Handbook of Accounting and Sustainability

Edited by Carol Adams

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Handbook provides a comprehensive study of research, practice and policy at the nexus of accounting and sustainability, or sustainable development. Chapters explain key drivers of developments at the nexus, critique those developments, summarise the findings of research on key themes in the field, and suggest areas for further research, offering evidence-based practice and policy solutions.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781800373501
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Accounting and sustainability: an introduction , pp 1-8

Carol Adams

Ch 2 Bringing together finance and sustainability: the perspective of A4S , pp 10-25

Helen Slinger

Ch 3 The development and implementation of GRI Standards: practice and policy issues , pp 26-43

Carol Adams, Abdullah M. Alhamood and Xinwu He

Ch 4 Conceptions of materiality in sustainability reporting frameworks: commonalities, differences and possibilities , pp 44-66

Stuart Cooper and Giovanna Michelon

Ch 5 Capital market perspectives on sustainability accounting and reporting , pp 67-88

Richard Slack

Ch 6 Calls for accountability and sustainability: how organizations respond , pp 89-108

Hannele Mäkelä and Charles H. Cho

Ch 7 Accounting for sustainability: insights from the institutional logics perspective , pp 110-135

Massimo Contrafatto

Ch 8 Accounting, sustainability and the feminine , pp 136-156

Christine Cooper, Andrea M. Romi and Daniela Senkl

Ch 9 Shadow accounts and alternative portrayals , pp 157-172

Michelle Rodrigue and Matias Laine

Ch 10 Rethinking accounting for employees from living wage perspectives , pp 173-190

Andrea B. Coulson

Ch 11 Connecting global SDGs to local government: a developing country case , pp 191-208

Danture Wickramasinghe and Chandana Alawattage

Ch 12 Critical analysis of the contribution of Integrated Reporting (IR) to sustainability , pp 210-223

Charl de Villiers and Ruth Dimes

Ch 13 Indigenous cultural values, integrated reporting and sustainability , pp 224-239

Russell Craig, Rawiri Taonui, Lúcia Lima Rodrigues and Susan Wild

Ch 14 The history and future of sustainability assurance , pp 241-259

Roger Simnett, Shan Zhou and Hien Hoang

Ch 15 Environmental management accounting: development, context, contribution and outlook , pp 260-278

Stefan Schaltegger, Roger L. Burritt and Katherine Christ

Ch 16 An exploration of developing approaches to water accounting , pp 279-299

Matthew Egan and Gloria Agyemang

Ch 17 Sustainability accounting via databases: current work and future possibilities , pp 300-317

James Hazelton, Shane Leong and John Dumay

Ch 18 Directions for future research to steer environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing to support sustainability: a systematic literature review , pp 318-341

Subhash Abhayawansa and Oren Mooneeapen

Ch 19 The state of climate change-related risk disclosures and the way forward , pp 343-364

Kathleen Herbohn, Peter Clarkson and Mark Wallis

Ch 20 Accounting for carbon emissions trading schemes , pp 365-380

Hongtao Shen and Nan Huang

Ch 21 Greenhouse gas accounting and disclosures by cities , pp 381-396

Parvez Mia, James Hazelton and James Guthrie

Ch 22 Evolution of climate-related disclosure guidance and application of climate risk measurement in research , pp 397-420

Jonathan Jona and Naomi Soderstrom

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