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This 30 page paper examines the issue of environmental accounting. The paper looks at the approaches that may be adopted to environmental accounting, such as social accounting and the way this may indicate the underlying corporate governance models or values adopted. The direct and indirect benefits are discussed and many real life examples are used to illustrate the point raised. The paper considers the case of the UK, but the lessons are universally applicable. The bibliography cites 28 sources.
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and international level has increased the pressures on companies to conform to better practices. The general perception has been that better environmental practices and increasing profit are mutually exclusive, one
diametrically opposed to the other. There are many companies that seek to give the appearance of an environmental approach to business, where
concern is given to the environment and a stakeholder approach to corporate governance is undertaken, but in reality the use of marketing is producing a smoke screen. Companies such as
Amoco, which have used environmental incentives as a part of their marketing campaign to enhance their image, when the reality is money is spent is mostly that required by legislation
(Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). Other companies, such as Ben and Jerrys, the ice cream company, have a stakeholder approach which is backed up with action to support the environment (Chyssides
and Kaler, 1998). With perception playing an important role in sales of a comp[may, management and investors who wan t to assess the
real impact a company is having on the environment are left with only a small amount of information on which to base their assumptions. Much information regarding operations is not
public, and much may not even reach the board. The ability for internal and external users to assess the performance. There are
a range of purposes in seeking to establish the environmental performance of a company, investors may wish to ensure they are investing in ethical company, management may have values which
reflect environment agendas and suppliers or customers may also want to ensure they are associated with companies that perform in certain ways.
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