Introduction
As a carbon accountant, your choices about reporting frameworks can greatly impact business’ climate strategies and their ability to reduce emissions. With the global climate policy environment in constant flux, it’s crucial that you have a deep understanding of these factors and how they impact climate accounting and business decision-making.
This unit is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to navigate this complex landscape confidently. You'll explore the current and proposed climate reporting frameworks used by reporting entities worldwide and gain a solid understanding of the climate policies in place that make carbon accounting an essential factor in the global push towards a low-carbon economy.
Summary
| Unit name | Climate Reporting Frameworks and Policy |
| Unit code | BFA111 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | Tasmanian School of Business and Economics |
| Discipline | Accounting |
| Coordinator | Doctor Steven Burch |
| Available as an elective? | Yes |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Introductory |
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Describe climate reporting frameworks.
- Analyse climate issues, climate reporting frameworks and policy and the impacts on business practice.
- Communicate climate reporting frameworks and policy to aid sustainable business decision-making.
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Teaching
| Assessment | Online Test (20%)|Make a Policy Recommendation (40%)|Presentation on Climate Reporting Frameworks (40%) |
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| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes. |
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