CSEAR: Cultivating a discipline
This case study has been created from the Finance for the Future Awards. This entry was highly commended in the ‘Driving change through education, training and academia’ category.
CSEAR is a membership organisation and academic network that focuses on social and environmental accounting. Established in 1991, CSEAR has influenced the development of this area of accounting for nearly 30 years. Over this time, the discipline of social and environmental accounting has flourished, moving from a niche area of interest to a well-established area of research and practice. The forward-looking work of CSEAR – and its members – has helped to cultivate this shift.
‘It is difficult to imagine what social and environmental accounting would look like had CSEAR not existed. The judging panel was particularly impressed with the passion of individuals involved and their determination to create a space for the evolution of accounting practice.’
Finance for the Future Awards judges