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Sustainability Reporting: A Financial Reporting Perspective

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This paper examines incentive effects of sustainability reporting, based on proposals for mandatory sustainability reporting standards in the EU, the US, and the IFRS Foundation, and highlights conceptual differences between sustainability and financial reporting. Sustainability reporting is an instrument of transparency regulation intended to influence management decisions. It requires disclosure of a large set of data points but does not provide aggregate measures. It is production-oriented and does not include accruals. It expands reporting to include disclosure of long-term policies and targets, and of information of firms in the value chain. Consequently, sustainability reporting is not very useful for tracking sustainability performance and for comparisons across firms. Overall, it would benefit from applying more generally accepted accounting concepts.

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  • Alfred Wagenhofer, 2024. "Sustainability Reporting: A Financial Reporting Perspective," Accounting in Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acceur:v:21:y:2024:i:1:p:1-13
    DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2023.2218398
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