Generation Impact: International Perspectives on Impact Accounting

The mistrust in big business and major politicians is due to a lack of accountability between decision-makers and recipients. Generation Impact brings together lessons from developed and developing economies, shares current best practice, and suggests future trends in impact accounting. It analyses social and environmental capital protocols, international convergence in impact investing, organisational management and capacity-building, and best practice in assurance and training.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 312 pages
\n Publication date: 08 January 2021
\n Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
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The mistrust in big business and major politicians, coupled with recent scandals in international development, has grown due to a blatant lack of accountability between decision-makers and recipients. Remedies lie within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the rise of social entrepreneurship, and the demand for responsible practices, all key drivers for social, rather than merely financial, returns on investments. However, accounting for such returns remains scattershot and unevenly implemented.

Generation Impact, a comprehensive book that brings together contributions from world-leading scholars and practitioners, aims to address this issue. The book explores lessons from both developed and developing economies, shares current best practices, and suggests future trends in impact accounting. It analyses social and environmental capital protocols, the international convergence in impact investing, organisational management and capacity-building, and best practices in assurance and training. Through its case studies, the book provides insights into a growing global community of practitioners, academics, impact investors, policy-makers, and organisations working to cement the central importance of accounting for social value.

Generation Impact stands out for its unique blend of scholarly research and boots-on-the-ground insights. It offers valuable insights for development scholars and students interested in social and environmental accounting, practitioners, senior managers, and executives concerned with organisational practice and its real impact on wider social and economic development. The book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and implementing impact accounting practices, and its case studies offer practical examples of how organisations can achieve social and environmental returns while contributing to the broader development agenda.

In conclusion, Generation Impact is a must-read for anyone interested in social and environmental accounting, practitioners, senior managers, and executives concerned with organisational practice and its real impact on wider social and economic development. Its comprehensive approach, combined with insights from leading scholars and practitioners, provides a valuable resource for building a more sustainable and equitable world.

\n Weight: 580g\n
Dimension: 159 x 238 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781789739305\n \n