environmental accounting

  • 11environmental liability — UK US noun [C, usually plural] ACCOUNTING, ENVIRONMENT ► the cost to a company of cleaning up pollution that is caused by its activities: »The firm suffered tax, legal, and environmental liabilities amounting to £396m …

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  • 12accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… …

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  • 13Environmental issues in the Niger Delta — Key environmental issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria relate to its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km² within wetlands of 70,000 km² formed primarily by sediment deposition. Home to 20 million people and 40 different… …

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  • 14Environmental Protection Department — Infobox Government agency agency name = Environmental Protection Department nativename a = 環境保護署 logo caption = seal width = seal caption = headquarters = 33/F 34/F 46/F 48/F Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong formed = 1986… …

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  • 15environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …

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  • 16Environmental impact of the energy industry — Rate of world energy usage in terawatts (TW), 1965 2005.[1] …

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  • 17Environmental scanning — DefinitionEnvironmental scanning is a process of gathering, analyzing, and dispensing information for tactical or strategic purposes. The environmental scanning process entails obtaining both factual and subjective information on the business… …

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  • 18Environmental effects of pesticides — Use of pesticides can have unintended effects on the environment. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including nontarget species, air, water, bottom sediments, and… …

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  • 19Environmental effects of nuclear power — Nuclear power, as with all power sources, has an effect on the environment through the nuclear fuel cycle, through operation, and (in Europe) from the lingering effects of the Chernobyl accident.Waste heatAs with any thermal power station,… …

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  • 20Social accounting — (also known as social and environmental accounting, corporate social reporting, corporate social responsibility reporting, non financial reporting, or sustainability accounting) is the process of communicating the social and environmental effects …

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