Index

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), "Index", 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. 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-359820200000009009

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INDEX

Accountability
, 13–14, 114

defined
, 148–149

environmental. See also Environmental accountability
, 59–61

governance mechanisms
, 124

Indonesia
, 5

mechanisms
, 141–142

NGO accountability. See NGO accountability

perception
, 56–57

socioenvironmental. See Socioenvironmental accountability

vulnerability
, 59–61

Accountants
, 22, 65

companies benefit
, 72

economic motivation
, 72

management and financial
, 77

semi-structured interview
, 4

Africa

developmental transformation
, 6

economic policies and transformative development
, 126–128

environmental transformation
, 130–133

NGOs’ management
, 125–130

non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 133–134

shortcomings of NGOs
, 130

socioeconomic impact
, 133–134

West Africa
, 84

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
, 57–58

Community-based organisations (CBOs)
, 126–127

Corporate governance
, 12–13, 87, 133

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 31, 65, 132

Corporate Social Responsibility Officers (CSROs)
, 57–58, 68

Disclosure quality
, 84–86, 91–92

environmental
, 95

Downward accountability
, 3, 56, 60–61, 146–147

ENGOs. See Environmental nongovernmental organisations (ENGOs)

Environment. See specific types

Environmental accountability
, 56–58

food and beverage industry, Nigeria
, 63–64

research design
, 65–66

responsibility-induced motivation
, 71–73

and vulnerability
, 59–61, 66–70

Environmental accounting
, 4–5, 16

defined
, 86

environmental costs
, 111–112

environmental data
, 111

firms
, 91–92

greenhouse gas emissions
, 111

NGOs’ engagements and Ghana
, 84–97, 100–102

Nigeria
, 115

validity and reliability
, 93–94

Environmentalism

corporate
, 10

NGOs’ accountability
, 3–7

non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 142–144

Environmental nongovernmental organisations (ENGOs)
, 1, 113

accountability
, 7

international
, 3

intervention capacity
, 119

Nigeria
, 118

problem
, 109

United Nations funding
, 119

Environmental pollution
, 144–146

Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
, 4, 10

concepts
, 12–14

disclosures and sustainability
, 14–17

motivation
, 12–14

Executive Secretary (ES)
, 73

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
, 58

NGOs environmental accountability
, 73–75

Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (FCDA)
, 34

Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA)
, 112

Generalised method of moments (GMM)
, 85–86, 90–91

regression models
, 98

two-step dynamic system
, 99–100

Ghana
, 131–132

environmental accounting
, 84

firms
, 84

generalised method of moments (GMM)
, 90–91

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)
, 90

sustainable development
, 115

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 13, 91

Governance

accountability
, 29

collaborative
, 131

corporate
, 12–13

Indonesian government
, 35–36

issue
, 145

local government’s
, 34

partnership-led
, 131

sustainable
, 38–40

Government

corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 31

ecological management and accountability
, 28

India
, 109

Indonesia
, 5

Nigeria
, 63–64

policies and practices
, 29

socioenvironmental accountability
, 30–32

Zambia
, 131–132

Indonesia

leading nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)
, 38–45

local governments
, 5

natural resources sectors
, 28

nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)
, 34–36

social–political landscape
, 30

socioenvironmental accountability
, 38–45

socio-environmental NGOs (SENGOs)
, 5

International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)
, 13

Issues

environmental
, 2–3

environmental accountability
, 67–68

governance and accountability
, 145

rural economic development
, 115

social responsibility
, 15

socioenvironmental
, 5, 12

sustainability
, 3, 10

Luangwa Valley Project
, 131–132

Management accounting
, 18–19

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
, 133

Mission drift
, 61

Multinational corporations (MNCs)
, 2, 71–72

Multinational firms
, 93

National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
, 63–64

Natural resource management (NRM)
, 130–131

Net profit margin (NPM)
, 90–91, 116

New Public Management
, 5, 30

NGO accountability
, 1, 61–63

attainment
, 148–151

environmentalism
, 139–142, 142–148

research agenda
, 6–7

and sustainability issues
, 3

NGOs. See Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

NGOs’ engagement
, 7

dummy variable
, 102

environmental disclosure
, 94

Ghana
, 90–91

NGOs’ environmentalism
, 142–144

Nigeria
, 13

environmental regulation
, 112

food and beverage industry
, 63–64

pollution control
, 109–110

Nonfinancial information (NFI)
, 88–89

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 1, 108

accountability. See also NGO accountability
, 61–63, 148–151

Africa
, 130, 133–134

Australia
, 88

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
, 57–58

concept of
, 112–113

Corporate Social Responsibility Officers (CSROs)
, 57–58

donor accountability and mission drift
, 62

downward accountability
, 56

environmental accountability
, 57

environmental NGOs
, 119

environmental reporting
, 110

Indonesian sociopolitical landscape
, 34–36

leading NGOs
, 29–30, 38–45

management
, 125–130

social responsibility
, 110

socioenvironmental nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)
, 28

Ordinary least square (OLS)
, 97

Perception
, 56–57

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)
, 15

Producer responsibility
, 71

Profit-making organisations
, 139–140

Random effect (RE) models
, 99

Regression analysis
, 97–100

Responsibility-induced motivation
, 71–73

Return on assets (ROA)
, 116, 118

SDGs. See Sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Self-regulation
, 128–130, 151

Social

accountability
, 88

auditing
, 151

entrepreneurship
, 134

environmental impacts
, 10

implications
, 16

order
, 36

practice
, 36

responsibility
, 12, 109

security
, 29

services
, 127

viability
, 2

Social auditing
, 151

Socioenvironmental accountability
, 28–30, 45–46

analysis
, 38–45

government bodies
, 30–32

Indonesian sociopolitical landscape
, 34–36

research method
, 36–38

Socio-environmental NGOs (SENGOs)
, 5

Stakeholders salience theory
, 113

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
, 127

Sustainability
, 2–3, 12, 14–17, 142–144

economic
, 146

environmental
, 65–66, 86

health services
, 127

issues
, 3

reporting
, 19

urban
, 131

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
, 13

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 3

Sustainable developments
, 6, 29, 111, 125

Themes
, 38, 66, 91

Transformation

Africa
, 3, 125, 130–133

sustainable and developmental
, 6

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
, 13

Variance Inflation factor (VIF)
, 117

Vulnerability
, 59–61

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
, 72

WhatsApp
, 65

Wildlife Fund
, 3

World Bank
, 60, 109, 147

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED)
, 144–145