[voew-listserver] Call for Papers - 13th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
- From: Andrea Liesen <a.liesen@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:03:21 +0100
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Dear All,
we would herewith like to invite you to submit research papers related
to the track "Accounting for Sustainability", which we are organising at
the *13th Annual International Sustainable Development Research
Conference, *June 10-12, 2007 in Västerås, at the beautiful lake
Mälaren, Sweden.
_Track 17: Accounting for Sustainability_
Sustainability information needs to be compatible with the management
logic in order to be integrated into everyday decision making. Research
on environmental, social and sustainability accounting can look back on
a track record of more than twenty-five years. At the same time, the
corporate practice of sustainability accounting is quite disillusioning.
Despite the growing numbers of environmental and sustainability reports,
the growing popularity of concepts like CSR, ever more business networks
and circles that are to show the high degree of commitment of the
private sector to sustainability, sustainability concerns still struggle
to find their way into everyday decision making in core business areas.
A number of highly relevant research questions and challenges concerning
sustainability accounting result:
*. How can sustainability aspects be translated into information that is
meaningful and relevant for everyday decision making in companies?
. What will pull sustainability accounting out of the green niche and
help to integrate it with standard accounting systems in companies?
. Does accounting for environmental and social costs provide a
meaningful contribution to Sustainable Development?
. How can sustainability accounting produce reliable and meaningful
information on the trade-offs between economic, environmental and social
concerns?
. Is there a need for a new paradigm for sustainability accounting or
does the established accounting system provide a fruitful and sound
basis for integrating sustainability information into core business
decision making?*
Above list gives examples for possible topics. This track invites both
empirical and conceptual papers that address questions related to these
research questions or in general to research questions that deal with
sustainability accounting and/or the link between sustainability
accounting and financial accounting. Please submit abstracts of no more
than 400 words to the track organiser. The deadline for submitting
abstracts is February 9, 2007.
For more information on the conference please visit
www.eki.mdh.se/sdconf07/.
More information on the track can be found at
www.eki.mdh.se/sdconf07/track17/.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Figge (figge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx),
St Andrews University & Sustainable Development Research Centre, UK
Tobias Hahn (t.hahn@xxxxxx),
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Germany
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