Lara Tarquinio is Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting (SECS P/07) in the De-partment of Economic studies (DEc) of the "G. d'Annunzio University", Chieti-Pescara (Italy). She teaches in classes of Business Administration and Social Accounting. She is ordinary Member both of AIDEA (The Italian Academy of Management) and of SIDREA (The Italian Association of the professors of Business Administration and Accounting) and she is a component of the GBS (Gruppo di Studio per il Bilancio Sociale). She participated as teacher, in private and public educational initiatives (masters, post-graduates courses, etc.). Her main research interests are focused on corporate social responsibil-ity (CSR), carbon accounting and disclosure, sustainability reporting and assurance. She is author of several books and papers published with national and international editors on the topics mentioned above.