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.
ANN BROCKETT is the Americas Assurance Leader for Climate
Change 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).
