Extent: | Online-Ressource (xxvi, 258 p) ill 25 cm |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Front Cover; Accounting for Sustainability; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction to the Accounting for Sustainability Case Studies: Anthony Hopwood, Jeffrey Unerman and Jessica Fries; Sustainability, sustainable development and climate change; The role and significance of sustainability for organizations; Embedding sustainability considerations into business practice through accounting for sustainability Summary of the case studiesConclusions; 2. The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project: Creating 21st-Century Decision-Making and Reporting Systems to Respond to 21st-Century Challenges and Opportunities: Jessica Fries, Karen McCullochand Will Webster; Introduction; The ten main elements to embed sustainability into decision-making; An overview of the A4S decision-making tool; An introduction to the concept of connected reporting and the Connected Reporting Framework (CRF); Next steps: The creation of an International Integrated Reporting Committee 3. Sainsbury's: Embedding Sustainability within the Supermarket Supply Chain: Laura J. Spence and Leonardo RinaldiIntroduction; The context of the A4S decision-making tool at Sainsbury's; The lamb supply chain and sustainability; Sainsbury's perspective on embedding sustainability; The supplier perspective; The next step for Sainsbury's: The Connected Reporting Framework (CRF)?; Conclusions; 4. Using the Connected Reporting Framework as a Driver of Change within EDF Energy: Linda Lewis and David Ferguson; Introduction: EDF Energy; The case study Background and history of EDF Energy and accounting for sustainabilityEDF Energy's sustainability journey; Conclusions; 5. A Golden Thread for Embedding Sustainability in a Local Government Context: The Case of West Sussex County Council: Suzana Grubnic and David Owen; Introduction; Chapter overview; Background: Local government and West Sussex County Council; Embedding sustainability within the county council; Policies, performance structures and tools; Conclusions 6. Building from the Bottom, Inspired from the Top: Accounting for Sustainability and the Environment Agency: Ian Thomson and Georgios GeorgakopoulosIntroduction; The Environment Agency: Background information; Environmental management and strategy; Environmental accounting: A systems approach; Connected actions, connected reporting, carbon reduction, staff mileage, key performance indicators (KPIs) and corporate scorecards; The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), the Connected Reporting Framework (CRF) and the Environment Agency; Conclusions 7. Evolution of Risk, Opportunity and the Business Case in Embedding Connected Reporting at BT: Jeffrey Unerman and Brendan O'Dwyer Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
ISBN: | 1-84971-066-X ; 1-84971-067-8 ; 978-1-84971-066-4 ; 978-1-84971-067-1 ; 978-1-282-78969-2 ; 1-282-78969-4 ; 978-1-136-53285-6 ; 978-1-84971-066-4 |
Classification: | Betriebliches Rechnungswesen |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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