Accounting for sustainable development performance /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Jan Bebbington.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Amsterdam :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cima,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 128 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to the issues -- Tools for measuring, managing and target setting for sustainable development -- The sustainability assessment model : an outline and evaluation -- Sustainability assessment model in action -- Sustainable development in decision making in the oil and gas industry -- Sustainable development evaluation outside of the oil and gas industry.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"In Accounting for Sustainable Development Performance, Jan Bebbington creates an in-depth picture of the Sustainability Assessment Model (SAM) and its applications in organisational settings and shows how this particular accounting tool is perceived by project management teams." "Academics and students of sustainability; specialists in the corporate and public sector; public and management accountants and policy makers will all benefit from understanding elements of the sustainable development agenda."
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"The book delivers focused and thorough research on internal decision making processes and in particular on capital allocation processes and how they may incorporate demands for Sustainable Development (SD) performance. The work undertaken comprises three elements - the first introduces a context for thinking about accounting for SD performance and proposes the SAM (Sustainable Assessment Model) as one way of achieving this outcome. The second extends its focus to the oil and gas industry more generally to uncover how other organisations operationalise SD in their decision making. Finally, the research extends the industry focus to examine how the construction and electricity generation industries are starting to think about SD performance."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sustainable development-- Accounting.
Sustainable development-- Economic aspects.
Comptabilité sociale.
Développement durable-- Comptabilité
Entreprises-- Comptabilité
Industrie-- Aspect de l'environnement-- Comptabilité