For two years 41 scholars from all across the globe worked together to produce the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting, distilling 30 years of academic research and practitioner experience, covering geographically specific as well as global issues.
On 6 Sep 2021 a launch event for the Handbook took place, hosted by Matt Sorola of Toulouse Business School, providing a unique opportunity to hear from a number of contributing authors in three panel discussions.
Combining pre-recorded videos and live sessions, the panels explore the motivation, thinking and implications of these authors’ contribution to the book. All contributors view the book not as the end of a project but as the start of a new phase of environmental accounting in world in urgent need of reforms, and the panels provide reflections from authors on the significance of the book, and of Environmental Accounting.
Editors who participated in the event are:
- Jan Bebbington - the Rubin Professor of Sustainability in Business and Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University, UK.
- Carlos Larrinaga - Professor of Accounting at the University of Burgos, Spain.
- Brendan O’Dwyer - Professor of Accounting at the Alliance Manchester Business School, UK, and the University of Amsterdam Business School, the Netherlands.
- Ian Thomson - Professor of Accounting and Sustainability at Birmingham Business School, UK, and the director of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Teaching materials
As a result of the event, we can now present three sets of teaching materials below, where co-editors of, and contributors to, the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting, discuss key issues.: they've been edited to around 45 minutes so that they can be used in teaching programmes.
All videos have closed captions - to view these, please click on the button labelled [CC] at the bottom of the video.
Session 1 - Discussion with the co-editors
Co-editors of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting Jan Bebbington, Carlos Larrinaga, Brendan O'Dwyer and Ian Thomson discuss how the Handbook came together, the importance of ecological literacy, 'methodising', the relationship between environmental accounting and governance, and the future of environmental accounting.
Session 2: Accounting for Water, Biodiversity and Carbon
Co-editor Jan Bebbington discusses key thematic topics in environmental accounting (water, biodiversity and carbon) with contributors Robert Charnock, Clément Feger and Shona Russell.
Session 3: Global to local perspectives
Co-editor Carlos Larrinaga speaks to some of the contributors to the section on Global and Local perspectives: Matthew Sorola, Osamuyimen Egbon, Mercy Denedo, Tiffany Leung and Glenn Finau.
Additional resources
These discussion sessions, all approx. 30 mins in length, were recorded as part of the launch of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting which took place on 6 Sep 2021. Each responds to one of the videos listed above, and digs deeper into some of the issues raised.
All videos have closed captions - to view these, please click on the button labelled [CC] at the bottom of the video.
Webinar discussion 1
Webinar discussion following 'Session 1: discussion with the co-editors': with co-editors of the Handbook Jan Bebbington, Carlos Larrinaga, Brendan O'Dwyer and Ian Thomson. Chaired by Matt Sorola.
Webinar discussion 2
Webinar discussion following 'Session 2: Accounting for Water, Biodiversity and Accounting': with contributors to the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting Robert Charnock, Clément Feger and Shona Russell. Chaired by Jan Bebbington.
Webinar discussion 3
Webinar discussion following 'Session 3: Global to local perspectives': with contributors to the Handbook Tiffany Leung and Matthew Sorola. Chaired by Carlos Larrinaga.
Webinar - final discussion
Final webinar discussion of the launch of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting, including reflections on the day. Includes contributor Tiffany Leung and co-editors Jan Bebbington, Carlos Larrinaga, Brendan O'Dwyer and Ian Thomson. Chaired by Matt Sorola.
Other resources
Other resources for education and practice
