Corporate Sustainability: Integrating Performance and Reporting: 630
Author(s): Ann Brockett (Author), Zabihollah Rezaee (Author)
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 9781118122365
ISBN-13: 9781118122365
Book Description
Invaluable guidance for complete integration of sustainability into reporting and performance management systems
Global businesses are under close scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators, and their diverse stakeholders to focus on sustainability and accept responsibility for their multiple bottom line performance. Business Sustainability and Accountability examines business sustainability and accountability reporting and their integration into strategy, governance, risk assessment, performance management and the reporting process. This book also highlights how people, business and resources collaborate in a business sustainability and accountability model.
Looks at business sustainability and accountability reporting and assurance and their incorporation into the reporting process
Focuses on how the business sustainability and accountability model are impacted by the collaboration of people, business, and resources
Presents laws, rules, regulations, standards and best practices relevant to business sustainability performance, reporting and assurance
Organizations worldwide recognize the importance of all five EGSEE dimensions of sustainability performance and accountability reporting. However, how to actually assess sustainability risk, implement sustainability reporting, and obtain sustainability assurance remain a major challenge and best practices are evolving. Straightforward and comprehensive Business Sustainability and Accountability hits on all of the hottest topics around sustainability including multiple bottom line (EGSEE) performance and reporting, related financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs), business social responsibility and environmental reporting.
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Global businesses are under close scrutiny and profound pressure from lawmakers, regulators, the investment community, and their diverse stakeholders to focus on sustainability and accept accountability and responsibility for their multiple bottom lines of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) performance. Would you like to leave more resources for the next generation? Watch your business grow continuously? Have an ethical and competent organizational culture?
Presenting recent developments in sustainability performance and sustainability reporting and assurance, Corporate Sustainability sheds light on the importance, relevance, and benefits of business sustainability and accountability reporting in all areas of EGSEE performance.
Filled with features and practical examples relevant to professionals of all levels, corporate leaders, directors and executives, as well as auditors, practitioners, and educators, this timely and essential book discusses:
How organizations focused on sustainability performance and accountability reporting can reflect their key performance indicators (KPIs) in every area of EGSEE business affairs
The importance of sustainability performance, reporting, and assurance
The initiatives, rules, regulations, and standards of performance and reporting
Emerging issues and best practices of sustainability performance, reporting, and assurance
Future trends in sustainability performance
Organizations worldwide recognize the importance of sustainability performance and accountability reporting. However, how to actually implement sustainability reporting remains a major challenge. Read Corporate Sustainability and discover how to fully―and successfully―integrate sustainability into your business’s reporting and performance management systems.
From the Back Cover
Corporate Sustainability
Integrating Performance and Reporting
Global businesses are under close scrutiny and profound pressure from lawmakers, regulators, the investment community, and their diverse stakeholders to focus on sustainability and accept accountability and responsibility for their multiple bottom lines of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) performance. Would you like to leave more resources for the next generation? Watch your business grow continuously? Have an ethical and competent organizational culture?
Presenting recent developments in sustainability performance and sustainability reporting and assurance, Corporate Sustainability sheds light on the importance, relevance, and benefits of business sustainability and accountability reporting in all areas of EGSEE performance.
Filled with features and practical examples relevant to professionals of all levels, corporate leaders, directors and executives, as well as auditors, practitioners, and educators, this timely and essential book discusses:
How organizations focused on sustainability performance and accountability reporting can reflect their key performance indicators (KPIs) in every area of EGSEE business affairs
The importance of sustainability performance, reporting, and assurance
The initiatives, rules, regulations, and standards of performance and reporting
Emerging issues and best practices of sustainability performance, reporting, and assurance
Future trends in sustainability performance
Organizations worldwide recognize the importance of sustainability performance and accountability reporting. However, how to actually implement sustainability reporting remains a major challenge. Read Corporate Sustainability and discover how to fully and successfully integrate sustainability into your business’s reporting and performance management systems.
About the Author
ANN BROCKETT is the Americas Assurance Leader for Climate Chang and Sustainability Services at Ernst & Young. Ms. Brockett serves a broad range of clients to identify and develop alternatives that address emerging risk areas and in providing financial and non-financial assurance services.
ZABIHOLLAH REZAEE is the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence and Professor of Accountancy at the University of Memphis. He served a two-year term on the Standing Advisory Group (SAG) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
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