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The IFAC International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting

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Book cover Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production

Part of the book series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science ((ECOE,volume 24))

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This paper describes the core elements of the International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), recently published by the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) at www.ifac.org.

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  1. Institute for Environmental Management and Economics, IÖW, Vienna, Austria

    Christine Jasch

  2. Environmental Management Accounting Research & Information Centre, EMARIC, Arlington, USA

    Deborah E. Savage

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

    Stefan Schaltegger

  2. Business School, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK

    Martin Bennett

  3. Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Roger L. Burritt

  4. Institut Für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung, Vienna, Austria

    Christine Jasch

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Jasch, C., Savage, D.E. (2008). The IFAC International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting. In: Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M., Burritt, R.L., Jasch, C. (eds) Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production. Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8913-8_17

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