Business and Environmental Accountability : An Overview and Guide to the Literature

Grayson, Lesley, Woolston, Helen, Tanega, Joseph

ISBN 10: 074871863X / ISBN 13: 9780748718634

Published by Earthscan, 1997

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Business and Environmental Accountability : An Overview and Guide to the Literature
• Publisher: Earthscan
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074871863X
• ISBN 13: 9780748718634
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.785 pounds

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Synopsis

This practical guide provides a useful overview of the subject, surveying the environmental pressures facing businesses in the UK and abroad and indicating how companies able to demonstrate environmental accountability can gain a significant advantage in certain sectors and markets. The coverage also includes an examination of business attitudes and the willingness of companies to adopt environmental management systems.This guide* the green challenge to business -- pressures on companies to become environmentally accountable,* legislation and policy (UK and Europe),* stewardship and accountability today, including surveys of business attitudes and current environmental reporting practice (UK and Europe),* recent recommendations for change in accounting and reporting practice (UK and international), and* the American experience.