1st Edition
Sustainability Reporting and Blockchain Technology
This book explores the much talked about but less understood issue of sustainability reporting, in a global context, linking it to the application of blockchain and other emerging technologies. It provides a transnational platform to examine the experiences of investors, researchers, academicians, and policymakers as they confront these concerns across a variety of industries and countries, thus offering best-practice guidance to assess the technological landscape and to model sustainable business initiatives. It offers relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings. Further, it argues that in order to reduce ‘carbon footprints’ globally, by reporting all their emissions through a single blockchain platform, companies can create a standardized space for data to be collected and tracked reliably, allowing for meaningful measurements. The book benchmarks and analyses sustainability performance with respect to numerous laws, norms, codes, performance standards, and voluntary initiatives. It demonstrates how the organization influences and is influenced by expectations about sustainable development and emphasizes the link between financial and non-financial performance, enabling external stakeholders to understand the organization’s true value, along with tangible and intangible assets. It will enable readers to increase their understanding of the potential risks and opportunities and avoid environmental, social, and governance failures. The book provides insight into existing research, practice, and outcomes that could clarify and promote the state of the art on themes such as the drivers for sustainability reporting, Environmental, Social, and Governance goals, the influence of blockchain on sustainability reporting as well as the issues and challenges. The book will be a useful guide for scholars, researchers, students, practitioners, regulators and policymakers alike.
Part I: Blockchain and Sustainability Reporting
Chapter 1: Blockchain and ESG: Unfolding Landscape of Sustainable Reporting
Harjit Singh , Avneet Singh
Chapter 2: A bibliometric analysis of Blockchain in sustainability reporting
Dr. Anindita Chakravorty
Chapter 3: Role of Blockchain Technology in Sustainability Reporting
Jyoti Singh
Chapter 4: Blockchain Technology – A Robust Tool for CSR Communication
Md. Rashid Farooqi
Chapter 5: A Bibliometric Review on The Evolution of Technology in Sustainability Reporting: With Reference to Artificial Intelligence
Simrat Kaur
Chapter 6: Role of Blockchain in Enhancing the Quality of Sustainability Reporting
Khushboo Gulati
Chapter 7: Sustainability Reporting Determinants: A comparative Analysis between Asia and Europe
Faozi A. Almaqtari
Chapter 8: Opportunities and Challenges for Better Sustainability Reporting
Rahul Sharma
Chapter 9: A Bibliometric and Visualisation Analysis of ESG Investment Research from 2011 to 2022
Neha Seth
Part II: Applications of Blockchain and Sustainability Reporting
Chapter 10: An Investigation of Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Energy Sector -Beyond Myth
Nurcan Kilinc-Ata
Chapter 11: The Unchained Sustainability: Exploring the Ripple Effect of Blockchain Technology on Hospitality’s Environmental Resilience
Dr. Sunita Jatav
Chapter 12: Search for Value Creation Through Blockchain
Dr. Sanjeev Tewari
Chapter 13: Blockchain Technology Applications in CSR Reporting
Vichandana Bothra
Chapter 14: Blockchain Usage for CSR Reporting: Indian Perspectives and Corporate Practices
Dr. Narinder Kumar Bhasin
Chapter 15: Role of Blockchain in Sustainability Reporting in the Banking Sector
Dr Sunil Kadyan
Chapter 16: Blockchain-Based Traceability Solutions for Environmental Sustainability
Chitra Krishnan
Chapter 17: Blockchain Technology And Environment Sustainability
Prof. S. K. Jha
Part III: Industrial Use Cases in ECG and CSR
Chapter 18: Adoption of Blockchain in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
B R Singh,
Chapter 19: NextGen Strategies and Industry Use Cases in CSR and/or ESG
CA Jyot Baxi
Chapter 20: Blockchain technology enabler for CSR and ESG reporting
Dr. Roshan R
Chapter 21: Emerging Perspective on Corporate Sustainability Reporting-Main Drivers Amongst COVID 19
Dr. Deepika Dhingra
Part IV: Future Outlook and NextGen Strategies
Chapter 22: Cognitive Factors Motivating Blockchain Adoption Decisions in SCF for Indian MSMEs: Fuzzy-AHP-DEMETAL Approach
P.S.Biswa Bhusan Sahoo
Chapter 23: CEO attributes and CSR reporting in Jordan: new insight from the COVID-19 pandemic period
Belal Ali Abdulraheem Ghaleb
Chapter 24: Country readiness in adopting a standardized global sustainability reporting system: A Porter’s diamond model perspective
Senaratne, Samanthi
Chapter 25: Hydroponics and Sustainability: An Emerging Business Perspectives
Dr. Vidhi Tyagi
Chapter 26: Achieving Financial Inclusion Through Blockchain based Decentralized Finance and Fintech revolution
Dr Pallavi Kudal
Biography
Harjit Singh, Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies Noida, Symbiosis International University Pune, India
Neha Puri, Associate Professor, Amity College of Commerce & Finance, Amity University Noida, India
Nandita Mishra, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden
