Sustainability in Accounting Management and Corporate Governance
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2024) | Viewed by 7198
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainability accounting; communications; policy and accountability; business action for sustainability
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Interests: social accounting; accountability in diverse settings; gender and diversity in professions; accounting education and business ethics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, sustainability is addressed from three perspectives: accounting, management, and governance. As such, in relation to each area, various topics are addressed including carbon accounting, management for the implementation of sustainable development goals in business, and corporate governance practices for sustainability.
As such, this Special Issue serves as a critical resource for multi-disciplinary business, organizational, market, and policy research from three important perspectives to promote critical sustainability initiatives.
I would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Sustainability with three key areas of focus: sustainability accounting (and accountability), management and sustainability, and governance for sustainability. By combining these three areas together, this Special Issue will serve as a critical reference for a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability thinking and practice. Sustainability-focused accounting, management and governance serve as pillars of business (and organizational) sustainability performance and reporting. Management decisions and actions are necessary for environmental and social performance. Leadership and governance initiatives such as policy and cultural changes as well as resource allocation for sustainability action are required for meaningful steps towards sustainability in an organisation. Sustainability accounting serves two critical functions: as an instrument for sustainability management (as relevant management accounting practices) and as sustainability reporting (for internal and external purposes).
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase high-quality articles that address one or more of the key areas under consideration. This Special Issue comes under the socio-economic focus of sustainability, with its three-pronged approach to business and sustainability.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Multiple approaches to sustainability (social and environmental) accounting and accountability including but not limited to sustainability reporting, environmental management accounting tools and practices, and social accounting tools and practices;
- Management for sustainability, for example, management planning and action for implementing sustainable development goals;
- Governance, for example, corporate governance policies and actions for sustainability. Government policy and action for sustainability may also be addressed as a broader governance consideration.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tehmina Khan
Dr. Pavithra Siriwardhane
Dr. Sarath Ukwatte
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- sustainability accounting and accountability
- management for sustainability and governance for sustainability
