Greening the Accounts

About this book

Shows how green accounting can be compatible with ecological economics and how it can contribute to the implementation of sustainability.

Contents

The history of national accounts: the social and political roles of national accounting, Christine Cooper and Ian Thomson; roots of green accounting in the classical and neoclassical schools, Anthony Friend; sustainability, ecological economics and green accounting, Sandrine Simon. Green accounting as a policy instrument: indicators and accounts of sustainable development - the NAMEA approach, Steven J. Keuning; formal models and practical measurement for greening the accounts, Kirk Hamilton; the magic triangle of input-output tables, Carsten Stahmer; alternative green accounting methodologies, Fulai Sheng and Sandrine Simon. Uses of green accounting: case studies -uses of green accounting, Glenn-Marie Lange; constructing green accounts, Prashant Vaze; corporate environmental accounting -accounting for environmentally sustainable profits, Rupert Howes; setting the agenda for green accounting in the 21st century, Sandrine Simon and John Proops.

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