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Read my articles and research papers
Here are a selection of articles and research papers that I have either authored or co-written with colleagues.
Apr 23, 2023
Assurance for sustainability: who is it really serving?
Assurance of sustainability reports is meant to tell us that the reporting has been done properly. Shouldn’t that question be answered ...
Mar 27, 2023
Falling in love with assurance and audit
A series of four blogs on the importance of assurance for sustainability reporting, the risk of adding to green or impact washing if we...
Feb 27, 2023
What is the purpose of social value
First published by Social Enterprise UK For those of us who think about social value in the context of the Social Value Act, the idea of...
Feb 27, 2023
The Future of Social Value in the UK
This discussion paper explores the importance for social value over the next ten years and aims to conceive a future for social value...
Nov 11, 2022
True and Fair? How directors should be presenting accounts in the 21st century
Right now, company directors’ reliance on international accounting standards means that sustainability issues are reported separately, if...
Aug 8, 2022
Change or die – financial accounting faces two options
The financial accounting system we use today is hurtling towards irrelevance, undermined by the very inequality to which it has ...
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