Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal: Volume 11 Issue 5

Sustainability accounting, management and policy in China: recent developments and future avenues

Hongtao Shen, Artie W. Ng, John Zhang, Liyan Wang

This paper aims to reflect on the special issue that has collected studies by the research community in China pertinent to the country’s recent developments in sustainability…

Can corporate philanthropy be driven from the bottom to the top? Evidence from China

Lin Zhang, Shenjiang Mo, Honghui Chen, Jintao Wu

This paper aims to demonstrate that corporate philanthropy can be driven from the bottom to the top. In particular, the authors investigate whether employees’ donations influence…

Media coverage and impression management in corporate social responsibility reports: Evidence from China

Zhengyong Zhang, Hong Chen

Because corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports in China are surging in quantity but are low in quality, impression management in CSR reports has become a hot research topic…

Online sustainability reporting at universities: the case of Hong Kong

Yi An, Howard Davey, Harun Harun, Zebin Jin, Xin Qiao, Qun Yu

The purpose of this study is to examine the current state of online sustainability reporting in the Hong Kong higher education sector from a variety of perspectives.

Does policy uncertainty affect corporate environmental information disclosure: evidence from China

Yue Pan, Qiuping Chen, Pengdong Zhang

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how policy uncertainty affect corporate environmental information disclosure.

Help or resistance? Product market competition and water information disclosure: evidence from China

Zhifang Zhou, Tao Zhang, Jiachun Chen, Huixiang Zeng, Xiaohong Chen

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition and firms’ water information disclosure and how firms’ ownership type can affect this relationship in…

The role of Chinese people’s political consultative conference in environmental governance: Evidence from environmental proposals

Yankun Zhou, Xiaoqiang Zhi, Huiying Wu, Yongqing Li

This paper aims to examine the role of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a political advisory body in China, in addressing environmental challenges.