The guide examines the barriers to widespread adoption of sustainability reporting in the public sector compared with the private sector where the practice is already common. It has been produced to address the ‘inadequacy of current public sector sustainability reporting’.

Developed by accounting professor Carol Adams, the Public sector sustainability reporting: time to step it up report, draws on the standards and frameworks that already exist and are relevant and useful for the public sector.

It includes guidance, best practice and advice to help public sector bodies prepare sustainability reports and disclose their sustainability impacts.