Environmental & Sustainability Management Accounting Network
EMAN AFRICA
Environmental Management Accounting
info@emanafrica.com
What is environmental management accounting (EMA)?
EMA can be defined as the identification, collection, estimation, analysis, internal reporting, and use of physical and monetary environmental and sustainability information in order to strengthen internal management processes.
Environmental & Sustainability Management Accounting Network
Environmental Management Accounting
info@emanafrica.com
What is environmental management accounting (EMA)?
EMA can be defined as the identification, collection, estimation, analysis, internal reporting, and use of physical and monetary environmental and sustainability information in order to strengthen internal management processes.
29th EMAN (Global) Conference
2-4 June 2026
Our hybrid conference, Sustainable Management within a Circular Economy, will be held
from 2-4 June 2026 at the Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.
We invite submissions for abstracts or full papers on the following areas of Sustainable Management within a Circular Economy:
- The business case for participating in a Circular Economy (CE).
- Indicators, sustainability indexes, and multidimensional measurement approaches to CE development.
- Measuring and managing CE contributions in the supply chain.
- Reporting on participation in a CE.
- The social dimension of sustainable management in a circular economy.
- How CE approaches of companies contribute to the UN SDGs.
- Strategies for sustainable management in CE.
- Green innovation in CE.
- Challenges to CE adoption.
- Waste management within a CE.
- Reporting and assurance for sustainable management (e.g. CSRD, IFRS, GRI).
- Sustainable systems management within a CE.
- Teaching, learning, and Open Distance eLearning in sustainability and incorporating sustainability competencies in Higher Education Institutions.
About Environmental Management Accounting Network Africa (EMAN Africa)
EMAN Africa is a network of interconnected professionals who mutually benefit from sharing knowledge and skills, information, advice, and opportunities. The goal is to build relationships across the African continent where all stakeholders can benefit by sharing knowledge, academic and industry insights, and best practices.
Important dates and information
Contact details for conference enquiries
Prof Breggie van der Poll (UNISA)
Breggie@emanafrica.com
Dr Maryna Möhr (Environmental and Sustainability Solutions)
maryna@emanafrica.com
- Deadline for abstracts 18 February 2026 (Please refer to the guidelines on the website and use the provided template)
- Confirmation of presentation acceptance: 25 February 2026
- Registration and payment deadline: 28 February 2026 (Early bird), 15 April 2026 (Registration)
- Conference fee will not be refunded if cancellation takes place after 15 April 2026
- Final abstracts to be submitted by 15 April 2026 for publishing in the book of abstracts
- Conference 2-4 June 2026
- Full paper submissions for inclusion in published conference proceedings with an ISSN and after peer review on 6 July 2026
- Acceptance of papers: 31 July 2026
- All abstracts, papers, and book chapters will be scrutinised for AI-generated content
- Virtual presentations will be accommodated
- There will be awards for different categories of papers
- All presenters will be eligible to attend the EMA Masterclass after the conference
- Selected papers will be submitted by invitation for published in an accredited book series [Geography & Sustainability, Springer Nature]
For additional information about the conference papers and the author guidelines, please refer to our website www.emanafrica.com. For any further enquiries about the conference, e-mail the conference technical committee at breggie@emanafrica.com or maryna@emanafrica.com
EMAN Africa Directors
Prof Breggie van der Poll
University of South Africa (Unisa)
Mr Seakle Godschalk
Environmental & Sustainability Solutions
Dr (Ms) Maryna Mohr
Environmental & Sustainability Solutions
Dr (Mr) Andile Nobatyi
University of South Africa (Unisa)
Dr (Ms) Eunice Ngozi Akpala-Okoroafor
African University of Science and Technology (AUST)
EMAN Africa 2026 Guest Speaker
Prof.dr. KEH (Karen) Maas
Karen Maas holds a PhD in Economics (Corporate Social Performance: from output measurement to impact measurement). She is endowed professor Accounting and Sustainability at the Open University and academic director of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE). Karen conducts research in the field of Impact measurement, Sustainability, Social Entreprises and Impact Investing. Karen worked with many for-profit, non-profit and financial organizations to measure their impact. Her work has been published in academic journals like Business & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, American Journal of Evaluation, newspapers and online sources. Karen is a board member of the International association of Business in Society (IABS) and Sustainable and Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN). She is also a member of the Sustainable Finance Lab and Sustainable Pension Investment Lab in The Netherlands.
