...Ammar Ali Gull; Irfan Haider Shakri; Faizul Haque; Rizwan Mushtaq Purpose We examine the influence of external sustainability assurance and the Big-4 assurance providers on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as the moderating impact of stakeholder orientation, environmental policy stringency...

...Yuxia Wang; Cao Wei; Rui Xue; Jinna Zhang Purpose This paper systematically reviews the existing litearture on sustainability assurance, integrating insights from firms’ motivations, theoretical frameworks, assurance standards, and influencing factors of sustainability assurance quality. Design...

...Clinton Free; Stewart Jones; Marie-Soleil Tremblay Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize insights from the emerging work in accounting on greenwashing and sustainability assurance and propose an agenda for future research in this area. Design/methodology/approach This article...

...). 14 01 2016 05 05 2016 05 05 2016 Emerald Publishing Limited 2016 Corporate governance Integrated sustainability reporting Sustainability performance Sustainability assurance Journal of Accounting Literature 36 (2016) 48 64 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect...