Sumit Lodhia

Research Interests

Accounting, auditing and accountability Corporate social responsibility Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

Teaching Strengths

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Management Accounting

Prof Sumit Lodhia

Professor

Office of Business and Law

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Sumit Lodhia is a Professor of Accounting in UniSA Business where he leads research focused on sustainability accounting, reporting, and governance. Sumit was presented with the annual Australasian - Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting (A-CSEAR) Hall of Fame Award for 2017.  The award is given to researchers who show leadership and a significant  contribution to research on sustainability accounting and reporting. For the last five years, Professor Lodhia has been ranked in  the top 2% of cited researchers globally for a single year and for overall career in 2023 and 2024 (Stanford University Top 2% World Scientist Ranking). 
Sumit has completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) at the University of the South Pacific, and a PhD from the Australian National University (ANU). He has published over 80 articles in a range of prestigious refereed journals and authored a book and several research reports. He is an associate editor  of Meditari Accountancy Research and  a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals.
Sumit has been awarded grants from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and CPA Australia, to support and continue his industry relevant research. He has presented his research at conferences nationally and internationally. Professor Lodhia is often a mentor at PhD colloquia associated with various conferences and has been/is on the technical committee for the AFAANZ and A-CSEAR conferences. He serves on the AFAANZ Board. Sumit is the author of the “Qualitative Pitch”, a research template for pitching qualitative research ideas.
Sumit has strong links to industry, enabling him to research the sustainability accounting practices of major Australian organisations, both public and private, and he applies his academic research through his teaching, lecturing on sustainability and management accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, mentoring lecturers and supervising PhD and Masters students.

  • Social, environmental and sustainability management, accounting and accountability, and reporting (includes carbon/climate change accounting and pricing)
  •  Integrated Reporting
  •  Corporate Communication with a focus on use of new media such as the world wide web, social media and virtual reality technologies
  •  Sustainability and the Mining industry
  •  Corporate Social Responsibility
  •  Accounting (especially Sustainability) education
  •  Accounting (especially sustainability accounting) in developing countries

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Executive Director, Centre for Markets Values and Inclusion University of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2019 Recognition Top 2% of cited researchers worldwide in single year and career Stanford University United States -
2017 Recognition Australasian – Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting (CSEAR) Hall of Fame Award Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Australia -

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Gujarati Can speak, understand spoken and peer review
Hindi Can speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2001 - 2007 Australian National University Australia Phd

Year Citation
2025 Lodhia, S. (2025). Sustainable development goals accounting and reporting for the 'Other' sector. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, 37(2), 350-360.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2025 Hogarth, K., Lodhia, S., Kaur, A., & Stone, G. (2025). Social media usage for sustainability reporting: a study of the Top 50 Australian companies. Meditari Accountancy Research, 33(2), 588-632.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2025 Kaur, A., Lodhia, S., & Lesue, A. (2025). Being left behind: disclosure strategies to manage the Juukan Gorge cave blast. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, 38(2), 700-729.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2025 Lodhia, S., Crutzen, N., & Leong, S. (2025). Management, reporting and assurance of the sustainable development goals in local government - an Australian case study. Meditari Accountancy Research, 33(7), 369-384.
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2025 Lodhia, S., Farooq, M. B., Sharma, U., & Zaman, R. (2025). Digital technologies and sustainability accounting, reporting and assurance: framework and research opportunities. Meditari Accountancy Research, 33(2), 417-441.
DOI Scopus9 WoS6
2024 Lodhia, S., Rice, J., Rice, B., & Martin, N. (2024). Assessment of electric vehicle adoption policies and practices in Australia: stakeholder perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 446(141300), 1-15.
DOI Scopus21 WoS17
2024 Maradona, A. F., Chand, P., & Lodhia, S. (2024). Professional skills required by accountants for applying international financial reporting standards: implications from Indonesia. Meditari Accountancy Research, 32(2), 269-293.
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2023 Arora, M. P., Lodhia, S., & Stone, G. W. (2023). Accountants' institutional work: a global study of the role of accountants in integrated reporting. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 20(5), 647-674.
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2023 Lodhia, S., Kaur, A., & Kuruppu, S. C. (2023). The disclosure of sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the top 50 Australian companies: substantive or symbolic legitimation?. Meditari Accountancy Research, 31(6), 1578-1605.
DOI Scopus52 WoS44
2022 Arora, M. P., Lodhia, S., & Stone, G. W. (2022). Preparers' perceptions of integrated reporting: a global study of integrated reporting adopters. Accounting and Finance, 62(1), 1381-1420.
DOI Scopus19 WoS16
2022 Arora, M. P., Lodhia, S., & Stone, G. (2022). Enablers and barriers to the involvement of accountants in integrated reporting. Meditari Accountancy Research, 30(3), 676-709.
DOI Scopus18 WoS14
2022 Lodhia, S., & Mitchell, N. A. (2022). Corporate social responsibility disclosures and reputation risk management post the banking royal commission: a study of the big four banks. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 19(2), 162-185.
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2021 Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. A. (2021). Editorial. Accounting Forum, 45(2), 117.
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2021 Ali, I., Lodhia, S., & Narayan, A. K. (2021). Value creation attempts via photographs in sustainability reporting: a legitimacy theory perspective. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29(2), 247-263.
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2021 Sandhu, S., Lodhia, S., Potts, A., & Crocker, R. (2021). Environment friendly takeaway coffee cup use: individual and institutional enablers and barriers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 291(125271), 1-11.
DOI Scopus28 WoS21
2021 Williams, B., & Lodhia, S. (2021). Integrated Reporting in public sector organisations: a study of Australian local councils. Journal of Environmental Management, 280(article no. 111833), 1-8.
DOI Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC1
2021 Faff, R. W., & Lodhia, S. (2021). ..More on the use of research templates. Accounting and Finance, 61(4), 5003-5023.
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2021 Williams, B., Lodhia, S., Arora, M. P., & Mcmanus, L. (2021). The institutional change in role of the public sector accountant in facilitating accountability: a longitudinal study of Australian local councils. Managerial Auditing Journal, 36(2), 314-333.
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2021 Lodhia, S., Sharma, U., & Low, M. (2021). Creating value: sustainability and accounting for non-financial matters in the pre- and post-corona environment. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29(2), 185-196.
DOI Scopus29 WoS23
2020 Rinaldi, L., Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. (2020). Accounting in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: a forum for academic research. Accounting Forum, 44(3), 180-183.
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2020 Kumarasiri, J., & Lodhia, S. (2020). The Australian carbon tax: corporate perceptions, responses and motivations. Meditari Accountancy research, 28(3), 515-542.
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2020 Lopatta, K., Bottcher, K., Lodhia, S. K., & Tideman, S. A. (2020). The relationship between gender diversity and employee representation at the board level and non-financial performance: a cross-country study. International Journal of Accounting, 55(1, article no. 2050001), 1-46.
DOI Scopus32 WoS28
2020 Lodhia, S., Kaur, A., & Stone, G. (2020). The use of social media as a legitimation tool for sustainability reporting: a study of the top 50 Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed companies. Meditari Accountancy research, 28(4), 613-632.
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2020 Lodhia, S. (2020). Pitching research: 'qualitative cousins', the 'extended family' and 'living harmoniously'. Accounting and finance, 60(3), 2879-2887.
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2020 Lopatta, K., Bottcher, K., Lodhia, S. K., & Tideman, S. A. (2020). Parity codetermination at the board level and labor investment efficiency: evidence on German listed firms. Journal of business economics, 90(1), 57-108.
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2020 Kuruppu, S., & Lodhia, S. (2020). Shaping accountability at an NGO: a Bourdieusian perspective. Accounting, auditing & accountability journal, 33(1), 178-203.
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2020 Lodhia, S., Martin, N., & Rice, J. (2020). Regulatory pluralism: positing priority actions in waste and recycling management. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 27(4), 415-433.
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2020 Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. A. (2020). Farewell tribute to professor Rob Gray. Accounting Forum, 44(3), 179.
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2019 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. (2019). Sustainability accounting, accountability and reporting in the public sector. Meditari accountancy research, 27(4), 498-504.
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2019 Lodhia, S. K., & Sharma, U. (2019). Sustainability accounting and reporting: recent perspectives and an agenda for further research. Pacific accounting review, 31(3), 309-312.
DOI Scopus20 WoS14
2019 Stone, G. W., & Lodhia, S. (2019). Readability of integrated reports: an exploratory global study. Accounting, auditing & accountability journal, 32(5), 1532-1557.
DOI Scopus60 WoS57
2019 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. K. (2019). Key issues and challenges in stakeholder engagement in sustainability reporting: a study of Australian local councils. Pacific accounting review, 31(1), 2-18.
DOI Scopus39 WoS29
2019 Kuruppu, S. C., & Lodhia, S. (2019). Disruption and transformation: the organisational evolution of an NGO. British accounting review, 51(100828), 1-15.
DOI Scopus26 WoS20
2019 Lodhia, S. (2019). What about your qualitative cousins? Adapting the pitching template to qualitative research. Accounting and finance, 59(1), 309-329.
DOI Scopus17 WoS16
2018 Lodhia, S., Martin, N., & Rice, J. (2018). Appraising offsets as a tool for integrated environmental planning and management. Journal of cleaner production, 178, 34-44.
DOI Scopus11 WoS8
2018 Lodhia, S. (2018). Is the medium the message?: Advancing the research agenda on the role of communication media in sustainability reporting. Meditari accountancy research, 26(1), 2-12.
DOI Scopus43 WoS39
2018 Lodhia, S., Martin, N., & Rice, J. (2018). One Stop Shopping as a regime: a crowdsourced analysis of integrated environmental approval policy. Australasian journal of environmental management, 25(4), 420-438.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. (2018). Stakeholder engagement in sustainability accounting and reporting: a study of Australian local councils. Accounting, auditing & accountability journal, 31(1), 338-368.
DOI Scopus139 WoS102
2018 Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. A. (2018). Editorial. ACCOUNTING FORUM, 42(3), V.
2018 Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. A. (2018). Editorial. ACCOUNTING FORUM, 42(4), V.
2018 Cho, C. H., Lodhia, S. K., Michelon, G., & Tilt, C. A. (2018). Editorial. ACCOUNTING FORUM, 42(2), V.
2017 Lodhia, S. (2017). The development of carbon management as a strategic practice: an Australian study. International Journal of Critical Accounting, 9(5/6), 481-493.
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2017 Lodhia, S., & Stone, G. (2017). Integrated reporting in an internet and social media communication environment: conceptual insights. Australian accounting review, 27(1), 17-33.
DOI Scopus75 WoS58
2017 Lodhia, S., Martin, N., & Rice, J. (2017). Extended producer responsibility for waste televisions and computers: a regulatory evaluation of the Australian experience. Journal of cleaner production, 164, 927-938.
DOI Scopus41 WoS39
2017 Arora, M. P., & Lodhia, S. (2017). The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill: exploring the link between social and environmental disclosures and reputation risk management. Journal of cleaner production, 140(3), 1287-1297.
DOI Scopus91 WoS71
2017 Lopatta, K., Jaeschke, R., Tchikov, M., & Lodhia, S. (2017). Corruption, corporate social responsibility and financial constraints: international firm level evidence. European management review, 14(1), 47-65.
DOI Scopus87 WoS75
2017 Lopatta, K., Tchikov, M., Jaeschke, R., & Lodhia, S. (2017). Sustainable development and microfinance: the effect of outreach and profitability on microfinance. Sustainable development, 25(5), 386-399.
DOI Scopus43 WoS28
2016 Martin, N., Evans, M., Rice, J., Lodhia, S., & Gibbons, P. (2016). Using offsets to mitigate environmental impacts of major projects: a stakeholder analysis. Journal of environmental management, 179, 58-65.
DOI Scopus17 WoS17 Europe PMC3
2016 Chong, S., Ali, I., & Lodhia, S. K. (2016). A model for gauging the prominence of web-based CSR disclosure. Pacific accounting review, 28(4), 431-445.
DOI Scopus11 WoS13
2015 Lodhia, S. (2015). Exploring the transition to integrated reporting through a practice lens: an Australian customer owned bank perspective. Journal of business ethics, 129(3), 585-598.
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2014 Lodhia, S. (2014). Why do companies not produce sustainability reports? [review]. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 34(2), 124.
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2014 Martin, N., Rice, J., & Lodhia, S. (2014). Sustainable development planning: a case of public participation using online forums. Sustainable Development, 22(4), 265-275.
DOI Scopus24 WoS19
2014 Lodhia, S., & Hess, N. R. (2014). Sustainability accounting and reporting in the mining industry: current literature and directions for future research. Journal of cleaner production, 84(1), 43-50.
DOI Scopus119 WoS103
2014 Lodhia, S., & Martin, N. (2014). Corporate sustainability indicators: an Australian mining case study. Journal of cleaner production, 84(1), 107-115.
DOI Scopus62 WoS54
2014 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. K. (2014). The state of disclosures on stakeholder engagement in sustainability reporting in Australian local councils. Pacific accounting review, 26(1/2), 54-74.
DOI Scopus56 WoS46
2014 Goswami, K., & Lodhia, S. (2014). Sustainability disclosure patterns of South Australian local councils: a case study. Public money and management, 34(4), 273-280.
DOI Scopus55 WoS49
2014 Lodhia, S. (2014). Towards a pragmatic social accounting. Accounting forum, 38(4), 288-290.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2014 Lodhia, S. (2014). Factors influencing the use of the World Wide Web for sustainability communication: an Australian mining perspective. Journal of cleaner production, 84(1), 142-154.
DOI Scopus42 WoS31
2014 Moran, C. J., Lodhia, S., Kunz, N. C., & Huisingh, D. (2014). Sustainability in mining, minerals and energy: new processes, pathways and human interactions for a cautiously optimistic future. Journal of cleaner production, 84(1), 1-15.
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2013 Glennie, M., & Lodhia, S. (2013). The influence of internal organisational factors on corporate-community partnership agendas: an Australian case study. Meditari accountancy research, 21(1), 52-67.
DOI Scopus26 WoS27
2013 Lodhia, S. K., Moran, C., Kunz, N. C., & Huisingh, D. (2013). The sustainability agenda of the minerals and energy supply and demand network: an integrative analysis of ecological, ethical, economic, and technological dimensions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 51, 299-300.
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2013 Lodhia, S., & Jacobs, K. (2013). The practice turn in environmental reporting: A study into current practices in two Australian commonwealth departments. Accounting, auditing and accountability journal, 26(4), 595-615.
DOI Scopus73 WoS62
2012 Pellegrino, C., & Lodhia, S. (2012). Climate change accounting and the Australian mining industry : exploring the links between corporate disclosure and the generation of legitimacy. Journal of cleaner production, 36, 68-82.
DOI Scopus159 WoS134
2012 Lodhia, S., Jacobs, K., & Park, Y. J. (2012). Driving public sector environmental reporting: the disclosure practices of Australian Commonwealth departments. Public management review, 14(5), 631-647.
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2012 Lodhia, S., & Martin, N. (2012). The Garnaut Review: what do emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries really think about emerging climate change policies?. Sustainability accounting, management and policy journal, 3(1), 33-49.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2012 Lodhia, S., & Martin, N. (2012). Stakeholder responses to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act : an agenda setting perspective. Accounting, auditing and accountability journal, 25(1), 126-145.
DOI Scopus38 WoS33
2012 Lodhia, S. (2012). Web based social and environmental communication in the Australian minerals industry: an application of media richness framework. Journal of cleaner production, 25(1), 73-85.
DOI Scopus66 WoS49
2011 Hogan, J., & Lodhia, S. (2011). Sustainability reporting and reputation risk management: an Australian case study. International journal of accounting and information management, 19(3), 267-287.
DOI Scopus68 WoS59
2011 Lodhia, S. K. (2011). Why we need carbon pricing: a social and environmental accounting perspective. Journal of law and financial management, 10(2), 9-15.
2011 Lodhia, S. (2011). The Australian National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act and its implications for accounting practice and research: a mini review. Journal of accounting & organizational change, 7(2), 190-198.
DOI Scopus18 WoS16
2010 Lodhia, S. (2010). Teaching a sustainability accounting course in an Australian university : insights for sustainability accounting education. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 16(1), 15-22.
2010 Lodhia, S. (2010). Research methods for analysing World Wide Web sustainability communication. Social and environmental accountability journal, 30(1), 26-36.
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2007 Prajogo, D., & Lodhia, S. (2007). Operations Management activities and operational performance in service firms. International Journal of Services Technology and Management.
2007 Lodhia, S. (2007). Corporations and the Environment: Australian Evidence. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability.
2006 Lodhia, S. (2006). Corporate perceptions of web-based environmental communication: an exploratory study into companies in the Australian minerals industry. Journal of accounting and organizational change, 2(1), 74-88.
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2006 Lodhia, S. (2006). The World Wide Web and Its Potential for Corporate Environmental Communication: A Study into Present Practices in the Australian Minerals Industry. The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research.
2004 Lodhia, S. (2004). Environmental Accounting for South Pacific Island Nations: A Possible Mechanism for Encouraging Sustainable Development by the Corporate Sector. Fijian Studies: Special Issue on Sustainable Development.
2004 Lodhia, S. (2004). Corporate Environmental Reporting Media: A Case for the World Wide Web. Electronic Green Journal, (20).
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2004 Lodhia, S., & Burritt, R. L. (2004). Public sector accountability failure in an emerging economy: the case of the National Bank of Fiji. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 17(4), 345-359.
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2004 Lodhia, S., Allam, A., & Lymer, A. (2004). Corporate reporting on the internet in Australia: an exploratory study. Australian Accounting Review, 14(34), 64-71.
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2003 Nandan, R., & Lodhia, S. (2003). Current environmental accounting problematic: a shift from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism. Accountancy Business and the Public Interest.
2003 Lodhia, S. (2003). Accountants' Responses to the Environmental Agenda in a Developing Nation: An Initial and Exploratory Study on Fiji. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 14(7), 715-737.
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2002 Lodhia, S. K. (2002). Letter to the Editor. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 9(1), 1-4.
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2001 Lodhia, S. K. (2001). The accounting implications of the sustainable development bill. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 21(1), 8-11.
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Year Citation
2024 Hogarth, K., & Lodhia, S. (2024). The SDGs and the new media. In A. Venturelli, & C. Mio (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Accounting for the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 239-254). UK: Routledge.
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2024 Lodhia, S. (2024). International sustainability reporting. In P. Chand (Ed.), Source details - Title: Encyclopedia of International Accounting (pp. 58-63). UK: Edward Elgar.
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2020 Lodhia, S., Kaur, A., & Williams, B. (2020). Integrated reporting in the public sector. In C. Villiers, P. -C. Hsiao, & W. Maroun (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Integrated Reporting (pp. 227-237). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Lodhia, S. (2018). Sustainability reporting in the mining industry: current status and future research directions. In S. K. Lodhia (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mining and sustainable development: current issues (pp. 176-198). US: Routledge.
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2018 Lodhia, S. (2018). Mining and sustainable development. In S. K. Lodhia (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mining and sustainable development: current issues (pp. 1-8). US: Routledge.
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2018 Maroun, W., & Lodhia, S. (2018). Sustainability and integrated reporting by the public sector and not-for-profit organizations. In C. Villers, & W. Maroun (Eds.), Source details - Title: Sustainability accounting and integrated reporting (pp. 101-120). London, UK: Routledge.
2018 Lodhia, S. K. (2018). Sustainability reporting in the mining industry: Current status and future research directions. In Mining and Sustainable Development Current Issues (pp. 159-175).
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2017 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. K. (2017). The extent of stakeholder engagement in sustainability accounting and reporting: does empowerment of stakeholders really exist?. In D. Crowther, & S. Seifi (Eds.), Source details - Title: Modern organisational governance (Vol. 12, pp. 129-145). UK: Emerald.
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2016 Kaur, A., & Lodhia, S. (2016). Influences on stakeholder engagement in sustainability accounting and reporting: A study of Australian local councils. In D. Crowther, & S. Seifi (Eds.), Source details - Title: Corporate responsibility and stakeholding (Vol. 10, pp. 105-129). UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
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2013 Lodhia, S. (2013). Sustainability accounting and reporting : an overview, contemporary developments and research possibilities. In G. Wells (Ed.), Source details - Title: Sustainable business : theory and practice of business under sustainability principles (pp. 73-88). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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2012 Lodhia, S. (2012). The need for effective corporate social responsibility/sustainability regulation. In S. Jones, & J. Ratnatunga (Eds.), Source details - Title: Contemporary issues in sustainability accounting, assurance and reporting (pp. 139-152). Bingley, UK: Emerald.
2004 Lodhia, S. (2004). A Decade of Environmental Reporting: Is There Cause for Celebration. In K. E. Darim, & R. Rutledge (Eds.), Source details - Title: Environmental Desclosure Practices and Financial Performance (pp. 1-19). Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Year Citation
2016 Lodhia, S., & Stone, G. (2016). Keeping you awake at night: sustainability accounting and reporting at an Australian University. In S. Schaltegger (Ed.), Proceedings of the Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) (pp. 163-164). Germany: Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) and Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM).
2016 Lodhia, S., & Kuruppu, S. (2016). Reviewing discourse in SEA research in AAAJ: critique, contributions and possibilities for the discipline. In S. Schaltegger (Ed.), Proceedings of the Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) (pp. 162). Germany: Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) and Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM).
2012 Lodhia, S., & Martin, N. (2012). Revisiting a corporate sustainability framework in an integrated reporting era : a diversified resources firm perspective. In RMIT Accounting for Sustainability Conference 2012 (pp. 1-25). Melbourne: RMIT.
2012 Goswami, K., & Lodhia, S. (2012). Influences on sustainability reporting practices in selected South Australian local councils: an explanatory case study. In Conference Papers: 11th Australian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (A-CSEAR) Conference (pp. 1-45). Australia: University of Wollongong.
2010 Pellegrino, C., & Lodhia, S. (2010). Disclosures by key bodies in the Australian mining industry on climate change: a test of legitimacy theory. In Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference: APIRA 2010 (pp. 1-33). Australia: APIRA.
2010 Lodhia, S. (2010). Sustainability reporting by the Australian commonwealth public sector. In Proceedings of the 6th Asia Pacific interdisciplinary research in accounting conference (pp. 1-31). Australia: University of Sydney.
2009 Martin, N., & Lodhia, S. (2009). Stakeholder Responses to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act. In Eighth Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury.
2008 Lodhia, S. (2008). Sustainability communication media choice by companies in the Australian minerals industry : an application of media richness framework. In 7th Australasian Conference for Social and Environmental Accounting Research : proceedings. Adelaide, S. Aust.: Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability.
2008 Lodhia, S. (2008). Theorising the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for sustainable communication : an extension to stakeholder and legitimacy considerations. In 7th Australasian Conference for Social and Environmental Accounting Research : proceedings. Adelaide, S. Aust.: Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability.

Courses I teach

  • ACCT 3010 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (2025)
  • ACCT 3010 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alaa Elbaioumy
2019 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Kate Hogarth

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2018 - 2026 Director Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) AFAANZ Australia

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2020 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Sustainability Management Advisory Committee Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2015 - ongoing Member Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand -
2008 - ongoing Member CPA Australia -
2000 - ongoing Member Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand -
1999 - ongoing Member Centre for Social and Environmental Accountability Research -

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2026 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management (QRAM) Emerald Publishing United Kingdom
2021 - ongoing Board Member International Journal of Accounting Illinois University United States
2020 - ongoing Associate Editor Mediatri Accountancy Research Emerald United Kingdom
2019 - ongoing Board Member Pacific Accounting Review Emerald Publishing New Zealand
2018 - ongoing Board Member Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal Emerald Publishing United Kingdom
2017 - ongoing Board Member Social and Environmental Accountability Journal Csear United Kingdom
2014 - ongoing Board Member Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change Emerald Publishing United Kingdom
2013 - ongoing Board Member Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal Emerald United Kingdom
2013 - ongoing Board Member Accounting Forum Routledge Australia

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