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Interpretasi Laporan Keberlanjutan Pemerintah Daerah di Negara Berkembang: Pendekatan Filsafat Aditiya, Roby; Pagalung, Gagaring; Habbe, Abdul Hamid
SUSTAINABLE Vol 5 No 2 (2025): Volume 5 No 2, November 2025
Publisher : UMSurabaya Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30651/stb.v5i2.27052

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Sustainability reporting in local governments in developing countries is an important concern in the discourse of responsible public governance. This study aims to examine the urgency of sustainability reporting in the public sector through a philosophical approach that includes the dimensions of ontology, epistemology, and axiology, with a focus on the context of Indonesia as a developing country. This research uses a qualitative literature study method with a scoping review approach of relevant international and national scientific articles, with analysis carried out thematically and philosophically to explore representations of reality, knowledge construction, and values that underlie local government sustainability reporting practices. The results of the study show that sustainability reporting practices in local governments in developing countries such as Indonesia are still in the normative stage and do not fully reflect the integration of substantive sustainability values. The reported reality is dominated by technocratic and symbolic narratives that do not fully represent social and ecological dynamics, while the knowledge formed tends to reproduce institutional structures without community involvement and local stakeholder participation. In addition, ethical values of sustainability have not been internalized in the reporting system, making reporting more of a bureaucratic formality than a public accountability tool. These findings emphasize the importance of transforming sustainability reporting into a participatory and value-based reflective space, with implications including the need for policy reform, strengthening institutional capacity, and community engagement in defining sustainability contextually.
The effectiveness of environmental accounting in supporting ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) disclosure: Systematic literature review Safitri, Ela; Pontoh, Grace T; Pagalung, Gagaring
Social Sciences Insights Journal Vol. 3 No. 3 (2025): Social Sciences Insights Journal
Publisher : MID Publisher International

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.60036/tjf3cf27

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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Sustainability Report (SR) as an instrument of environmental transparency within the framework of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). Sustainability and ESG issues have become major global priorities, but the quality and credibility of non-financial reporting remain serious challenges. This study uses a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach to 40 Scopus Q1/Q2-indexed articles published between 2014 and 2025. The analysis findings show a steadily increasing trend of publications related to Sustainability Reporting and ESG in the last decade. In terms of focus, the most dominant research discussed Effectiveness Factors (more than 22 articles), followed by Environmental Transparency (about 18 articles), Challenges (about 16 articles), and SR-ESG (about 14 articles). The main findings conclude that SR plays an essential role in reducing information asymmetry, but its effectiveness is hampered by greenwashing and selective disclosure practices. The quality of environmental disclosures directly affects ESG ratings, and the existence of third-party assurance and strong governance quality has been proven to enhance the credibility of reports. Future research recommendations include the development of machine learning-based methods for greenwashing detection, the evaluation of the impact of the implementation of the ISSB standard, and the analysis of the effectiveness of SR on the company's real environmental performance, not just perception.