Green accounting initiatives and strategies for sustainable development

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-376) and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- The triple bottom line (tbl) approach from the accounting and performance measurement perspective -- New dimension of accounting information : a social and environmental approach -- European and international standards for social and environmental reporting -- Costs and externalities in the context of social and environmental crises -- Models for measuring and reporting of green performance -- Environmental audit in integrated audit system -- Entity's sustainable development from adaptive management perspective -- Risk management in green corporate strategies -- Quality of corporate communication in a sustainable environment -- Fractal approach in sustainability modeling -- Gaia theory : model for a sustainable society -- Particularities of social and environmental accounting research in an emerging country.

"This book offers research on the economic, social, and environmental objectives essential to the planning and support of future organizations and communities for those interested in designing business models and financial plans with consideration for environmental and social liabilities"--