Business Sustainability in Asia : Compliance, Performance, and Integrated Reporting and Assurance

Get familiar with business sustainability in Asia Business Sustainability in Asia offers 12 chapters that cover different aspects of business sustainability with a keen focus on its implications in Asia. Anyone who is involved with business sustainability and corporate governance, the financial reporting process, investment decisions, legal and financial advising, assurance functions, and corporate governance education will be interested in this book. It examines business sustainability performance, reporting and assurance and their integration into strategy, governance, risk assessment, performance management, and the reporting process of disclosing governance, ethics, social, environmental, and economic sustainable performance. The book also highlights how people, businesses, and resources collaborate in a business sustainability and accountability model. • Develop an awareness and understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, and issues pertaining to corporate governance and business sustainability in Asia • Covers a variety of issues relevant to business sustainability in Asia • Authored by an expert who has written extensively on the subject • Understand why organizations worldwide recognize the importance of sustainability performance If you’re a business leader, executive, auditor, or student looking to familiarize yourself with this emerging subject, Business Sustainability in Asia has you covered. Cover......Page 1 BusinessSustainabilityin Asia:Compliance, Performance, andIntegrated Reporting and Assurance......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 18 Preface......Page 19 Acknowledgments......Page 22 List of Abbreviations......Page 23 1 Introduction to BusinessSustainability......Page 26 2 Sustainability Principles, Theories,Research and Education......Page 47 3 Institutional Settings in Asia Relevantto Business Sustainability......Page 76 4 Drivers and Sources of BusinessSustainability Initiatives in the WorldIncluding Asia......Page 98 5 Financial Economic Dimensionof Sustainability......Page 149 6 Governance Dimensionof Sustainability......Page 184 7 Social Dimension of Sustainability......Page 254 8 Ethical Dimension of Sustainability......Page 283 9 Environmental Dimension ofSustainability......Page 312 10 Business Sustainability PerformanceReporting and Assurance......Page 336 11 Emerging Issues in SustainabilityPerformance, Reportingand Assurance......Page 371 Index......Page 410 **Get familiar with business sustainability in Asia**__Business Sustainability in Asia__It examines business sustainability performance, reporting and assurance and their integration into strategy, governance, risk assessment, performance management, and the reporting process of disclosing governance, ethics, social, environmental, and economic sustainable performance. The book also highlights how people, businesses, and resources collaborate in a business sustainability and accountability model.- Develop an awareness and understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, and issues pertaining to corporate governance and business sustainability in Asia- Covers a variety of issues relevant to business sustainability in Asia- Authored by an expert who has written extensively on the subject- Understand why organizations worldwide recognize the importance of sustainability performanceIf you're a business leader, executive, auditor, or student looking to familiarize yourself with this emerging subject,has you covered. 3 Global Move Toward Sustainability Performance, Reporting and Assurance4 Institutional Settings in Asia; 4.1 Institutional Settings in Mainland China; 4.2 Institutional Settings in Hong Kong; 4.3 Institutional Settings in India; 4.4 Institutional Settings in Indonesia; 4.5 Institutional Settings in Japan; 4.6 Institutional Settings in South Korea; 4.7 Institutional Settings in Malaysia; 4.8 Institutional Settings in the Philippines; 4.9 Institutional Settings in Singapore; 4.10 Institutional Settings in Taiwan; 4.11 Institutional Settings in Thailand; 4.12 Institutional Settings in Vietnam