Skip to main content

Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor

Visiting Professor

Gunnar Rimmel005 75efnt9cq

Specialisms

  • Accounting for Sustainability, 
  • Biodiversity accounting, 
  • Non-financial disclosures, 
  • Stakeholder reporting, 
  • ESG engagement, SRI & Green Finance

Gunnar Rimmel is currently a Visiting Professor for BISA, previously working in Henley Business School as a full professor, the Chair in Accounting and Corporate Reporting at Henley Business School, the founder and director of The Henley Centre for Accounting Research & Practice (HARP), and the Research Division Lead of BISA.

Gunnar Rimmel previously worked in Sweden as full professor in Accounting at Jönköping International Business School and Gothenburg Research Institute at the University of Gothenburg. He received his PhD in 2003 for the thesis “Human Resource Disclosures” from the School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg University.

During the past 10+ years, he has been leading research programmes such as "Accounting for Sustainability - communication through integrated reporting", “Accounting Communications - trust in numbers, text and images”, and “Accounting Communication II – practice and change”. These projects have attracted 5.7M SEK in competitive external funding by the Handelsbanken research foundations as well as from the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Foundation.

He is active in a number of associations, notably in the European Accounting Association (EAA). He was Secretary General the EAA's 28th Annual Congress in Gothenburg in 2005, and has been on the EAA management board as well as Co-Chair and Chair of the Conference Committee. He is currently a member of the EAA Stakeholder Reporting Committee.

Gunnar Rimmel's research and teaching interests include Accounting for Sustainability, Biodiversity Accounting, Non-financial Disclosures, Stakeholder Reporting and ESG engagement, SRI & Green Finance.

Reference: Afolabi, H., Ram, R. and Rimmel, G. (2024) Convergence of sustainability reporting standards for sustainable development: are salient institutions obliging? In: Rimmel, G. , Aras, G., Baboukardos, D., Krasodomska, J., Nielsen, C. and Schiemann, F. (eds.) Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting. Research Handbooks on Accounting. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781035316250 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Ronita Ram - Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Afolabi, H., Ram, R. and Rimmel, G. (2024) Transition in the sustainability standard setting for global sustainable development: the role of the IFRS Foundation and other salient groups. In: Venturelli, A. and Mio, C. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Accounting for the Sustainable Development Goals. Routledge. ISBN 9781032518282 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Ronita Ram - Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Luque-Vílchez, M., Cordazzo, M., Rimmel, G. and Tilt, C. A. (2023) Key aspects of sustainability reporting quality and the future of GRI. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14 (4). pp. 637-659. ISSN 2040-8021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-03-2023-0127
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Afolabi, H., Ram, R. and Rimmel, G. (2023) Influence and behaviour of the new standard setters in the sustainability reporting arena: implications for the Global Reporting Initiative’s current position. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14 (4). pp. 743-775. ISSN 2040-8021 doi: 10.1108/SAMPJ-01-2022-0052
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Ronita Ram - Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. and Abdullah, M. (2022) Oil palm industry and biodiversity loss: enhancing governance through the sustainability policy transparency toolkit (SPOTT). In: Atkins, J. and Macpherson, M. (eds.) Extinction Governance, Finance and Accounting. Routledge, London, pp. 115-138, 610 pages. ISBN 9780367492977 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003045557-9
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Afolabi, H., Ram, R. and Rimmel, G. (2022) Harmonization of sustainability reporting regulation: analysis of a contested arena. Sustainability, 14 (9). 5517. ISSN 2071-1050 doi: 10.3390/su14095517
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Ronita Ram - Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. (2021) Angry birds – the use of International Union for the Conservation of Nature categories as biodiversity disclosures in extinction accounting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 41 (1-2). pp. 98-123. ISSN 2156-2245 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0969160x.2021.1881577
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Song, H. (M.) and Rimmel, G. (2020) Heterogeneity in CSR activities: is CSR investment monotonically associated with earnings quality? Accounting Forum, 45 (1). pp. 1-29. ISSN 1467-6303 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2020.1810428
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. (2018) Human capital disclosures in Swedish state-owned enterprises - a comparison of integrated reporting versus traditional reporting. In: Arvidsson, S. (ed.) Challenges in Managing Sustainable Business: Reporting, Taxation, Ethics and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 55-75. ISBN 9783319932651 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93266-8
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. , Inwinkl, P., Lindstrand, A. and Ohlsson, I. (2018) Female representation on Swedish corporate boards. In: Aluchna, M. and Aras, G. (eds.) Women on Corporate Boards: An International Perspective. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 169-182. ISBN 9781138740181
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. , Jonåll, K. and Inwinkl, P. (2016) Kapitel 2 - Redovisningens föreställningsramar (in Swedish, Chapter 2 – Conceptual frameworks). In: Rimmel, G. and Jonäll, K. (eds.) Redovisningsteorier. Sanomautbildning, Sweden, pp. 29-40. ISBN 9789152318163
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. and Jonäll, K. (2016) Kapitel 1 - Om redovisning och redovisningsteorier (in Swedish, Chapter 1 – About accounting and accounting theories). In: Rimmel, G. and Jonäll, K. (eds.) Redovisningsteorier. Sanomautbildning, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 15-28. ISBN 52318263
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Kristina, J. and Rimmel, G. (2016) Corporate bee accountability among Swedish companies. In: Atkins, J. and Atkins, B. (eds.) The Business of Bees. Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 260-276. ISBN 9781783535224
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Michalak, J., Krasodomska, J., Rimmel, G. , Sort, J. and Trzmielak, D. (2017) Intellectual capital management in public universities? In: Guthrie, J., Dumay, J., Ricceri, F. and Nielsen, C. (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Intellectual Capital. Routledge. ISBN 9781138228214 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315393100.ch10
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. , Diogenis, B. and Kristina , J. (2017) Revival of the fittest? Intellectual Capital in Swedish companies. In: The Routledge Companion to Intellectual Capital. Routledge. ISBN 9781138228214 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315393100.ch22
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. and Jonäll, K. (2013) Biodiversity reporting in Sweden: corporate disclosure and preparers’ views. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 25 (5). pp. 746-778. ISSN 0951-3574 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-02-2013-1228
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Baboukardos , D. and Rimmel, G. (2014) Goodwill under IFRS: relevance and disclosures in an unfavorable environment. Accounting Forum, 38 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0155-9982 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2013.11.001
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Nielsen, C., Rimmel, G. and Yosano, T. (2015) Outperforming markets: IC and the long-term performance of Japanese IPOs. Accounting Forum, 39 (2). pp. 83-96. ISSN 0155-9982 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2015.04.001
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Rimmel, G. and Jon'll, K. (2016) Redovisning för hållbarhet - kommunikation genom integrerad rapportering (Accounting for sustainability –communication through integrated reporting). Organisation & Samhälle , 3 (1). pp. 44-48. ISSN 2001-9114
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Baboukardos, D. and Rimmel, G. (2016) Value relevance of integrated reporting disclosures: evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 35 (4). pp. 437-452. ISSN 0278-4254 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2016.04.004
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor
Reference: Michalak, J., Rimmel, G. , Beusch, P. and Jonäll, K. (2017) Business model disclosures in corporate reports. Journal of Business Models, 5 (1). pp. 51-73. ISSN 2246-2465 doi: https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jbm.v5i1.1995
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Gunnar Rimmel, Visiting Professor

Research Methods For Accounting And Finance

This module is designed to support students to acquire knowledge and skills in carrying out research in accounting and financial management. It covers the process of research from the formulation...

Module code: ACM004

Financial Reporting and Regulation

The module considers accounting as a social and institutional practice and focuses on wider social implication of financial reporting. Financial statements are a key source of information about the economic...

Module code: ACM002