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Welcoming

Remarks from

Dr. Ancella A. Hermawan, MBA, CA, ACMA, CGMA

• The Honorable Professor Bambang Brojonegoro, Minister of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia
• Dr. Beta Yulianita Gitaharie, Dean Faculty of Economics and Business of Universitas Indonesia.
• My colleague from Universitas Indonesia
• Board member of NCSR and ICSP
• Distinguished Speakers,
• Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great privilege for us to present the proceedings of International Conference on Sustainability (Sustainability
Practitioner Conference) 2020 to the speakers, presenters, and participants of the event.

Over the past decade, there has been increasing attention on environmental and social problems which affect human
civilization. There is a growing awareness that humanity would not be able to live peacefully and in prosperity if the
environmental and social problems could not be overcome. In September 2015, The United Nations (UN) launched
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to have a coordinated and collaborative effort to solve the
most crucial environmental and social issues. The 17 goals of SDGs represent a path of endeavours from 2015 to 2030
to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect the planet. The goals also emphasize the need for
collaboration among multiple stakeholders, including governments, private sectors, civil society, and all citizens.

Private sectors are expected to be one of the main contributors to the achievement of SDGs. In the private sector, the
inclusion of environmental and social issues is generally known as corporate sustainability. The launching of SDGs
provides a complementary approach to integrating sustainability in the business organization’s different functions,
including in the accounting and finance field. The integration of sustainability in the accounting field mainly aims
to measure, analyze and report an organization’s social and environmental impacts considering the interest of
the organization’s multiple stakeholders. Accurate and reliable information about an organization’s social and
environmental impacts is vital as it increasingly becomes an important factor that affects the decisions of stakeholders,
including investors and policymakers.

There is significant and growing interest among practitioners, policymakers, and societies in the studies on sustainable
accounting. It is an opportunity to increase the quantity and improve the quality of academic research in this area.
Rigorous and high-quality academic research is crucial to the development of the theory and practice of sustainable
accounting as well as help align the corporate activities with global efforts for sustainability, including achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals.

The International Conference on Sustainability aims to provide a platform for discussing the issues, challenges,
opportunities, and findings of Sustainability research. The program consists of invited sessions and research
presentations. We hope your experience with the International Conference on Sustainability is a memorable one.
We would like to thank the program committees and reviewers who have worked very hard to organize the conference.
We also would like to express our gratitude to the speakers and authors for contributing their research result to the
conference. Lastly, we would like to thank our partner, the Institute of Certified Sustainability Practitioners and the
National Center for Sustainability Reporting for the great collaboration.

Director of Department of Accounting
Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia

Dr. Ancella A. Hermawan, MBA, CA, ACMA, CGMA

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