Digital Transformation of Sustainability Reporting - How Digital Technologies Are Reshaping Sustainability Accounting,

This book unpacks how emerging and established digital technologies (DTs) - from artificial intelligence and blockchain to cloud platforms and the Internet of Things - can transform sustainability reporting and data management, enhance decision-making, and improve accountability across value chains.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the Book 2. Sustainability Reporting: Origins, Progress to Date, Current and Emerging Challenges 3. Sustainability Disclosure Digital Taxonomies 4. The Digital Disruption and Digital Transformation of Sustainability Reporting 5. Current and Emerging Uses of Digital Technologies in Sustainability Reporting 6. Overcoming Barriers to Digital Technology Adoption for Measurement and Reporting Sustainability Performance and Impacts 7. Harnessing Digital Technologies for Sustainability: Benefits and Drivers of Adoption 8. Digital Technology Advancements and the Future of Sustainability Reporting 9. Bridging Finance, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation: The Evolving Role of Finance Professionals

About the author

Subhash Abhayawansa is Professor of Accounting at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.
Carol Adams is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Durham University, UK and Chair of Global Sustainability Standards Board, GRI.
Richard Busulwa is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia, and Co-Founder of Digitalkeys.io.
Mark Shying is an Industry Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Subhash Abhayawansa, Subhash Adams Abhayawansa, Carol Adams, Richard Busulwa, Shying Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032637891
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263789-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Studies in Accounting
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Corporate Finance, business strategy, Research & development management, Sales & marketing, Financial Accounting, Sales and marketing, Research and development management