Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting

This handbook showcases the broad spectrum of diverse approaches to environmental accounting over the past 30 years, and provides a summary of past and contemporary research whilst highlighting areas in which the field may evolve. A vital resource for students and scholars of environmental accounting and environmental economics.

'This long-awaited handbook provides a comprehensive insight and overview of environmental accounting, written by some of the most distinguished researchers in the field. It is a helpful resource for students, lecturers and practitioners who wish to understand accounting theories, methods and approaches to analyse and antagonise global environmental crisis.' Tobias Viere, Professor at the Institute for Industrial Ecology, Pforzheim University Business School, Germany 'Humanity affects the natural environment in ways that threaten its own existence and wellbeing. The incentives embedded in our systems of organization and governance, supported by accountants, perpetuate and exaggerate these effects. This important book, authored and edited by the who's who of environmental accounting, examines these issues and is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in forming a better understanding and making a difference.' Charl de Villiers, Professor of Accounting, The University of Auckland, New Zealand 'Finally, a comprehensive account of environmental accounting at an organizational level! This handbook covers its history, lessons learned, current practices on all continents, and future challenges.' Ståle Navrud, Professor of Environmental Economics, School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Autorentext

Jan Bebbington is the Rubin professor of sustainability in business and Director of the Pentland Centre at the University of Lancaster, UK.

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/pentland/education-for-sustainability/education-resources-for-environmental-accounting/

Carlos Larrinaga is a professor of accounting at the University of Burgos, Spain.

Brendan O'Dwyer is a professor of accounting at the Alliance Manchester Business School, UK, and the University of Amsterdam Business School, the Netherlands.

Ian Thomson is a professor of accounting and sustainability at Birmingham Business School, UK, and the director of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.

Inhalt

Part 1: Framing the Issues 1. **Curating Environmental Accounting Knowledge 2. The Foundations of Environmental Accounting 3. Theorising Environmental Accounting and Reporting 4. Before Research Methods Comes "Methodising": Implications for Environmental Accounting Research 5. The Accounting Profession's Environmental Accounting and Reporting Thought Leadership 6. Environmental Accounting and 21st-Century Sustainability Governance Part 2: Financial Accounting and Reporting 7. **Financial Accounting and the Natural Environment 8. Stand-Alone and Integrated Reporting 9. Assurance Services for Sustainability Reporting and Beyond 10. Norm Development in Environmental Reporting 11. Shareholder Activism and the Environment 12. Financial Markets and Environmental Information Part 3: Management Accounting 13. Strategic Environmental Management Accounting 14. Designing Eco-Controls for Multi-Objective Organizations 15. Materials and Energy Accounting 16. Externalities and Decision-Making 17. Designing Environmental Impact-Valuation Assemblages for Sustainable Decision-Making 18. Accounting for Circularity Part 4: Global and Local Perspectives 19. **Africa, From the Past to the Present: Moving the Critical Environmental Accounting Research on Africa Forward 20. Environmental Accounting and Reporting Practices in Asian Countries 21. Europe 22. Environmental Accounting and Reporting: Evidence from the MENA Region 23. The North American Environmental Accounting Research Landscape 24. The Pacific Region 25. Towards an Accounting of Socio-Environmental Conflicts in South America Part 5: Thematic Topics in Environmental Accounting 26. **Carbon 27. Water 28. Biodiversity 29. Accounting for Animal Rights