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Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting
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.
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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.
The Research Handbook begins by considering how sustainability reporting practice has developed to date and analyses the role of reporting standard setters. Chapter authors delve into underexplored issues of green technology in management control and the interplay between corporate governance and environmental reporting, examining its effects on the capital market. Ultimately the Handbook emphasises the multidimensionality of sustainability reporting across the globe and identifies best practice for future research, in particular the use of creative thinking to develop original frameworks that provide more nuanced insights into sustainability issues.
Advancing sustainability reporting knowledge, this Research Handbook is an invaluable resource for academics and students in accounting, environmental economics and corporate social responsibility. Emphasising the need for continued development in corporate sustainability reporting, this book is also beneficial to professionals working in corporate management and sustainability more broadly.
The Research Handbook begins by considering how sustainability reporting practice has developed to date and analyses the role of reporting standard setters. Chapter authors delve into underexplored issues of green technology in management control and the interplay between corporate governance and environmental reporting, examining its effects on the capital market. Ultimately the Handbook emphasises the multidimensionality of sustainability reporting across the globe and identifies best practice for future research, in particular the use of creative thinking to develop original frameworks that provide more nuanced insights into sustainability issues.
Advancing sustainability reporting knowledge, this Research Handbook is an invaluable resource for academics and students in accounting, environmental economics and corporate social responsibility. Emphasising the need for continued development in corporate sustainability reporting, this book is also beneficial to professionals working in corporate management and sustainability more broadly.
Critical Acclaim
‘Everyone can learn something new and valuable from reading this Research Handbook. It takes a comprehensive approach to assessing the past, present, and future of sustainability reporting, publishing insightful chapters that illuminate the immense challenges facing sustainability reporting research and practice. Whether detailing its complicated history, bringing unique theoretical perspectives to its empirical study, or charting its prospects, each chapter tackles sustainability reporting with rigor and promise. I highly recommend it!’
– Robin W. Roberts, University of Central Florida, US
‘This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of sustainability reporting and its evolution. It takes an international and broad view, covering the perspective of standard setters, that of companies and their governance, and its consequences on capital markets. Moreover, it provides new avenues for research, making it essential reading for researchers navigating between accounting and sustainability reporting.’
– Begoña Giner Inchausti, University of Valencia, Spain
– Robin W. Roberts, University of Central Florida, US
‘This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of sustainability reporting and its evolution. It takes an international and broad view, covering the perspective of standard setters, that of companies and their governance, and its consequences on capital markets. Moreover, it provides new avenues for research, making it essential reading for researchers navigating between accounting and sustainability reporting.’
– Begoña Giner Inchausti, University of Valencia, Spain