Institutional drivers of environmental management accounting adoption in public sector water organisations (2019)
Journal Article
Ferdous, M., Adams, C., & Boyce, G. (2019). Institutional drivers of environmental management accounting adoption in public sector water organisations. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32(4), 984-1012. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-09-2017-3145

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences on the adoption of environmental management accounting (EMA) in corporatised water supply organisations, from an institutional theory perspective, drawing on the concepts of reflexive is... Read More about Institutional drivers of environmental management accounting adoption in public sector water organisations.

The Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Volume 10: the next 10 years (2019)
Journal Article
Adams, C. (2019). The Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Volume 10: the next 10 years. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 10(2), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-05-2019-358

Social and Environmental Accounting and the Critical Accounting Project(s): In search of creative tension? (2018)
Book Chapter
Rob, G., Adams, C., & Owen, D. (2018). Social and Environmental Accounting and the Critical Accounting Project(s): In search of creative tension?. In R. Roslender (Ed.), The Routledge Companion of Critical Accounting (241-257). Routledge

How does responsible investing fit with the SDGs? (2018)
Other
Adams, C. (in press). How does responsible investing fit with the SDGs?

Let's talk value: How universities create value for students, staff and society (2018)
Book
Adams, C. (in press). Let's talk value: How universities create value for students, staff and society. Advanced HE

Debate: Integrated reporting and accounting for sustainable development across generations by universities (2018)
Journal Article
Adams, C. (2018). Debate: Integrated reporting and accounting for sustainable development across generations by universities. Public Money & Management, 38(5), 332-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2018.1477580

Case studies and action research (2018)
Book Chapter
Adams, C., Hoque, Z., & McNicholas, P. (in press). Case studies and action research. In Z. Hoque (Ed.), Methodological issues in accounting research. (2nd). Spiramus

Non execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting (2017)
Other
Adams, C. (in press). Non execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting

The Sustainable Development Goals, integrated thinking and the integrated report. (2017)
Book
Adams, C. (2017). The Sustainable Development Goals, integrated thinking and the integrated report. IIRC and ICAS

Editorial: Losses, tributes and carrying on (2017)
Journal Article
Adams, C. (2017). Editorial: Losses, tributes and carrying on. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 8(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-08-2017-0083

Conceptualising the contemporary corporate value creation processes (2017)
Journal Article
Adams, C. (2017). Conceptualising the contemporary corporate value creation processes. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 30(4), 906-931. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-04-2016-2529

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine and explain the complex interrelationships which influence the ability of firms to create value for their providers of finance and other stakeholders (loosely referred to in practice as ‘integrated thi... Read More about Conceptualising the contemporary corporate value creation processes.

Transformative change towards sustainability: the interaction between organisational discourses and organisational practices (2016)
Journal Article
Narayanan, V., & Adams, C. (2017). Transformative change towards sustainability: the interaction between organisational discourses and organisational practices. Accounting and Business Research, 47(3), 344-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1257930

This paper adopts a case study approach to explore the complex process of organisational change towards greater social and environmental sustainability. The case study of a major global financial services organisation involved interviews and examinat... Read More about Transformative change towards sustainability: the interaction between organisational discourses and organisational practices.

Exploring the implications of integrated reporting for social investment (disclosures) (2016)
Journal Article
Adams, C., Potter, B., Singh, P., & York, J. (2016). Exploring the implications of integrated reporting for social investment (disclosures). The British Accounting Review, 48(3), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2016.05.002

The purpose of this study is to examine the evolution of corporate reporting on social investment activities in the context of a global move toward integrated reporting approaches. The paper adopts both a conceptual and content analysis approach to e... Read More about Exploring the implications of integrated reporting for social investment (disclosures).

Corporate respect for Human Rights: meaning, scope, and the shifting order of discourse (2016)
Journal Article
McPhail, K., & Adams, C. (2016). Corporate respect for Human Rights: meaning, scope, and the shifting order of discourse. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 29(4), 650-678. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-09-2015-2241

Purpose – Drawing on Fairclough (1989, 2005), the purpose of this paper is to explore how respect for human rights is emerging and being operationalized in the discourse of 30 Fortune 500 companies in the mining, pharmaceutical and chemical industrie... Read More about Corporate respect for Human Rights: meaning, scope, and the shifting order of discourse.

How Integrated Reporting can help boards understand ESG risk: lessons from South Africa and Australia (2016)
Other
Adams, C. (in press). How Integrated Reporting can help boards understand ESG risk: lessons from South Africa and Australia

2015 Five years on: research that makes a difference to the relationship between organisations,society and the environment. (2015)
Journal Article
Adams, C. (2015). 2015 Five years on: research that makes a difference to the relationship between organisations,society and the environment. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-12-2014-0093

Understanding Integrated Reporting: A concise guide to integrated thinking and the future of corporate reporting. (2015)
Book
Adams, C. (2015). Understanding Integrated Reporting: A concise guide to integrated thinking and the future of corporate reporting. Do Sustainability

The evolution of corporate reporting (2015)
Other
Adams, C. (in press). The evolution of corporate reporting

VW Scandal: ethics versus profit (2015)
Other
Adams, C. (in press). VW Scandal: ethics versus profit

Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: challenges and opportunities for IR (2015)
Journal Article
Coulson, A., Adams, C., Nugent, M., & Haynes, K. (2015). Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: challenges and opportunities for IR. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 6(3), 290-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-05-2015-0032

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of the metaphor of capital, and to chart the development of the multiple capitals concept in the International Framework and consider how it might develop and be used. In doing so the pap... Read More about Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: challenges and opportunities for IR.