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Advances in Environmental Accounting: Proceedings of the ACCA/Environment Agency Seminar, May 2001
Environmental accounting has historically been considered as a separate form of accounting and very few organisations, with one or two notable exceptions, have hitherto acknowledged its relevance in their conventional accounting for day to day business operations or in their annual reporting to their stakeholders.
More and more private companies and public bodies, however, are now increasingly being encouraged to focus on their environmental and social impacts, by government and their stakeholders, to develop appropriate ways to internalise and reduce their associated costs, and report on progress towards greater environmental sustainability.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Environment Agency, aware of both the importance of this issue and the growing developments within it, brought together key experts and players for a seminar to identify areas of further work and key actions for themselves and others bodies. The �Advances in Environmental Accounting' seminar was held on 31 May 2001 at ACCA's offices in London.
Chaired by Donald Ritchie, Environment Agency
The speakers
- Roger Adams, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Ian Alexander, DEFRA
- Jan Bebbington, University of Aberdeen
- Duncan Dicks, Environment Agency
- Rob Gray, University of Glasgow
- Emma Griffiths, Stanger Science and Environment
- Rupert Howes, Forum for the Future
- Mike Jones, University of Cardiff
- Mikael Lindroos, European Commission
- Howard Pearce, the Environment Agency
- Faith Ward, Environment Agency