Non-financial Disclosure and Integrated Reporting

Non-financial Disclosure and Integrated Reporting
Author: Lino Cinquini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2022-02-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030903559

The increasingly crucial role of companies’ non-financial disclosure (NFD) and integrated reporting (IR) has led to a lively debate among academics, practitioners, and regulators on the approaches, framework, contents, principles, and standards that should oversee these forms of reporting. Through several expert contributions, conducted both with qualitative and quantitative methodologies, this book provides an up-to-date portrait of the debate by exploring corporate NFD either in its mandated contents or voluntary information. Contributing authors provide studies that encompass the different lines of NFD, namely non-financial risk reporting, sustainability reporting, and intellectual capital reporting, as well as the integration of financial and non-financial information through IR, the assurance of the NFD and IR through auditing activities, and the role of management and CFOs in NFD and IR.

Accounting and Accountability

Accounting and Accountability
Author: Rob Gray
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1996
Genre: Industries
ISBN: 9780131758605

The underlying theme of Accounting and Accountability remains the role of corporate social and environmental reporting in meeting the demands for greater corporate social responsibility and accountability. However, transformations in the social climate coupled with developments in critical accounting theory have necessitated a substantial change in content. In advocating corporate social reporting as a practical and ethical alternative to conventional accounting practice, the text presents a stimulating and candid perspective on the changes and challenges within. Accounting and Accountability is written for practitioners, academics, researchers and students of financial accounting and reporting, accounting theory and accounting ethics.

International Perspectives on Sustainability Reporting

International Perspectives on Sustainability Reporting
Author: Amina Mohamed Buallay
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1801178569

As global concerns grow surrounding the environment, climate, and sustainability, International Perspectives on Sustainability Reporting presents business case studies from different sectors across different regions, highlighting the changing institutional contexts and laws in each country regarding sustainability reporting.

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Author: Stefan Schaltegger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1402049749

This is the fourth in a series publishing the best contributions on environmental management accounting (EMA) from around the world. This volume brings together international examples of leading thinking and practice in this rapidly developing area. This is the most comprehensive volume to date covering theory, practice and case studies on sustainability accounting and reporting. It covers tools, frameworks, concepts as well as case studies and empirical analysis.

Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting

Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting
Author: Marco Bellucci
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351243934

In a context of growing social and environmental concerns, the role of large enterprises and corporations in encouraging sustainability has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Both academic debates and public-opinion research have called into question the extended responsibilities of firms in our increasingly inter-connected world. By studying issues associated with the greatest challenges mankind is currently facing — from climate change to social exclusion — the scientific community is aware of the need to account for the actions and agendas of companies, especially large ones. They are becoming important global political actors with great power, but also unprecedented responsibilities. With this in mind, the authors believe that it is more important than ever that large enterprises, on the one hand, take into account the opinion of their stakeholder while defining their strategies and, on the other hand, disclose material and relevant information on their ability to contribute to sustainability while delivering value for all of their stakeholders. A consensus is being reached on the responsibility of large enterprises to report in a triple bottom perspective — not only on their financial performances, but also on their social and environmental outcomes. Consequently, it is important to understand what elements organizations need to report on in order to provide stakeholders with relevant and comprehensive sustainability reports. Against this background, this book presents a significant and original contribution, both empirically and theoretically, to the social and environmental accounting literature by studying the various features of stakeholder engagement in sustainability reporting.

Accounting from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Accounting from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Author: Asma Salman
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789842794

Accounting is both an art and science, which governs the communication and processing of the financial information in an organization. Technological advancement is helping the accountants to monitor financial performance in real time. This presents both opportunities and challenges for the current day organizations and accounting professionals alike. This book shows many different aspects to the same accounting principles but from a cross-cultural perspective. The diversity of the authors who contributed to this book signify the importance of accounting from various dimensions while ensuring that standards are adhered to, and principles are followed and applied. This book intends to feature the journey from the double-entry bookkeeping developed in medieval Europe to the changing dynamics of accounting. It is divided into five main sections: The Matching Principle, Ethics in Accounting, Insurance Contracts, Green Accounting, and Financial Instruments.

A Research Agenda for Sustainability and Business

A Research Agenda for Sustainability and Business
Author: Sally V. Russell
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839107715

How businesses can and are acting to redress social and environmental issues is a question of growing academic interest. Bringing together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, this insightful Research Agenda evaluates the current state of the art of sustainability and business and assesses key challenges for the field.

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Andrew Crane
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2008-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199211590

CSR encompasses broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society, and government. An authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues, the text provides clear thinking and perspectives on CSR and the debates around it.

Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting

Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting
Author: Gunnar Rimmel
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2024-09-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1035316269

This insightful Research Handbook provides an overview of the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability reporting. Bringing together over 50 researchers from across the globe, it summarises the current state of knowledge, identifies key methodological approaches and research gaps, and encourages researchers to make further meaningful contributions to this dynamic field.