

          
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This dissertation, "A Comparative Study on the Environmental Reporting of the Public Sectors in Hong Kong and Japan" by Pui-sze, Suzuya, Tang, 鄧貝詩, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT This research investigated the environmental reporting of public organisations. It examined the environmental reports of twenty-four public bureaux and departments of Hong Kong and Japan. Studies on the environmental reporting of public organisations are significant because the public sector is different from the private sectors in terms of its incentive to report, institutional settings, and environmental policies. This research is one of the few studies focusing on environmental disclosures of public sectors. A content analysis of two reporting types provides a remarkable lesson for the future of environmental reporting. This comparative study on the environmental reports in the public sector of Hong Kong and Japan revealed different reporting patterns and distinctions of regulatory reporting and non-regulatory reporting. Under a scoring system, 48 environmental reports published by 12 public departments of Hong Kong and Japan in 2003 and 2005 were scored and analysed. Interviews and questionnaire surveys were also conducted to support this study. It is interesting to see how the report writers intentionally selected what kind of information to report or not to report. The use of reports and the improvement in reporting showed the values of environmental reporting to the public sectors. Factors affecting the report content are various and multi- dimensional. It is not simply a study of environmental management; more influentially, it relates to the study of policy implementation and administration. Reporting contents, focus and patterns were examined in depth. Factors, including institutional settings, regional environmental policies, the service nature of the reporting organisation, ethical values of the top management, and the cultural difference in the regions, forming different types of environmental reports, were deduced from the study. As a result, reports are not uniform and are heterogeneous. The rationale behind environmental reporting is influential to the future development of reporting. It was found that an environmental report (or sustainability report) serves more as an annual review mechanism, than a communication tool. Within one region, different public organisations have different types of reporting content and focuses. These distinctions also reflected the fact that without sanctions or regulations on the format and content of reporting, flexibility and control over reporting remain in the hands of departments. Hong Kong and Japan also have different reporting content and patterns. All in all, Environmental Reporting is not only a dynamic activity, but is also a cultural product. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3821076 Subjects: Sustainable development reporting - China - Hong KongSustainable development reporting - JapanCorporations, Government - Environmental aspects - China - Hong KongCorporations, Government - Environmental aspects - Japan


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  • ISBN-13: 9781374674233
  • Publisher: Open Dissertation Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Open Dissertation Press
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1374674230
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 699 gr


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