scholarly journals Contemporary Accounting Issues: Carbon Disclosures & Environmental Liabilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Cheng

1.Legitimacy Theory 2.Introduction to GHG Accounting and Climate Related Risks 3.Users of Climate related Financial Disclosures 4.Task Force’s Recommendations on climate related Financial Disclosures 5.Climate related risks and opportunities (Based on TCFD & CDP) 6.Climate related Financial Disclosures Disclosure Guidance 7.TCFD’s Recommendations Status of Adoption 8.Environmental Liabilities ExxonMobil Case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Cheng

1.Legitimacy Theory 2.Introduction to GHG Accounting and Climate Related Risks 3.Users of Climate related Financial Disclosures 4.Task Force’s Recommendations on climate related Financial Disclosures 5.Climate related risks and opportunities (Based on TCFD & CDP) 6.Climate related Financial Disclosures Disclosure Guidance 7.TCFD’s Recommendations Status of Adoption 8.Environmental Liabilities ExxonMobil Case study


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Cheng

1.Legitimacy Theory 2.Introduction to GHG Accounting and Climate Related Risks 3.Users of Climate related Financial Disclosures 4.Task Force’s Recommendations on climate related Financial Disclosures 5.Climate related risks and opportunities (Based on TCFD & CDP) 6.Climate related Financial Disclosures Disclosure Guidance 7.TCFD’s Recommendations Status of Adoption 8.Environmental Liabilities ExxonMobil Case study


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1011-1028
Author(s):  
Jacobo Ramirez ◽  
Claudia Vélez‐Zapata

PurposeWe explore and explain how academic organizations attempt to establish legitimacy in a transition to a postconflict context, and we examine the ethical challenges that emerge from insightful approaches to formal education in such contexts.Design/methodology/approachWe use legitimacy theory to present a case study of a business school in Medellin, Colombia (herein referred to by the pseudonym BS-MED) in the empirical setting of the end of the most prolonged armed conflict in the world.FindingsWe identify the mechanisms implemented by BS-MED to comply with the Colombian government's peace process and rhetoric of business profitability and the faculty members' initiatives in response to social and academic tensions.Originality/valueThis study identifies the sources of the tensions and discrepancies between the regulatory and pragmatic versus moral and cultural-cognitive criteria of legitimacy in transitions to a postconflict context. This examination advances our understanding of the challenges that organizations face regarding changes to legitimacy over time. The extreme setting of our case positions academics as key players who lead the search for legitimacy. This study challenges the understandings of legitimacy in the literature on organizations, which rarely consider broader sociopolitical transitions to a peace context.


Leadership ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174271502110552
Author(s):  
Ace V Simpson ◽  
Arménio Rego ◽  
Marco Berti ◽  
Stewart Clegg ◽  
Miguel Pina e Cunha

During times of suffering such as that inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, compassion expressed by leaders helps to ease distress. Doing so, those in a position to provide resources that might facilitate coping and recovery are attentive to the situations of distress. Despite an abundance of leadership theorizing and models, there still is little academic literature on compassionate leadership. To address this limitation, we present an exploratory case study of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, someone widely recognized for her compassionate leadership and frequently described in paradoxical terms (e.g. ‘kind and strong’; embodying ‘steel and compassion’). We address her compassionate leadership through the lenses of paradox theory, legitimacy theory and conservation of resources theory. We contribute a heuristic framework that sees various types of legitimacy leveraged synergistically to build resources and alleviate suffering – providing further legitimacy in an upward spiral of compassionate leadership.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-347
Author(s):  
Marzanna CHYBOWSKA

Realizacja strategii zrównoważonego rozwoju wymaga raportowania danych pozafinansowych obrazujących osiągnięcia w obszarze środowiska, społecznym i ładu korporacyjnego. Raportowanie pozafinansowe, jak też ujawnienia pozafinansowe w rocznych raportach finansowych, wynikać mogą z obowiązujących regulacji prawnych. Duże znaczenie w dalszym rozwoju raportowania pozafinansowego mają przyjęte ostatnio przez UE nowe regulacje prawne. Raportowanie pozafinansowe korzystać może z idei raportowania zintegrowanego, która oznacza więcej niż tylko publikowanie jednego raportu rocznego zawierającego dane finansowe i pozafinansowe. Przydatne staje się poznanie mechanizmu ewolucji raportowania pozafinansowego oraz integracji raportów finansowych z pozafinansowymi. W tym celu przeprowadzono studium przypadku polskiego pioniera raportowania integrowanego Grupy LOTOS S.A.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Arcangelo Marrone ◽  
Lara Oliva

According to the legitimacy theory, disclosure can be considered as a tool for responding to the changing perceptions of a company's stakeholders. Based on this theory, this study, through a case study, examines the reaction of companies in terms of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure to catastrophic events that have a negative effect on the corporate image. Specifically, this study examines the integrated reports provided by Atlantia in the two years preceding the collapse of the Morandi bridge and in the year of the catastrophic event. The results, however, do not demonstrate significant changes to the ESG disclosure by Atlantia following the catastrophic event. The changes made can in fact be considered as a normal evolution of disclosure policies and not as an attempt to repair the lost legitimacy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 3461
Author(s):  
Gustavo Aiex Lopes ◽  
Amarildo Da Cruz Fernandes ◽  
Estevão Freire

A publicação do novo marco legal do saneamento básico no Brasil – LEI Nº 14.026, de 15 de julho de 2020 definiu novos prazos iminentes para encerramento dos 3326 “lixões” e aterros controlados no território nacional. A importância do fim das atividades ou s adequação das áreas de disposição irregular de RSU é primordial para a eliminação/redução da contaminação dos compartimentos ambientais. Com as dificuldades financeiras e índices de avaliação de qualidade de áreas de disposição subjetivos – IQR (CETESB) e IQDR (INEA) pouco foi feito pelos gestores municipais nessas áreas. A fim de superar a subjetividade na utilização desses índices e direcionar ações efetivas, este trabalho propõe um novo Índice de Qualidade de Áreas de Disposição Irregular de RSU (IQUADI), baseada na Análise Hierárquica de Processo (AHP), definindo-se intervalos específicos para os critérios selecionados a partir de levantamento bibliográfico e documental. Os resultados finais mostram aos responsáveis pelos passivos ambientais se as atividades na área serão encerradas ou continuarão e quais medidas a serem adotadas. Verificaram-se divergências legais nos limites usualmente utilizados e novos limites foram propostos para os critérios componentes do IQUADI. A aplicação comparativa (estudo de caso) do IQUADI e do IQR no aterro controlado de Volta Redonda permitiu concluir que o IQR apresenta 58% de subjetividade para a seleção dos pesos de cada critério, ao contrário do IQUADI que apresentou valores específicos para cada intervalo selecionado integrante dos critérios. Subjectivity reduction in the MSW disposal areas classification through a new index applying Hierarchical Process Analysis: Quality Index of Irregular MSW Disposal Areas – IQUADIA B S T R A C TThe new legal framework publication for basic sanitation in Brazil in July 2020 defined new imminent deadlines for the closure of the 3326 “dumps” and controlled landfills in the national territory. The importance of the end of activities or the adequacy of MSW irregular disposal areas is essential for the elimination / reduction of contamination of environmental compartments. With the financial difficulties and the subjectivity of the quality assessment indexes of disposal areas - IQR (CETESB) and IQDR (INEA), little has been accomplished by municipal managers in these areas. In order to overcome the subjectivity in the use of these indices and direct effective actions, this work proposes a new Quality Index for MSW Irregular Disposal Areas (IQUADI), based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), defining specific intervals for the selected criteria from a bibliographic and documentary survey. The final results show those responsible for environmental liabilities whether activities in the area will be closed or will continue and what measures must be performed. Legal differences have been identified in the limits usually used and new values were proposed for the criteria that compose IQUADI. The comparative application (case study) of  IQUADI and IQR in the controlled landfill of Volta Redonda allowed us to conclude that the IQR presents 58% subjectivity for the selection of the weights of each criterion, in contrast to the IQUADI which presented specific values for each interval selected integral to the criterion.Keywords: municipal solid waste, closure, quality index, analytical hierarchy process.


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