Sustainability Accounting

Postgraduate | 2026

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Mode
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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
ACCT 6006
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Course ID
202439
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus West
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Accounting and Fin
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Course level
2
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

To develop knowledge in relation to how sustainability issues influence corporate accounting and reporting practices, and to develop skills in relation to contemporary approaches and techniques to account for a corporation’s social, economic, and environmental impacts.


  • Sustainability Accounting Fundamentals
  • Sustainability Accounting: Management and Reporting
  • Sustainability Accounting Research

Course learning outcomes

  • Apply the knowledge of sustainability issues in accounting and reporting in appraising corporate sustainability impacts
  • Synthesise the accountability relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders in responding to sustainability issues
  • Explore the sustainability accounting regulatory landscape in relation to mandatory and voluntary initiatives
  • Evaluate corporations’ sustainability accounting practices in relation to their management and reporting
  • Apply academic research tools to address sustainability accounting issues in relation to a specific real-world context

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed ACCT5001 Accounting Concepts and Methods

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Degree list
The following degrees include this course
Master of Professional Accounting
Master of Accounting