the chosen company Bluescope Steel Ltd

(Note: Visit the company website. Sustainability report will be available in the annual report area under investor/shareholder information of selected ASX company).

Requirements:

(a)Undertake a review of the literature to explain the concept, history, and significance of sustainability.

(b)Based upon a review of literature, explain the importance of corporate sustainability reporting.

(c)Distinguish corporate sustainability reporting from integrated reporting.

(d)Explain the role of different international/global bodies for developing a framework (guidelines) for sustainability reporting.

(e)Based on your understanding of contemporary accounting theory, explain which theories are useful in understanding the necessity and contents of sustainability reporting.

(f)Explain the rigor (strengths and limitations) of the conceptual framework for financial reporting (conventional accounting) to explain the contents of sustainability reporting.

(g)Download 2018, 2019, and 2020 sustainability reports of Bluescope Steel Ltd. Then (i) explain the key contents of sustainability reports of these years and (ii) also discuss whether COVID has had any impact on the disclosure of sustainability information.

Template Marks Guidelines 1 Executive summary 2 Summarise overall findings 2 Introduction 1 State the purpose and research methods 3 (a)Concept, history and significance of 3 Refer to 4journa| articles sustainability 4 (b)lmportance of corporate sustainability 2 Refer to 4 journal articles reporting 5 (c) Sustainability reporting vs. integrated 2 Refer to 2 journal articles reporting 6 (d) Role of international/global bodies 3 Refer to the initiatives taken by different bodies for developing a framework (guidelines) for sustainability reporting 7 (e) Useful theories about S/reporting 2 Refer to 4 journal articles 8 (f) Rigour of the conceptual framework 6 Refer to the Conceptual framework and accounting (conventional accounting) to explain S/R standards/principles 9 (g) Sustainability reporting practices: (i) S/R of 2018, 2019 8: 2020 9 Refer to the sustainability reports/company annual (ii) Impact of COVID on S/information 3 report 10 Conclusion 1 Gist of findings and lessens you learned 11 References in text and in list 4 Use APA referencing guide English grammar & presentation skill 2 English quality assessed throughout the paper Total 40