A Csear 2015 Proceedings Of The 14th Australasian Centre On Social And Environmental Accounting Research Conference

Author : Dr James Hazelton and Dr John Dumay
Publisher : Academic Conferences and publishing limited
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781910810798

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A-CSEAR 2015-Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference by Dr James Hazelton and Dr John Dumay Pdf

The 14th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference (A-CSEAR 2015) is being held on 10-11 December 2015 at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. The Conference Chair is Dr John Dumay and the Programme Chair is Dr James Hazelton, both from Macquarie University. ACSEAR provides an opportunity for individuals researching and working in the field of social and environmental accounting in both public and private sectors, to come together to exchange ideas and discuss current research in the field. The theme for the conference this year is ‘Partnerships’, reflecting the belief amongst our community that achieving progress requires partnerships of all types – between academics of different disciplines, between industry and academia, between government and stakeholders, and of course between members and professional bodies. The keynote speakers for the conference are Charles de Villiers from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand on the topic Theorising the interactions among legitimacy accountability and pro-activity in the social sphere; Helen Tregidga from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand talking about Corporate chameleons greenwashing and counter narratives”; Markus J. Milne from the School of Business and Law at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand on the topic of Crass empiricism and the social construction of corporate environmental performance and Lee D. Parker from the School of Accounting, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia who will address to issue of Accounting for CSR: Revisiting the agenda. ACSEAR received 60 abstract submissions. After the double-blind peer review process 21 academic research papers, have been accepted for publication in these conference proceedings. These papers represent research from around the world, including Australia, Brazil, China, Fiji, Iran, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and the USA.

Author : Australian Association for Social Research. Conference,Frank Vanclay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041790661

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Sustainability and Social Research by Australian Association for Social Research. Conference,Frank Vanclay Pdf

Author : Ataur Belal,Stuart Cooper,Sophie Giordano-Spring,Jonathan Maurice,Charles H. Cho
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787548893

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Sustainability Accounting by Ataur Belal,Stuart Cooper,Sophie Giordano-Spring,Jonathan Maurice,Charles H. Cho Pdf

Advances in Environmental Accounting Management aims to advance knowledge of the management of corporate environmental impacts. It aims to increase the awareness of management accounting practitioners, investors, and other stakeholders of the financial and social consequences of corporate environmental impacts.

Author : Martin P. Thomas,Mark W. McElroy
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603586900

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The MultiCapital Scorecard by Martin P. Thomas,Mark W. McElroy Pdf

For decades now, organizations have been struggling to find the best way to address their social and environmental responsibilities alongside their economic obligations. In other words, they want to know how best to effectively manage their operations based on a triple bottom line (3BL)--one that reflects social, environmental, and economic performance. Recently, an international standard for integrated reporting has emerged that in principle emphasizes the importance of managing toward a triple bottom line. But it fails to provide specific guidance on how to do so. Organizations have been left to their own devices to respond. How should 3BL management actually be done? In this book, sustainability and performance experts Martin Thomas and Mark McElroy introduce the world's most advanced 3BL performance accounting methodology: The MultiCapital Scorecard. It is the first context-based integrated measurement, management, and reporting system. And, it can help corporations, public institutions, and other organizations answer the question they should be asking themselves for every aspect of their operations: "How much is enough for us to be sustainable?" The answers set internal performance standards against which operations and their impacts can be measured. Nothing less will do! The MultiCapital Scorecard describes this open-source methodology, which consists of a structured, quantitative measurement and reporting system that complies with international standards for 3BL integrated measurement and reporting. Moreover, the MultiCapital Scorecard is designed to help organizations assess their own 3BL performance in their own contexts with context-based metrics of their own choosing. An eminently practical management aid for integrated thinking, it can be tailored to any organization's needs. The authors also describe how and why businesses are gradually shifting from managing impacts on only one type of capital (economic) to managing impacts on multiple types. They also provide detailed examples of worked reports, showing how organizations might develop and quantify the interim and long-term goals to meet their obligations to their employees, community, shareholders, and the environment. The examples also show how an organization can use the Multicapital Scorecard methodology to assess their progress in meeting those goals, and convey that progress to their stakeholders.

Author : Maria-Gabriella Baldarelli,Mara Del Baldo,Ninel Nesheva-Kiosseva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319509181

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Environmental Accounting and Reporting by Maria-Gabriella Baldarelli,Mara Del Baldo,Ninel Nesheva-Kiosseva Pdf

This book discusses the foundations of social and environmental accounting and highlights local differences in countries like Italy and Bulgaria. It also describes the institutional environment, which affects the development and application of environmental accounting and reporting, as a basis for evaluating current achievements and the future steps that need to be taken to develop and spread environmental accounting. The book is unique in presenting exemplary cases from different emerging and developed countries. It is a valuable resource for theorists in the field, practitioners in companies, as well as investors and other stakeholders. Moreover, it provides students with the necessary theoretical constructs, empirical studies as well as practical and managerial tools to allow for a quick orientation in the methodology, techniques and selected practices used in environmental accounting and reporting.

Author : Marco Bellucci,Giacomo Manetti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351243933

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Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting by Marco Bellucci,Giacomo Manetti Pdf

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.

Author : Stefan Gössling,C. Michael Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351740234

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The Sustainable Chef by Stefan Gössling,C. Michael Hall Pdf

This book provides the first systematic and accessible text for students of hospitality and the culinary arts that directly addresses how more sustainable restaurants and commercial food services can be achieved. Food systems receive growing attention because they link various sustainability dimensions. Restaurants are at the heart of these developments, and their decisions to purchase regional foods, or to prepare menus that are healthier and less environmentally problematic, have great influence on food production processes. This book is systematically designed around understanding the inputs and outputs of the commercial kitchen as well as what happens in the restaurant from the perspective of operators, staff and the consumer. The book considers different management approaches and further looks at the role of restaurants, chefs and staff in the wider community and the positive contributions that commercial kitchens can make to promoting sustainable food ways. Case studies from all over the world illustrate the tools and techniques helping to meet environmental and economic bottom lines. This will be essential reading for all students of hospitality and the culinary arts.

Author : Ali Alsamawi,Darian McBain,Joy Murray,Manfred Lenzen,Kirsten S. Wiebe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811041372

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The Social Footprints of Global Trade by Ali Alsamawi,Darian McBain,Joy Murray,Manfred Lenzen,Kirsten S. Wiebe Pdf

This book discussing in detail the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the global economy using the comprehensive Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) technique. The content is presented in two parts, the first of which offers an introduction to social accounting and how it has been developed over the past few years with details on the methodologies and databases used. The second part of the book describes the footprints of the social accounts that have the highest impact on people’s well-being (employment, income, working conditions,and inequality) and how they are linked to international trade. The need for reporting on such indicators falls within the purview of corporate/national social responsibility (part of the Triple Bottom Line). The book offers a valuable contribution to the literature for researchers and students engaged in the social sciences, human rights, and the implications of international trade on labour in developing countries.iv>

Author : Wil de Jong,Do Dinh Sam,Trieu Van Hung
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Reforestation
ISBN : 9789792446524

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Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future by Wil de Jong,Do Dinh Sam,Trieu Van Hung Pdf

This report assesses the experiences of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam and draws strategic lessons from these experiences to guide new forest rehabilitation projects. The report highlights lessons from Vietnam's experiences that will be helpful beyond the country border. This report has the following structure: the remainder of chpater one provides the conceptual clarification and theoritical underpinnings for the study and introduces the methodology. Chapter two provides background information and context for the outcomes of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam, including basic information on Vietnam, its forest cover, forestry sector and policies that are relevant to forestry and forest rehabilitation. Chapter three gives an overview of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam from its inception in the 1950s until today, as the country carries out its latest nationwide forest rehabilitation effort, the 5 million hectares reforestation project. Chapter four analyses in detail forest rehabilitation project that were analysed in the field study carried out as part of this study. Chapter five draws lessons from the report.

Author : Delphine Gibassier,Jeffrey Unerman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136714009

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Sustainability Accounting and Accountability by Delphine Gibassier,Jeffrey Unerman Pdf

This exciting book is one of the first textbooks in the fast growing area of sustainability accounting. Contributed to, and edited by an impressive array of internationally renowned authorities, it focuses on the use of sustainability accounting both as an external accountability mechanism (external reporting) and as a tool for helping managers assess and manage the social and environmental impacts of their operations (management accounting). Using real-life examples and case studies to emphasize the links between the conceptual basis and issues in practice, this outstanding book addresses the growing interest among both practitioners and academics in social, environmental and ethical accountability, as interpreted through the lens of sustainable development.

Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig,William D. Solecki,Patricia Romero-Lankao,Shagun Mehrotra,Shobhakar Dhakal,Somayya Ali Ibrahim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781316603338

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Climate Change and Cities by Cynthia Rosenzweig,William D. Solecki,Patricia Romero-Lankao,Shagun Mehrotra,Shobhakar Dhakal,Somayya Ali Ibrahim Pdf

Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Author : Stefan Schaltegger,Sarah Elena Windolph,Dorli Harms,Jacob Hörisch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319062273

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Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison by Stefan Schaltegger,Sarah Elena Windolph,Dorli Harms,Jacob Hörisch Pdf

Although every country is distinguished by its history, culture and language as well as its unique economic, environmental and social conditions, it can be expected that international operating companies will exhibit common patterns since sustainability challenges do not stop at national borders. Building on original data based on results of the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer survey, this book depicts and analyzes the current state of corporate sustainability management and corporate social responsibility. Part I describe the approach and summarizes the broad results, outlining the methodology and offering an overview of results of the ICSB survey. Part II presents specific findings for each of eleven countries surveyed: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA. Part III provides a comparative analysis and highlights broad patterns in the international results. Most strikingly, the book reveals surprisingly widespread similarities among the sustainability management practices of large companies in economically developed countries all over the world. All the survey results are analyzed according to the same Triple-I approach: Intention - Why do companies manage sustainability?; Integration - To what extent do companies embed sustainability in their core business and in their organization? And Implementation - How is corporate sustainability operationalized? Based on this structure the analysis serves not only to make comparisons and to investigate national characteristics; it also builds a foundation for examining whether there truly is a world-spanning common state of the art of corporate sustainability. Distinguished authors who were involved in the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer project offer their insights, identifying and discussing national and international patterns that can provide the basis for further ideas and inspiration to practitioners and researchers worldwide who are engaged in corporate sustainability.

Author : Roger L. Burritt,Stefan Schaltegger,Martin Bennett,Tuula Pohjola,Maria Csutora
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400713901

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Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management by Roger L. Burritt,Stefan Schaltegger,Martin Bennett,Tuula Pohjola,Maria Csutora Pdf

This volume’s focus on the environmental accounting of supply chain processes is of particular relevance because these processes supply data about the environmental impact of relationships between business organisations, an area where the boundary separating internal and external accounting is ill-defined. Here, contributors advocate what they term ‘accounting for cooperation’ as a more environmentally positive complement to the paradigmatic practice of ‘accounting for competition’.

Author : Eric Katz,Andrew Light
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135634391

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Environmental Pragmatism by Eric Katz,Andrew Light Pdf

Environmental pragmatism is a new strategy in environmental thought. It argues that theoretical debates are hindering the ability of the environmental movement to forge agreement on basic policy imperatives. This new direction in environmental thought moves beyond theory, advocating a serious inquiry into the merits of moral pluralism. Environmental pragmatism, as a coherent philosophical position, connects the methodology of classical American pragmatic thought to the explanation, solution and discussion of real issues. This concise, well-focused collection is the first comprehensive presentation of environmental pragmatism as a new philosophical approach to environmental thought and policy.

Author : David V. Keyson,Olivia Guerra-Santin,Dan Lockton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319335278

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Living Labs by David V. Keyson,Olivia Guerra-Santin,Dan Lockton Pdf

This book presents the results of a multi-annual project with sustainable Living Labs in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. Living Labs – as initiated by the authors – have proved to be very promising research, design, co-creation and communication facilities for the development and implementation of sustainable innovations in the home. The book provides an inspiring introduction to both the methodology and business modelling for the Living Lab facilities. Understanding daily living at home is key to designing products and services that support households in their transition to more sustainable lifestyles. This book not only explores new ways of gaining insights into daily practices, but also discusses developing and testing design methods to create sustainable solutions for households. These new methods and tools are needed because those available are either ineffective or cause rebound-effects. Intended for researchers and designers with an interest in the transition to sustainable lifestyles, it also appeals to company leaders interested in new ways of developing sustainable innovations and offers suggestions for effectively applying Living Labs for sustainable urban development.