Prelims
Environmentalism and NGO Accountability
ISBN: 978-1-83909-002-8, eISBN: 978-1-83909-001-1
ISSN: 1479-3598
Publication date: 27 November 2020
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(2020), "Prelims", Yekini, K.C., Yekini, L.S. and Ohalehi, P. (Ed.) Environmentalism and NGO Accountability (Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xiii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-359820200000009010
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Environmentalism and NGO Accountability
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Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management
Series Editor: | Venancio Tauringana |
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Volume 6: | Social and Environmental Accounting in Brazil, 2017 |
Volume 5: | Accounting for the Environment: More Talk and Little Progress, 2014 |
Volume 4: | Sustainability, Environmental Performance and Disclosures, 2010 |
Volume 3: | Environmental Accounting: Commitment or Propaganda, 2006 |
Volume 2: | Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, 2003 |
Volume 1: | Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, 2000 |
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Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management Volume 9
Environmentalism and NGO Accountability
Edited by
Kemi C. Yekini
SOAS University of London, UK
Liafisu Sina Yekini
University of Derby, UK
Paschal Ohalehi
De Montfort University, UK
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List of Abbreviations
- AccountAbility
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Institute for Social and Ethical Accountability
- ACUI
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Africa Clean Up Initiative
- CBO
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Community-based Organisations
- CSR
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Corporate Social Responsibility
- CSRO
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Corporate Social Responsibility Officer
- ENGO
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Environmental NGO
- EPR
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Extended Producer Responsibility
- ESG
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Environmental Social Governance
- FBRA
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Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance
- FCDA
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Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis
- FEPA
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Federal Environmental Protection Agency
- FTSE 100
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Financial Times Stock Exchange 100
- GHG
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Greenhouse gas
- GRI
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Global Reporting Initiative
- IBEX 35
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Índice Bursátil Español 35 (Spanish Exchange Index)
- IIRC
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International Integrated Reporting Council
- JATAM
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Jaringan Anti Tambang (the Anti-Mining Advocacy Network)
- KPA
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Konsorsium Pembaruan Agraria (Consortium for Agrarian Reform)
- LAKIP
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Laporan Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah (Government Agencies' Performance Accountability Report)
- MNC
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Multinational Companies
- NESREA
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National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency
- NGDO
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Nongovernmental development organisations
- NGO
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Nongovernmental organisations
- NPM
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New Public Management
- PRO
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Producer Responsible Organisations
- PWC
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Price Waterhouse Coopers
- SAKIP
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Sistem Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah (Accountability System of Governmental Agencies' Performance)
- SASB
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Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- SENGO
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Socioenvironmental Nongovernmental Organisations
- SSA
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Sub-Saharan Africa
- UNCTAD
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNGC
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United Nations Global Compact
- WALHI
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Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Indonesian Forum for Environment)
- WCED
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World Commission on Environment and Development
List of Contributors
M. Achsin | Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia |
A. Aderin | Department of Accounting, University of Benin, Nigeria |
A.A. Adeyemi | Department of Accounting, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria |
J.O. Akande | Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia AND School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa |
A.J. Akindele | Department of Accounting, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria |
O.T. Bakare | Department of Accounting, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Nigeria |
A.M. Chijoke-Mgbame | Department of Accounting and Finance, De Montfort University, UK |
M. Doorasamy | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
H. Maama | Faculty of Accounting and Informatics: Management Accounting DepartmentDurban University of Technology, South Africa |
O.P. Mafimisebi | Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK |
C.O. Mgbame | Department of Accounting and Finance, De Montfort University, UK |
Paschal Ohalehi | De Montfort University, UK |
N.M. Ojo | Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK |
I.I. Okwuosa | Caleb University, Nigeria |
Yeney Widya Prihatiningtias | Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia |
O. Soyode | Department of Accounting, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria |
Habib Muhammad Shahib | Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia |
Eko Ganis Sukoharsono | Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia |
Kemi C. Yekini | SOAS University of London, UK |
Liafisu Sina Yekini | University of Derby, UK |
Preface
Environmentalism is an increasing concern of the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) arising from the strategic partnership that they provide for their governmental counterparts. Environmental rights are broad in terms of philosophy, ideology and social movement, such that the cooperation between governmental and NGO is fast becoming a necessity. It is increasingly becoming a reality that the natural environment and its continuous health must be protected and improved upon. The natural environment, which includes living things other than humans, deserves to be considered and should shape the morality of political, economic and social policies.
Accordingly, countries across the world are dealing with the environmental, social and economic impacts of rapid population growth, development and natural resource constraints. Consequently, there is an ongoing partnering with strong NGOs and environmental NGOs (ENGOs), communities and other institutions in dealing with these issues more successfully (Al Mubarak & Alam, 2012). In addition, there has been a growing debate on the accountability of ENGOs. The motivation of many ENGOs is to influence public opinion on important issues, knowing that public opinion will have to be responded to by the government (Meyer & Lupo 2010). Despite this, ENGOs play an important role in society and make vital environmental and social interventions in society through research, policy development and institutional capacity. This also includes helping with an independent dialogue with civil society to help people live more sustainable lifestyles (Al Mubarak & Alam, 2012) in a bid to address the issues arising from globalisation and otiose regulations. As a result, these organisations are increasingly filling the space created by the state in an effective service delivery to the most vulnerable in society, where they have had to deal with the effects that environmental unsustainability has had on them.
Nevertheless, environmental issues are still at the top of the development NGO missions' discourse because they aim to maintain both social and economic sustainable communities, with environmental sustainability being essential for long-term economic and social viability (Unerman & O'Dwyer, 2010). For example, the issue of global warming has an effect on the most vulnerable in society, particularly in developing countries, despite these countries contributing less to the global greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming (Global Humanitarian Forum, 2009). This volume, therefore, aims to extend the research on environmentalism and the NGOs' roles in promoting environmental accountability.
Acknowledgements
We wish to express our deep gratitude to Professor Ven Tauringana of the University of Southampton, the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management for inviting us to publish our special issue on Environmentalism and NGO Accountability. It has been a great pleasure working with him. We also want to appreciate all the contributing authors to this volume; the contributions are of high quality. Finally, we want to appreciate the expert referees for their contributions and for giving up their time to ensure that only high-quality papers are accepted into this volume.
References
Al Mubarak and Alam, 2012 Al Mubarak, R. , & Alam, T. (2012). The role of NGOs in tackling environmental issues. Middle East Institute Blog, 26 April 2012. Retrieved from https://www.mei.edu/publications/role-ngos-tackling-environmental-issues. Accessed on April 7, 2019.
Global Humanitarian Forum, 2009 Global Humanitarian Forum . (2009). Human Impact Report: Counting the human cost of climate change. Geneva: Global Humanitarian Forum.
Meyer and Lupo, 2010 Meyer, D. S. & L. Lupo . (2010). Assessing the politics of protest: Political science and the study of social movements. In B. Klandermans & C. Roggeband (Eds.), Handbook of social movements across disciplines (pp. 111–156). New York, NY: Springer.
Unerman and O'Dwyer, 2010 Unerman, J. , & O'Dwyer, B. (2010). NGO accountability and sustainability issues in the changing global environment. Public Management Review, 12(4), 475–486.
- Prelims
- Review of Environmentalism and NGO Accountability
- Achieving Sustainability through Environmental Social Governance Reporting: Overcoming the Challenges
- Developing Local Government's Socioenvironmental Accountability: Insights from Indonesian Socioenvironmental NGOs' Annual Reports
- Environmental Accountability, NGOS and Extended Producer Responsibility in Nigeria: The Views of Corporate Responsibility Officers and Accountants
- NGOs' Engagements and Ghana's Environmental Accounting Disclosure Quality
- Impact of the Oversight Role of NGOs on the Environmental Reporting and Social Responsibility of Listed Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria
- Reviewing the Business of Nongovernmental Organisations in African Transformation
- NGO Accountability on Environmentalism: A Literature Review of Relevant Issues and Themes
- Index