How Management Accountants Address the Challenges of Energy and Climate Change Reporting: Evidence From a Longitudinal Case Study

Matteo Molinari, Jonida Carungu and Roberto Di Pietra

Business Strategy and the Environment, 2025, vol. 34, issue 7, 8899-8921

Abstract: This study examines how management accountants contribute to addressing the challenges of energy and climate change reporting. Through a 4‐year longitudinal case study based on interviews and documentary analysis of a leading Italian multiutility company, this research relies on institutional theory to explore how management accountants influence corporate practices to meet the demands of Sustainable Development Goals, specifically concerning Goals 7 and 13. The findings suggest that management accountants should follow seven steps incorporating key strategies such as defining, constructing identities, educating, enabling, mimicry, embedding and routinising and policing, relying on cognitive, organisational, interpersonal and behavioural competencies to address energy and climate change challenges. A hybrid, dynamic and context‐specific view of management accountants emerges, emphasising their dual role in traditional accounting tasks and business‐supporting corporate activities. This study illustrates the evolving role of management accountants in integrating climate change issues within corporate reporting practices, highlighting their strategic importance in promoting sustainability.

Date: 2025
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