To read this content please select one of the options below:

Relevant Theories to Sustainability Reporting

Amina Mohamed Buallay (Ahlia University, Bahrain)

International Perspectives on Sustainability Reporting

ISBN: 978-1-80117-857-0, eISBN: 978-1-80117-856-3

Publication date: 16 September 2022

Abstract

This chapter reviews the relevant theories associated with sustainability reporting, in its first section nine theories supporting sustainability reporting were discussed. In the following section four theories against sustainability reporting were explained. The last section is the theoretical framework used in this book. The theoretical framework built based on integration of three theories: stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory and political-economy theory.

Keywords

Citation

Buallay, A.M. (2022), "Relevant Theories to Sustainability Reporting", International Perspectives on Sustainability Reporting, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 61-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-856-320221005

Publisher

:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2022 Amina Mohamed Buallay. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited