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ENVIRONMENTAL COST ACCOUNTINGFOR CHEMICAL & OIL COMPANIES :A BENCHMARKING STUDY
A Project of Institute for Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Houstonin Partnership with the Business Council for Sustainable Development - Gulf of Mexico Authors:
David Shields,
University of Houston, College of Business Administration(CBA) and American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird
)Beth Beloff,
Director, CBA Institute for Corporate Environmental Management(ICEM), University Of Houston
Miriam Heller,
University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering Dept. of Industrial Engineering
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Table of ContentsTopic Page
List of Figures and Tables 2Purpose of Report 3Acknowledgments 4Executive Summary 5Summary of Key Findings 10Project Background12Benchmarking Process14Environmental Accounting System Development17Framework Attitude Toward Environmental Stewardship18Environmental Cost Accounting System Development22Environmental Costs29Use of Environmental Cost Accounting in Managerial33Decision MakingAppendix A: Partner Company Profiles and38Case study SummariesAppendix B: Questionnaire44Appendix C: Definitions of Factors54
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List of Figures and Tables
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Table A: Ranking of Factors and Issues16Table B: Cost Sheet for Product A*28Table C: Comparative Environmental Costs31Figure 1: Environmental Cost Accounting
Cooperative Benchmarking
SM
Process 14Figure 2: Conceptual Level Framework for Environmental Cost Accounting 17
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APPENDIX C :DEFINITION OF FACTORS for Environmental Protection Agency: bench
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