SUSTAINABLE COST ACCOUNTING: MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS

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Auteurs principaux: Stephen Yaw Ntiamoah, Dr Prince Benjamin Nartey Menzo, Dr Vida Korang, Dr Nestor Nasage Naabulee
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author Stephen Yaw Ntiamoah
Dr Prince Benjamin Nartey Menzo
Dr Vida Korang
Dr Nestor Nasage Naabulee
author_facet Stephen Yaw Ntiamoah
Dr Prince Benjamin Nartey Menzo
Dr Vida Korang
Dr Nestor Nasage Naabulee
contents <p>Abstract: This present study develops and applies an integration of environmental<br>costs within the financial reporting perspective through the lens of sustainability cost<br>accounting on issues of measurement and reporting of broad corporate sustainability,<br>drawing widely from sources such as peer-reviewed academic journals, industry<br>reports, and policy documents from authoritative bodies that have applied a<br>systematic search strategy with selective inclusion criteria; this considers literature<br>spanning 2013 to 2023. Key issues emerging from this qualitative content analysis are<br>environmental cost measurement, corporate-level reporting on sustainability, and<br>integrating environmental costs into financial decision-making. The results provide a<br>rationale for the importance of sustainable cost accounting in ensuring corporate<br>transparency, regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational efficiency.<br>The key issues this paper identified were poorly developed structures for the<br>measurement of environmental costs, besides problems with data capture and high<br>costs of implementation.Despite these, this study demonstrates how businesses can<br>competitively benefit by incorporating environmental costs into their decision-making<br>strategies in order to enhance the levels of sustainability and investment potential at<br>low environmental and financial vulnerabilities. It concludes, in particular, that<br>sustainable cost accounting will be furthered in the future by better regulatory<br>regimes combined with a deeper corporate will for ecological stewardship toward<br>long-term financial security and a more sustainable world economy.</p>
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spellingShingle SUSTAINABLE COST ACCOUNTING: MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
Stephen Yaw Ntiamoah
Dr Prince Benjamin Nartey Menzo
Dr Vida Korang
Dr Nestor Nasage Naabulee
Sustainable Cost Accounting, Environmental Cost Measurement, Finacial Reporting, Sustainability.
<p>Abstract: This present study develops and applies an integration of environmental<br>costs within the financial reporting perspective through the lens of sustainability cost<br>accounting on issues of measurement and reporting of broad corporate sustainability,<br>drawing widely from sources such as peer-reviewed academic journals, industry<br>reports, and policy documents from authoritative bodies that have applied a<br>systematic search strategy with selective inclusion criteria; this considers literature<br>spanning 2013 to 2023. Key issues emerging from this qualitative content analysis are<br>environmental cost measurement, corporate-level reporting on sustainability, and<br>integrating environmental costs into financial decision-making. The results provide a<br>rationale for the importance of sustainable cost accounting in ensuring corporate<br>transparency, regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational efficiency.<br>The key issues this paper identified were poorly developed structures for the<br>measurement of environmental costs, besides problems with data capture and high<br>costs of implementation.Despite these, this study demonstrates how businesses can<br>competitively benefit by incorporating environmental costs into their decision-making<br>strategies in order to enhance the levels of sustainability and investment potential at<br>low environmental and financial vulnerabilities. It concludes, in particular, that<br>sustainable cost accounting will be furthered in the future by better regulatory<br>regimes combined with a deeper corporate will for ecological stewardship toward<br>long-term financial security and a more sustainable world economy.</p>
title SUSTAINABLE COST ACCOUNTING: MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
topic Sustainable Cost Accounting, Environmental Cost Measurement, Finacial Reporting, Sustainability.
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15091228