Prof. Jeffrey Unerman

 

Jeffrey Unerman is Professor of Sustainability Accounting at Lancaster University Management School.

His research and public policy work focuses on the role of accounting and accountability practices in helping organizations become more sustainable, recognizing the interdependencies between economic, social and environmental sustainability. A particular emphasis of this research is the potential and actual use of accounting in making the social and ecological impacts of organizational activities more transparent and in encouraging the embedding of sustainability within organizational decision-making.

Jeffrey is co-editor of Sustainability Accounting and Accountability (2014), co-author of Financial Accounting Theory – European Edition (2011) and co-editor of Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights (2010).

He is an Associate Editor of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and from 2012 to 2014 and was President of the British Accounting and Finance Association, the UK learned society for accounting and finance. He holds a PhD in social and environmental accounting from the University of Sheffield, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and an honorary member of CPA Australia. He is also a co-opted member of the ICAEW Council.

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