Sustainability reporting: managing for wealth and corporate health

Chapter 1: What is sustainability reporting -- Chapter 2: Why should an organization report on sustainability -- Chapter 3: How to report on sustainability -- Chapter 4: What are the responses to sustainability reporting -- Chapter 5: External assurances -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Appendix A: Ball...

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1. Verfasser: White, Gwendolen B. 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) Business Expert Press 2009
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:Managerial accounting collection
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Zusammenfassung:Chapter 1: What is sustainability reporting -- Chapter 2: Why should an organization report on sustainability -- Chapter 3: How to report on sustainability -- Chapter 4: What are the responses to sustainability reporting -- Chapter 5: External assurances -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Appendix A: Ball Corporation: example report -- Appendix B: SAM questionnaire: examples of questions -- Notes -- References -- Index
Environmental and sustainability reporting involves nonfinancial and financial indicators of an organization's impact on environmental, economic, and social dimensions of their operations. As stakeholders (e.g., investors, consumers, governments, donors, employees) of organizations demand more transparency from profit and not-for-profit entities, environmental and sustainability reporting is a means to address this demand. Public interest in the environmental and social impacts of corporations began in the 1960s and 1970s. Protests against the Vietnam War, concern for the environment, and opposition to South African apartheid were some reasons that investors reacted to more than companies' reported profits. A number of investors actively avoided manufacturers of weapons and "sin" products (tobacco, alcohol, and gambling)
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (x, 151 p.)
ISBN:9781606490792
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