Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the most current developments in environmental and sustainability accounting and its links to reporting. This fourth volume in the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) series is characterized by a broad geographical and a contextual range of topics. Contributions from nearly all continents discuss new dev- opments in environmental accounting and investigate topics and links - tween corporate environmental and sustainability issues as well as between strategy, measurement and information management or between accounting and reporting. For the last five years EMAN, the environmental and sustainability - counting network, has developed from a small, dedicated group of European academics to a full-fledged international network with strong links to cor- rate accounting and reporting practitioners, international organizations and regulators. The network provides a platform for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences with environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting. “EMAN Global” (eman-global.net) serves as an - brella organisation of the regional sections in the Asia Pacific (EMAN-AP), Europe (EMAN-EU), Americas (EMAN-AM) and Africa (EMAN-AF). Based on the success of the annual conferences of the European and Asia Pacific sections the American and African groups are planning their first workshops. The regional sections of EMAN have their own independent work agendas but are linked with each other through the steering committee of EMAN GLOBAL and by participating in other regional conferences, fora and workshops.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the most current developments in environmental and sustainability accounting and its links to reporting. This fourth volume in the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) series is characterized by a broad geographical and a contextual range of topics. Contributions from nearly all continents discuss new dev- opments in environmental accounting and investigate topics and links - tween corporate environmental and sustainability issues as well as between strategy, measurement and information management or between accounting and reporting. For the last five years EMAN, the environmental and sustainability - counting network, has developed from a small, dedicated group of European academics to a full-fledged international network with strong links to cor- rate accounting and reporting practitioners, international organizations and regulators. The network provides a platform for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences with environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting. "e;EMAN Global"e; (eman-global.net) serves as an - brella organisation of the regional sections in the Asia Pacific (EMAN-AP), Europe (EMAN-EU), Americas (EMAN-AM) and Africa (EMAN-AF). Based on the success of the annual conferences of the European and Asia Pacific sections the American and African groups are planning their first workshops. The regional sections of EMAN have their own independent work agendas but are linked with each other through the steering committee of EMAN GLOBAL and by participating in other regional conferences, fora and workshops.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the most current developments in environmental and sustainability accounting and its links to reporting. This fourth volume in the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) series is characterized by a broad geographical and a contextual range of topics. Contributions from nearly all continents discuss new dev- opments in environmental accounting and investigate topics and links - tween corporate environmental and sustainability issues as well as between strategy, measurement and information management or between accounting and reporting. For the last five years EMAN, the environmental and sustainability - counting network, has developed from a small, dedicated group of European academics to a full-fledged international network with strong links to cor- rate accounting and reporting practitioners, international organizations and regulators. The network provides a platform for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences with environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting. “EMAN Global” (eman-global.net) serves as an - brella organisation of the regional sections in the Asia Pacific (EMAN-AP), Europe (EMAN-EU), Americas (EMAN-AM) and Africa (EMAN-AF). Based on the success of the annual conferences of the European and Asia Pacific sections the American and African groups are planning their first workshops. The regional sections of EMAN have their own independent work agendas but are linked with each other through the steering committee of EMAN GLOBAL and by participating in other regional conferences, fora and workshops.

Conceptual developments of sustainability accounting tools.- Sustainability Accounting and Reporting: Development, Linkages and Reflection. An Introduction.- Corporate Sustainability Accounting. A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders?.- Towards a Monetised Triple Bottom Line for an Alcohol Producer. Using Stakeholder Dialogue to Negotiate a ‘Licence to Operate’ by Constructing an Account of Social Performance.- Integrating Sustainability into Traditional Financial Analysis.- The Concept of Corporate Resource Efficiency Accounting. A Case Study in the Electronic Industry.- Accounting for Health and Safety Costs. Review and Comparison of Selected Methods.- Implementing Standard Costing with an Aim to Guiding Behaviour in Sustainability Orientated Organisa.- Linking environmental and sustainability accounting with eonomic success.- Achieving Environmental-Economic Sustainability through Corporate Environmental Strategies. Empirical Evidence on Environmental Shareholder Value.- The Impact of Carbon Constraints on Competitiveness and Value Creation in the Automotive Industry.- Traditional Accounting Return Ratios and Business Sustainability. An Incompatible Relationship in the Context of Greek Strategic Business Units.- Is there a Market Payoff for Being Green at the Lima Stock Exchange?.- Integrating and Reporting an Organisation's Economic, Social and Environmental Performance. The Expanded Value Added Statement.- Reporting external accounting frameworks and benchmarking.- Corporate Sustainability Reporting. An Overview.- Taking the GRI to Scale. Towards the Next Generation of Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.- The JEPIX Initiative in Japan. A New Ecological Accounting System for a Better Measurement ofEco-Efficiency.- The Green-Budget Matrix Model. Theory and Cases in Japanese Companies.- Quality of Physical Environmental Management Accounting Information. Lessons from Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers.- Benchmarking Environmental Performance in the English University Sector. The Experience of the Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) Project.- National experiences and developments in environmental and sustainability accounting.- Environmental Management Accounting in Czech Companies that have Implemented Environmental Management Systems.- Corporate Environmental Accounting and Reporting in China. Current Status and the Future.- Development of Corporate Environmental Accounting in Korea. Case Studies and Policy Implications.- Understanding and Supporting Management Decision- Making. South East Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting.- New developments and national experiences in sustainability reporting.- Just a Paper Tiger? Exploration of Sustainability Reporting as a Corporate Communication Instrument.- Interactive Sustainability Reporting. Developing Clear Target Group Tailoring and Stimulating Stakeholder Dialogue.- Corporate Sustainability Reporting. Evidence from the First Swiss Benchmark Survey.- Comparability of Sustainability Reports. A Comparative Content Analysis of Austrian Sustainability Reports.- EMA computer technology developments and internet.- Computer Support for Environmental Management Accounting.- Environmental Performance Measurement Using the EPMKOMPAS Approach as one Step Towards Sustainability. The Assessment Method in the EPM-KOMPAS Approach as a Guide for SMEs Towards Better Environmental Performance.- Web-Based Environmental Management Systems for SMEs. Enhancing the Diffusion of Environmental Management in the Transportation Sector.- Towards integrated sustainability performance measurement and management.- Managing Sustainability Performance Measurement and Reporting in an Integrated Manner. Sustainability Accounting as the Link between the Sustainability Balanced Scorecard and Sustainability Reporting.