National Environmental Accounting

Author : Joy E Hecht
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136525643

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National Environmental Accounting by Joy E Hecht Pdf

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical manuals of international organizations, on the other. Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to accounting applied to pollution, recycling, and the management of natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fisheries. The third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures and how accounting data can be used to build them. National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability.

Author : Peter Bartelmus,E.K. Seifert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351770835

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Green Accounting by Peter Bartelmus,E.K. Seifert Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Our cherished economic indicators of income, product, consumption and capital fail in taking a long-term view of social progress. They do not account for environmental deterioration, which impairs the quality of life of present and future generations, and hence the sustainability of development. "Greening" the conventional national (and corporate) accounts introduces environmental impacts and costs into these accounts and balances. The result is a new compass for steering the economy towards sustainability, which may change not only our main measures of economic performance but also the basic tenets of environmental and resource policies. This book presents methodological advances and case studies of environmental accounting, and discusses their use in environmental management and policies. In their introduction, the editors provide a critical perspective of historical developments and current debates.

Author : Joy E. Hecht
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental auditing
ISBN : 0967060516

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Lessons Learned from Environmental Accounting by Joy E. Hecht Pdf

Environmental accounting - the modification of the national income accounts to take into consideration the economic role of the environment - has grown in importance over the past ten years. However, many countries have not yet implemented such accounts, and there is much controversy about whether and how to do so. This paper aims to shed light on this situation through nine country case studies: Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden, France, Canada, The Philippines, Namibia, Germany, and the United States.

Author : K. Uno,Peter Bartelmus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401714334

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Environmental Accounting in Theory and Practice by K. Uno,Peter Bartelmus Pdf

Policy failures in environment and development have been blamed on frag mented and eclectic policies and strategies. The 1992 United Nations Con ference on Environment and Development, the 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro, called therefore for an integrated approach in planning and policy making to achieve long-term sustainable growth and development. The Con ference also recognized in its action plan, the Agenda 21, that integrated poli cies need to be supported by integrated information, notably requiring the implementation of integrated environmental and economic accounting by its member States. During the preparations for the Rio Summit, scientists and practitioners of national accounting met in a Special Conference on Environmental Account ing, organized by the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) in Baden, Austria. Their aim was to explore the need for and methodologies of adjusting national accounts for environmental reasons. National accountants had faced mounting criticism that conventional accounting neglected new scarcities in natural capital, as well as the social cost of environmental degradation. The result of their deliberations was a draft manual, later issued by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) as a handbook of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting.

Author : Joy E Hecht
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136525636

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National Environmental Accounting by Joy E Hecht Pdf

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical manuals of international organizations, on the other. Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to accounting applied to pollution, recycling, and the management of natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fisheries. The third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures and how accounting data can be used to build them. National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability.

Author : Valeria Costantini,Massimiliano Mazzanti,Anna Montini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136575471

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Hybrid Economic-Environmental Accounts by Valeria Costantini,Massimiliano Mazzanti,Anna Montini Pdf

National Accounting Matrices of Environmental Accounts (NAMEA) tables are used to analyze a range of environmental pressures and economic data resulting from consumption and production patterns – helping us gain a far better notion of the consequences of individuals’, households’ and firms’ actions for the world we live in. This book deals with the increasingly complex issues of hybrid environmental and economic accounts. The perspective of environmental accounting for the analysis of the relationships between the economic and environmental systems, especially regarding the satellite accounts like NAMEA, is relatively recent, and partly derives from the conceptual and applied deficits that have emerged during the setting up of green GDP or GNP measures as alternative measures of accounting. NAMEA provides a comprehensive and integrated picture of the economic system in association with the environmental system (physical pressures such as emissions) by a sector classification. This book is an integrated collection of complementary papers that revolve around the issue of environment-economic accounting In the first part a historical background and empirical issues related to the NAMEA-type table definitions and estimations open the book, followed by some applications and analyses mainly applied to a sub-national level. The second part opens the window to international case studies for different EU countries and studies with methodological insights. These policy-oriented, original works are primarily from an applied perspective, although theoretical aspects are also fully developed. The book should be of use to Environmental and Ecological economics students and researchers, as well as those studying the more general field of Environment studies.

Author : I. Musu,D. Siniscalco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400915923

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National Accounts and the Environment by I. Musu,D. Siniscalco Pdf

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy's Central Statistical Office (ISTAT) to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the so-called `green GDP' or `net national product' (NNP).

Author : Alfred Franz,Carsten Stahmer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642499777

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Approaches to Environmental Accounting by Alfred Franz,Carsten Stahmer Pdf

It is really no longer necessary to stress the importance of availing of sound statistical information on the environment. Originally .limited to circles of insiders and experts this message has now fully reached political decision makers and the general public at large. In this procedure macro-economics has - sumed a particular role, e.g. when evaluating related financial implications but also when propagating alarming overall figures on the harm this generation is doing to our environment. Accordingly, the need is o!>vious to further promote the development of international standards and - operation in the field of environment statistics in general and environmental economic accounts in p- ticular. Therefore, the AiJstrian Statistical Society (ASS) together with the Austrian Central Statistical Office (ACSO) with pleasure hosted the IARIW Special Conference on Environmental Economic Accounts, in May 1991. These institutions are similarly pleased that now this publication on the proceedings of this Conference can be presented. They connect this with grateful thanks to all those who contributed to the successful completion of this work, in particular the authors and the editors. The impression seems warranted that the outcome of this coordinated overall endeavour was more than just better mutual understanding, viz. something like an increasing consciousness of the common - nominator tending to expand.

Author : Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309514613

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Nature's Numbers by Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council Pdf

In order to really see the forest, what's the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business decisions. How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment? Nature's Numbers responds to concerns about how the United States should make these measurements. The book recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation's income and product accounts. The panel explores alternative approaches to environmental accounting, including those used in other countries, and addresses thorny issues such as how to measure the stocks of natural resources and how to value non-market activities and assets. Specific applications to subsoil minerals, forests, and clean air show how the general principles can be applied. The analysis and insights provided in this book will be of interest to economists, policymakers, environmental advocates, economics faculty, businesses based on natural resources, and managers concerned with the role of the environment in our economic affairs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : National Environmental Accounts of Australia
ISBN : 0646493876

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Accounting for Nature by Anonim Pdf

Australia needs an environmental accounting system that will: provide annual scale reports which measure the health and change in condition of our major environment assets; underpin the long-term catchment management and land use decisions; and improves the cost effectiveness of investement in environmental management and repair.

Author : Statistics Canada. System of National Accounts Branch
Publisher : Micromedia, [199-]
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Economic development
ISBN : MINN:31951D01750583Q

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Concepts, Sources and Methods of the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts by Statistics Canada. System of National Accounts Branch Pdf

Canadians, like people in many other countries, have come to understand that the capacities of their environment to supply materials and absorb wastes are finite.

Author : Yusuf J. Ahmad,Salah El Serafy,Ernst Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UCSD:31822015038144

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Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Development by Yusuf J. Ahmad,Salah El Serafy,Ernst Lutz Pdf

Author : Anil Markandya,Marcella Pavan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401145978

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Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies by Anil Markandya,Marcella Pavan Pdf

Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production. This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are.

Author : Stefan Schaltegger,Roger Burritt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351282512

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Contemporary Environmental Accounting by Stefan Schaltegger,Roger Burritt Pdf

Contemporary Environmental Accounting: Issues, Concepts and Practice has been written by two of the world's leading experts in the field in order to provide the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art textbook on environmental accounting yet attempted. The book is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students and their teachers, professional accountants, and corporate and organisational managers. Although no prior knowledge of environmental accounting is necessary to understand the critical issues at stake, academic accountants will also find that the book provides a useful introduction to the topic. The goals of the book are to discuss and illustrate contemporary conceptual approaches to environmental accounting; to make readers aware of crucial controversial topics; and to offer practical examples of how the concepts have been applied throughout Europe, North America and Australia. In order to increase the usefulness of the book for relevant courses, each chapter concludes with a set of questions for review. This book is essential reading for all those who are interested in how environmental issues influence accounting.A solutions manual is available on request with the purchase of this book.

Author : Martin Bennett,Peter James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351283311

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The Green Bottom Line by Martin Bennett,Peter James Pdf

To date, both internal and external corporate environmental reporting and management systems have focused on physical input–output measures. However, external stakeholders are increasingly demanding that organisations provide more financial information about the costs and benefits of their environmental actions. As environmental costs rise, internal decision-makers are also seeking such information to ensure that money is well spent. Beyond basic compliance, many companies will not countenance environmental actions for which a "business case" cannot be made. A number of companies – such as Baxter, BT, Xerox, Zeneca and others – are now beginning to develop a better understanding of the costs and benefits of environmental action. The US Environmental Protection Agency has also done considerable work on models designed to understand the "full costs" of pollution control investments, with the aim of demonstrating that – when these are properly considered – pollution prevention can be a more cost-effective alternative. The Green Bottom Line brings together much of the world's leading research and best-practice case studies on the topic. Divided into four sections, covering "General Concepts", "Empirical Studies", "Case Studies" and "Implementation", the book includes case studies from the US EPA's Environment Accounting Programme and contributions from authors at institutions including the IMD, INSEAD, Tellus Institute and the World Resources Institute. It constitutes a state-of-the-art collection.