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Amanda Sonnerfeldt

Senior lecturer, Assistant head Accounting and Corporate Finance, Department of Business Administration

Amanda Sonnerfeldt. Photo

Regulating Third Party Assurance Engagements on Sustainability Reports : Insights from the Swedish Case

Author

  • Amanda Sonnerfeldt

Summary, in English

It is a well-institutionalised notion that information subjected to assurance (audit) by third parties contributes to better quality information for decision making. In the field of sustainability reporting, who are providing assurance and how is quality regulated? What are the challenges of regulating sustainability assurance through standards? What role can hard law play to strengthen reporting and assurance as tools to support sustainable companies?

Department/s

  • Department of Business Law

Publishing year

2014-07-25

Language

English

Pages

137-140

Publication/Series

European Company Law

Volume

11

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Kluwer Law International

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • sustainability assurance
  • auditing
  • regulation
  • standards

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1572-4999