Sustainability and Accountability of Supply Chains

Andrea Caccialanza is a Research Fellow in the Department of Management (DiSA) at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research focuses on sustainability reporting in production systems, with a particular emphasis on agri-food systems and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). More broadly, he examines corporate accountability and value creation along food production systems and supply chains, the climate resilience of firms, and the sustainability and social impacts of mega-projects. He is a member of the Center for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), the Italian Association for Management and Marketing Studies (SIMA-SIM), and the Italian accounting and business administration associations SIDREA and AIDEA.

• Fundaments of supply chain literature.- The antecedents of supply chain accountability: The role of accounting and accountability principles at firm-level.- The Role of Institutions and Norms.- Evaluation and disclosure of sustainability performance: from a micro-level to a meso-level perspective.- The theoretical framework and research agenda on sustainability and accountability of supply chains.- Conclusions.