Accounting for Sustainability

Accounting for Sustainability offers an overview of sustainability reporting’s growth, current use, and future direction. It decodes terms like CSR, sustainability accounting, and ESG disclosures. The book covers financial management and capital markets, with new chapters on CSRD, ESRS, and ISSB, plus digitalisation and assurance.

Gunnar Rimmel is Professor and Chair in Accounting and Sustainability Reporting and Head of the Accounting Research Group at Aalborg University Business School, Denmark. He previously held the Chair in Accounting at Henley Business School, UK, and held senior academic positions in Sweden. A widely published researcher, he has led several externally funded research programmes and contributes actively to international accounting networks, including the European Accounting Association and CSEAR. His work has supported EFRAG, where he contributed to the development of implementation guidelines for the European Sustainability Reporting Standards. He also serves on the editorial boards of leading journals in accounting and sustainability.