Accounting for sustainability : practical insights / edited by Anthony Hopwood, Jeffrey Unerman and Jessica Fries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Anthony Hopwood, Jeffrey Unerman and Jessica Fries -- 2. The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project: Creating 21st Century Decision-Making and Reporting Systems to Respond to 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities / Jessica Fries, Karen McCulloch and Will Webster -- 3. Sainsbury's: Embedding Sustainability in the Supermarket Supply Chain / Laura J. Spence and Leonardo Rinaldi -- 4. Using the Connected Reporting Framework as a Driver of Change within EDF Energy / Linda Lewis and David Ferguson -- 5. A Golden Thread for Embedding Sustainability in a Local Government Context: The Case of West Sussex County Council / Suzana Grubnic and David Owen -- 6. Building from the Bottom, Inspired from the Top: Accounting for Sustainability and the Environment Agency / Ian Thomson and Georgios Georgakopoulos -- 7. Evolution of Risk, Opportunity and the Business Case in Embedding Connected Reporting at BT / Jeffrey Unerman and Brendan O'Dwyer -- 8. Sustainability and Organizational Connectivity at HSBC / Alnoor Bhimani and Kazbi Soonawalla -- 9. 'One Aviva, Twice the Value': Connecting Sustainability at Aviva plc / Martin Brigham, Paraskevi Vicky Kiosse and David Otley -- 10. Integrated Reporting at Novo Nordisk / Colin Dey ana John Burns -- 11. Conclusions.

"Most companies still don't have a clue about the full extent of their impacts on the environment - let alone the full monetized cost of those impacts. The eight case studies provide an invaluable starting point in terms of accounting more intelligently for those impacts.' Jonathon Porritt, Founder director, Forum for the Future" "À comprehensive and wide-ranging series of case studies that collectively make the business case for connected reporting, while providing a rich source of practical advice on how to make sustainability part of an organization's DNA.' Lord Sharman of Redlynch OBE, Chairman, Aviva plc" "If businesses and other organizations are to meet the many and complex challenges of sustainable development, then they all, both public and private, need to embed sustainability considerations into their decision-making and reporting. However, the translation of this aspiration into effective action is often inhibited by the lack of systems and procedures that take sustainability into account." "Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights will help organizations to address these issues." "In-depth cases studies from Aviva, BT, the Environment Agency, EDF Energy, HSBC, Novo Nordisk, Sainsbury's and West Sussex County Council show in detail how accounting for sustainability works in practice in a wide range of organizational contexts." "The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project was launched by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2004 to help ensure that sustainability is not just talked and worried about, but becomes embedded in organisations' D NA'. The Project works with businesses, investors, the public sector, accounting bodies, NGOs and academics to develop practical guidance and tools for embedding sustainability into decision-making and reporting processes."--BOOK JACKET.