Environmental Accounting in India: Progress & Challenges - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava

Accounting and disclosure of environmental matters have been increasingly manifesting as an important dimension of corporate accounting and reporting practices. As the entire world continues its rapid move towards industrialization, it has seriously threatened human ability to maintain the ecological balance. Industrialization is the foundation stone of the development of any economy, while the unplanned industrialization and discharge of waste by industries is one of the major causes of environmental pollution. As corporate sectors in the global market, especially in India are becoming anxious about environmental degradation, depletion of resources, etc. naturally more and more emphasis will be ascribed to ....