Maria is a Senior Lecturer at the Business School and Fellow of CPA Australia. Maria’s research interests include integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions in investment decision making including, disclosure of climate change information. She is a recipient of several Australian Research Council (ARC) grants with projects that examine the capital market implications of Integrated Reporting and use of environmental and social indicators to develop a valuation methodology for investment decisions. Maria also led a team to develop a built environment impact assessment framework that aims to unlock the value creation capabilities of sustainability reporting in the built environment sector. Maria teaches courses on climate change and sustainability to business students at UNSW. Maria is also a Director at the Australasian Reporting Awards and a member of the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Technical Working Group of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). Maria has a PhD in Economics at the University of Sydney. The following lists Maria's publications released through CEEM
Maria Balatbat
UNSW Business School
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Publications
| Title & place of publication | Author | Research area | Type | Links | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Finance & Investment Rapid Review: Identification and measurement of circular assets and risks for the finance and investment sector in the transition to a circular economy', NSW Circular Rapid Review, 2022 | Maria Balatbat, Karin Kobelentz | Sustainability & general | Reports and Working Papers | NSW Circular Rapid Review, PDF | |
| 'The use of Environmentally Extended Input and Output Analysis to measure and evaluate the carbon and employment footprint of an equity investment', European Accounting Association Annual Conference, Milan, Italy, 31 May 2018 | Maria Balatbat, George Chard, Tommy Wiedmann | Emissions trading | Conference papers | European Accounting Association Annual Conference, PDF | |
| 'Is there an early-mover market value effect for signalling adoption of Integrated Reporting?’ Australasian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (A-CSEAR) Conference, Nadi, Fiji | Maria Balatbat | Electricity Markets & Restructuring | Conference papers | Australasian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference, PDF | |
| 'Measuring project sustainability maturity level - A fuzzy-based approach’, International Journal of Sustainable Development, 86 | Maria Balatbat, Siew, R.Y.J., Carmichael, D. | Sustainability & general | Journal papers | International Journal of Sustainable Development, 86 | |
| 'The financial additionality and viability of CDM projects’, Environment, Development and Sustainability,18 | Maria Balatbat, Carmichael, D., Lea, K. | Emissions trading | Journal papers | Environment, Development and Sustainability, 18 | |
| 'Improving the attractiveness of CDM projects through allowing and incorporating options’, Energy Policy, 86 | Maria Balatbat, Carmichael, D., Ballouz, J. | Emissions trading | Journal papers | Energy Policy, 86 | |
| 'The Impact of Assurance and the Choice of Assurance Provider on the Market Value Effects of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Disclosures’. | Maria Balatbat, Bose, S., Green, W. | Emissions trading | Reports and Working Papers | RG | |
| 'Carbon Abatement and its Cost in Construction Activities’, Proceedings of the 2014 Construction Research Congress | Maria Balatbat, Carmichael, D.G., Malcolm, C.J. | Emissions trading | Conference papers | Construction Research Congress | |
| 'The Relationship between Sustainability Practices and Financial Performance of Construction Companies’, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 2 | Maria Balatbat, Siew, R.Y.J., Carmichael, D. | Sustainability & general | Journal papers | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 2 | |
| ‘A Review of Building/Infrastructure Sustainability Reporting Tools (SRTs)’, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 2 | Maria Balatbat, Siew, R.Y.J., Carmichael, D. | Sustainability & general | Journal papers | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 2 | |
| Performance Risk Associated with Renewable Energy CDM Projects, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 28 | Maria Balatbat, Findlay, E., Carmichael, D. G. | Emissions trading | Journal papers | ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 28 |