Ecological accounting: new tools for a sustainable culture

Ecological accounting is concerned with providing information to assist managers with performance appraisal, control, decision-making and reporting for an organisation or region. It is based on ecological concepts and on ecological measures and values in addition to the familiar economics ones. The...

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Published in:International journal of sustainable development and world ecology 2003-03, Vol.10 (1), p.49-61
Main Author: Birkin, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
carrying capacity
ecological accounting
mass balance accounts
stakeholders
sustainable development
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Summary:Ecological accounting is concerned with providing information to assist managers with performance appraisal, control, decision-making and reporting for an organisation or region. It is based on ecological concepts and on ecological measures and values in addition to the familiar economics ones. The implementation of sustainable development requires a cultural change and ecological accounting would represent a part of this change within both organisations and wider society. In many ways, ecological accounting could help bring sustainable development into common sense and give it a place as a day-to-day business goal.
ISSN:1350-4509
1745-2627
DOI:10.1080/13504500309469785