ASSET – Accounting for Sustainability, Social and Environmental Transparency
ASSET is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that aims to integrate sustainability into academic accounting programs.
The Mission
As future accounting professionals and business managers, accounting students will be crucial in promoting sustainable development by stimulating changes in companies’ priorities, spreading a sustainability culture in organisations and fostering the implementation of environmental and social initiatives, even beyond compliance with laws and jurisdictional regulations.
The Partners
The Project is under the developing of 8 European universities with a long tradition of collaboration in offering innovative teaching programs on accounting, finance, and auditing.
The long-lasting collaboration of ASSET’s project consortium allowed it to successfully realise several intensive study programs (ISPs) in accounting, being attended by more than 100 European students every year coming from all over Europe.
UBS - UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE SUD
France
IPP - INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DO PORTO
Portugal
UVIGO - UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
Spain
DUTH - DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE
Greece
WUT - UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST DIN TIMISOARA
Romania
ISM - VADYBOS IR EKONOMIKOS UNIVERSITETAS UAB
Lithuania
JKU – JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY OF LINZ
Austria
The objectives
The ASSET project (Accounting for Sustainability, Social and Environmental Transparency) aims to update traditional university accounting programs by embedding and promoting a new sustainability-oriented mindset in different areas of accounting (corporate reporting, managerial accounting, finance, and taxation).
ASSET’s Intensive Study programs
The three-year project (2023-2026) aims to organise annual Intensive Study Programs, where academics and students from partner universities will be involved in an educational program covering the following topics:
- Disclosing business value through sustainability and ESG reporting;
- Sustainability management accounting;
- Providing assurance on sustainability reports;
- Sustainability, taxation, and strategic decision-making.
ISP 2024
ISP 2025
ISP 2026
News & Events
Why participate in the ASSET ISP? 5 key benefits for students
The ASSET Intensive Study Program (ISP) is more than a short academic experience abroad. It is an international, collaborative learning opportunity designed to help students develop advanced skills in accounting, auditing, and sustainability within a European context....
Real voices from ASSET students
One of the most powerful ways to understand the value of the ASSET Intensive Study Program (ISP) is to listen to the students who have already taken part. Their experiences highlight not only the academic content of the program but also the personal and professional...
Linz 2026: Why Johannes Kepler University is hosting the ASSET ISP
A leading European hub for accounting and auditing education The next edition of the ASSET Intensive Study Program will take place at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), one of Austria’s most dynamic and internationally oriented universities. JKU is widely...