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Dr Maria Balatbat

Dr Maria Balatbat

Senior Lecturer

PhD (Economics) University of Sydney, Australia

Master of Commerce (Economics & Finance) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Bachelor of Science in Commerce (major in Accounting) University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

Climate Change Adaptation, GCAP Academy, University of Oxford

 

Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

My research interests include environmental and social accounting, corporate reporting and assurance of non-financial information such as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the value relevance of these information to the capital markets. I am also a founding member of a UNSW network, the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM). I have been teaching financial accounting in the undergraduate and postgraduate accounting programs for several decades. Recently, I hav...
Phone
+61 2 9385 5808
E-mail
m.balatbat@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 3061A, Quadrangle building - Ref E15

  • Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) Grant 2018, International best practice on financing models for low carbon/energy efficient buildings: Rapid systematic overview of evidence ($10,000).
  • ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2016-2017. Enhance modelling capacity for the industrial ecology virtual laboratory ($352,000).
  • Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL), Developing a Built Environment Impact Framework and Decision-Making Tool to Measure and Value the Economic, Social and Environmental Impact of Projects in the Built Environment, 2015 ($200,000).
  • ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2016-2017. Enhance modelling capacity for the industrial ecology virtual laboratory ($352,000).
  • Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE), 2014-2016, Australia-China Climate Change Research Forum on Climate Change Mitigation Policy, ($60,016)
  • UNSW Contestable Funding Scheme, 2013, The Rise of Carbon Markets in China ($30,000)
  • ARC Linkage Grant 2012-2016 (with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and CPA Australia): Enhancing integrated reporting: implications for internal and external reporting and assurance ($329,604)
  • Accounting and Finance Association in Australia and New Zealand Research Grant Scheme 2011-2012, The journey to Integrated Reporting: What needs to be done by Australian and New Zealand firms and does it matter in creating and sustaining value? ($7,452)
  • CPA Australia Global Research Perspectives, 2010, Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate how economic, social and governance (ESG) information impacts on external and internal stakeholders ($32,967)
  • UNSW Contestable Funding for International Strategic Projects, 2010, Accounting, reporting and assurance for a sustainable future:  Risks and opportunities ($10,000)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Research Grant, 2010, Environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures in public equity offerings and its implications on investment decision-making ($8,000)
  • Australian School of Business Research Grant (ASBRG), 2009, Ensuring the effectiveness of the proposed CPRS Scheme:  Understanding the economic consequences of accounting policy choices for carbon emission permits ($20,650)
  • Australian School of Business Special Research Grant (ASBSRG), 2009, An assessment of transparency and accountability in the Philippines to identify improvements that will assist policymakers address the challenges of the global financial crisis ($6,480)
  • UNSW Contestable Funding Scheme, 2008, Role of carbon financing in developing nations in mitigating GHG emissions ($30,000)
  • CPA Australia Research Grant Scheme, 2005, Accuracy of uses of IPO proceeds and its effects on long-run performance ($9,000)

  • The Oustanding Paulinian Alumni Series Award 2023, St Paul's Colege Quezon City Alumni Association.
  • CPA Australia, Excellence in Service to the Profession, 2022
  • UNSW Business School UN PRME Excellence in Teaching Award, 2015
  • UNSW Business School Teaching Award: Excellence in Academic Engagement, 2014
  • RJ Chambers PhD Scholarship in Accounting, 1995-1998
  • Best Paper and Presentation, PhD Conference in Business and Economics, Perth, W.A., 1997

In recent years, I have worked in the evaluation of environmental and social dimensions in corporate reporting and the connectivity of these aspects to the value creation of organisations in the Built Environment Sector. Most notable is my involvement as Lead Investigator in a Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living project that developed a Built Environment Impact Framework and a Decision Making Tool to measure and value the economic, social and environmental impact of projects in the Built Environment Sector. I also examine how the capital markets perceive the disclosure of Environmental, Social and Governance indicators. I am also currently working on developing indicators for the reporting of sustainable value creation.

ELECTED OFFICE

Councilor, NSW Divisional Council, CPA Australia (2019-2022)

DIRECTORSHIP

Director, Australasian Reporting Awards (Since 2019)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Fellow, CPA Australia

Member, TWG Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

Member Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)

Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)

Member, American Accounting Association (AAA)

Member, European Accounting Association (EAA)

Member, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)

Member, Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (ACSEAR)

Member, Pacioli Society

 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP

PSU Research Review: An International Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2016-Present

Managerial Auditing Journal, Guest Editor, 2012-2013

Philippine Management Review, Guest Editor, 2011-2012

 

ASSESSOR

Australian Research Council, since 2000

 

REFEREEING ACTIVITIES

Abacus

Accounting and Finance

American Accounting Association

Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal

Australian Accounting Review

Australian Journal of Management

Corporate Governance:  An International Review

Energy Policy

Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

 

Invited Presentations

My Teaching

ACADEMIC TEACHING 

Undergraduate (BCom) 

  • Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis - Pass and Honours (Course coordinator and Course Developer) 
  • Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis – Pass and Honours 

Graduate (MCom/Masters of Professional Accounting) 

  • Advanced Financial Reporting (Course Coordinator and Course Developer) 
  • Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis 
  • International Financial Statement Analysis 
  • Reporting for Climate Change and Sustainability (Course Coordinator and Course Developer) 
  • Integrated Reporting, Integrated Thinking and Value Creation (Course Coordinator and Course Developer) 

Executive Program – AGSM Hong Kong 

  • Reporting for Climate Change and Sustainability (Course Coordinator and Course Developer)