Nach einer Umfrage des IFO-Instituts von 2002 schätzen sich nur 18% der deutschen Unternehmen als nachhaltigkeitsorientiert ein. Dagegen ist nachhaltiges Wirtschaften auf politischer Ebene mittlerweile eine allgemein akzeptierte Zielvorstellung und gewinnt für die Wissenschaft und den...

This paper provides an overview of current trends, state of art and best-practice in environmental cost accounting as well as a discussion of how it complements environmental performance and eco-efficiency indicators. It addresses a number of current approaches to ECA. Among others, these will...

This article analyses and discusses whether there is an association between environmental performance and corporate environmental reporting in the paper and electricity industries in Germany and the United Kingdom and what the influence of environmental management accounting is on this link....

Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) remains a relatively new decision-making initiative at the corporate level. This is particulary true when it comes to its adoption by small and medium-sized enterprises in developing and newly industrialised countries. This paper elaborates upon the...

This article focuses on ways and means to support environmental management accounting (EMA) with computer applications. From the EMA point of view, data collection, data processing, and data support are central features of appropriate computer applications. These considerations lead to common...

This paper proposes a new approach to measure corporate sustainable performance called Sustainable Value Added. Value is created whenever benefits exceed costs. Current approaches to measure corporate sustainable performance take into account external costs caused by environmental and social...