Accounting in the 21st Century Digital Transformation, Risk Governance, and Sustainability: Sustainability

Accounting in the 21st Century - Digital Transformation, Risk Governance, and Sustainability offers a comprehensive overview of the profound changes reshaping the accounting profession in a rapidly evolving global environment. This edited volume brings together fresh perspectives on how digital technologies, artificial intelligence, automation, and data analytics are transforming the production, verification, and utilization of accounting information for decision-making. It explores emerging challenges in risk management, cybersecurity, and organizational resilience, highlighting the growing importance of evidence-based governance in increasingly digitalized financial systems. Reflecting worldwide movements toward sustainability and ESG reporting, the book examines how environmental, social, and ethical considerations are redefining the scope of accounting practice and education. Through its combination of contemporary insights and forward-looking analysis, the volume illustrates the expanding role of accounting in addressing complex societal and organizational needs. Readers will gain an understanding of key developments shaping the future of financial reporting, assurance, risk oversight, and sustainable value creation. Designed for academics, practitioners, regulators, and students, this book provides a timely and accessible resource for navigating the opportunities and responsibilities that characterize accounting in a data-driven, interconnected, and sustainability-oriented century.