Assignment Requirements:
Download and read ONE of the following sustainability reports:
AGL Sustainability Report 2017
Westpac Group Sustainability Performance Report 2017
https://2017annualreport.westpacgroup.com.au/assets/Westpac_Sustainability_report_2017.pdf
Westfarmers Sustainability Report 2017
https://sustainability.wesfarmers.com.au/media/2222/2017-wesfarmers-sustainability-full-report.pdf
Origin Energy Sustainability Report 2017
Stockland’s Annual Review 2017: reporting on financial, social and environmental performance: https://www.stockland.com.au/investor-centre/interactive-annual-review/downloads
Deakin University Sustainability Report 2017
http://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1352832/deakin_2017_sustainability_report_and_outlook.pdf
After reading your chosen company’s sustainability report, prepare a report covering the following points:
| 1. Discuss the level to which sustainability strategy is integrated into overall business strategy of the company. (8 marks)
2. Briefly explain the key stakeholders the company engages with. (8 marks)
3. A commentary on areas of strong sustainability performance of the company. (8 marks)
4. A commentary on areas of weak sustainability performance of the company. (8 marks)
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- Make an overall assessment of quality of the company’s sustainability report based on the following aspects:
- Readability (eg: logical structure, uses a graphical presentation of the data, drawings, and explanations where required or uses other tools to help navigate through the document) (4 marks)
- b) Adoption of GRI principles or other frameworks. (4 marks)
APPENDIX 2 Rubric – Assessment Task 2: 20%
| CRITERIA | Standards | ||||
| High distinction | Distinction | Credit | Pass | Fail | |
| Adherence to Assignment | Completely addresses the concepts, theories and material issues covered in unit and called for in the assignment instructions and is supported by text and/or other literature. | Substantially addresses issues covered in unit and called for in the assignment instructions and is supported by text and/or other literature. | Addresses some of the issues covered in unit and called for in the assignment instructions. | Does not address the relevant issues posed by the assignment. | Major discussion points mentioned in the assignment have not been met. |
| Quality of Presented Content | Best and most applicable points are presented while unnecessary content is left out. | Important points are presented while unnecessary content is left out. | Some important points are addressed, but not fully covered. | Fail to make any important points and analyze the material presented in the unit and assignment. | Applicable points are not presented, and report is full of unnecessary content. |
| Interpretation and Application | Demonstrates critical thinking about the topic and the student’s own impressions and interpretations. The report is not merely presented but is interpreted and applied to overall discussion questions. | Demonstrates critical thinking about the topic and the student’s own impressions and interpretations. The report is presented, could be better interpreted and applied to overall discussion questions. | Report lacks some critical thinking about the topic and the student’s own impressions and interpretations. The report could be better interpreted and applied to overall discussion questions. | Report lacks critical thinking about the topic and the student’s own impressions and interpretations. The report is not interpreted and applied to overall discussion questions. | No critical thinking about the topic and the student’s own impressions and interpretations. The report is not interpreted and applied to overall discussion questions. |
| Presentation | Proper citing of references and Harvard Style, no editing or revision required. Proper sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling, no editing or revision required. | Professional, some light editing may be useful. Follows Harvard style with few errors. Few or no errors but sentence structure could be improved. | Revision Suggested. Follows Harvard style about 50% of the time. Overlooked errors in sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling. | Revision Required. Follows Harvard style less than 50% of the time. Overlooked several errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or sentence structure showing carelessness | Revision Required. Does not follow Harvard style. Many errors in both mechanics and sentence structure; extremely poorly written. |
