Sustainability reporting leader Ven Tauringana and colleagues set to share their expertise at #VFS23

Academics from the University of Southampton will be outlining to businesses what sustainability reporting is, how to do it – and why – at VentureFest South next month.

Sustainability reporting gives businesses a competitive advantage. It involves disclosing and analysing a business’ environmental, social and economic performance.

Ven Tauringana, Professor of Accounting and Sustainability at Southampton Business School, is an international leader on sustainability reporting, having worked with businesses in the UK and overseas on the topic.

Professor Tauringana, who will lead the session, said: “Sustainability reporting is hugely valuable to businesses and to the planet. It can be a first step towards a company’s net zero ambitions, it can attract investment and new employees and customers, and it can lead to reduced costs.”

He’ll be joined by colleagues Dr Lakshi Doorgakunt, Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting; Richard Cartwright, Principal Enterprise Fellow at Southampton Business School; and Dr Cerys Baigent, Director of Quality and Regulatory Assurance at Alpha Laboratories.

VentureFest South is an annual festival of innovation that brings together entrepreneurs, SMEs and investors from across the region.

It will take place on Thursday 16 November 2023 at The Ageas Bowl, West End, Southampton, with the session on sustainability reporting running from 12.15pm to 1pm.

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Read more – A month to go until the South’s brightest minds & big thinkers meet for VFS23: Festival of Innovation