Dr Faizul Haque is an Associate Professor and Head of Research in the Department of Accounting at Southampton Business school, University of Southampton. He is also the Director of the Centre for Research in Accounting, Accountability and Governance (CRAAG).Faizul previously worked in Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University, University of Dhaka and the University of Chittagong. He also served as the Associate Director of Research, and the Director of the Postgraduate Accounting & Finance Programmes at Edinburgh Business School Dubai. Faizul has many years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration in the higher education sector, where he has been involved in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching in cognate areas of Accountancy and Finance, and engaged in discipline leadership, research coordination, programme leadership, curriculum design and development, liaison with professional bodies, student discipline and mentoring, and recruitment and promotional activities. Faizul completed his PhD from the University of Manchester, MBA from Strathclyde Business School, and PGCAP from Heriot Watt University. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and a member of the British Accounting & Finance Association and European Accounting Association. Faizul is also a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-Certified sustainability professional. Faizul has been featured in the prestigious Stanford University Ranking of top 2% global scientists in 2023. His research interests include, Carbon and biodiversity accounting, ESG disclosure and performance, corporate governance and business ethics, audit quality and auditor behaviour, earnings quality and management and implications of emerging technologies in accounting and sustainability. Faizul's research has been published in top ranked international journals such as British Journal of Management, British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Business Strategy and the Environment, International Review of Economics & Finance, Applied Economics.Faizul has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award 2023 for outstanding contribution towards the University of Southampton’s Triple Helix Strategy and Values on for ‘Supporting Sustainability’. Faizul has engaged in consultation with the policymakers and standard setters such as the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on 'Mandatory climate-related financial disclosures' and the proposed 'IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy'.