TY - BOOK

T1 - Accounting for Sustainability

T2 - Asia Pacific Perspectives

A2 - Lee, Ki-Hoon

A2 - Schaltegger, Stefan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - This book advances the understanding of corporate sustainability and challenges and roles of sustainability accounting in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific region has shown fast economic growth for several decades which is expected to continue. In this context, Asia has become the “production engine” of the global economy. At the same time scientific reports reveal that some planetary boundaries are crossed, for example relating to biodiversity and climate change. Companies in the Asia-Pacific region are therefore increasingly challenged to reduce their environmental impacts, to document their social contribution and to contribute to sustainable development. Key approaches to identify sustainability problems and challenges, to support improvement processes and to back up sustainability contributions include accounting and reporting. In contrast to the high relevance of accounting and reporting for corporate sustainability for the Asia-Pacific region, academic research has so far been dominated by Western researchers and pre-dominantly dealt with Western and Japanese cases and approaches. It is thus time to take account of Asian perspectives on accounting and reporting for sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region.

AB - This book advances the understanding of corporate sustainability and challenges and roles of sustainability accounting in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific region has shown fast economic growth for several decades which is expected to continue. In this context, Asia has become the “production engine” of the global economy. At the same time scientific reports reveal that some planetary boundaries are crossed, for example relating to biodiversity and climate change. Companies in the Asia-Pacific region are therefore increasingly challenged to reduce their environmental impacts, to document their social contribution and to contribute to sustainable development. Key approaches to identify sustainability problems and challenges, to support improvement processes and to back up sustainability contributions include accounting and reporting. In contrast to the high relevance of accounting and reporting for corporate sustainability for the Asia-Pacific region, academic research has so far been dominated by Western researchers and pre-dominantly dealt with Western and Japanese cases and approaches. It is thus time to take account of Asian perspectives on accounting and reporting for sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - Sustainability Accounting

KW - Corporate Sustainability

KW - Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting

KW - Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure

KW - Sustainability Management

KW - Sustainability Accounting

KW - Corporate Sustainability

KW - Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting

KW - Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure

KW - Sustainability Management

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-70899-7

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-70899-7

M3 - Collected editions and anthologies

SN - 978-3-319-70898-0

T3 - Eco-efficiency in industry and science

BT - Accounting for Sustainability

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

CY - Cham

ER -