ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES
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Resumo: | As a result of the public entities regard to public interest and their promoting role in environmental conservation, it is expected that those entities develop environmental accounting and management practices. The aim of this paper is to analyze environmental accounting practices developed by Portuguese local public entities. The results indicate that financial accounting (85.5%) and budgetary accounting (75.8%) are the two main areas of the accounting information system that take in account environmental issues, whereas in 9.7% of cases the cost accounting assumed a role regarding environmental information. The accounting treatment of environmental investments and expenditures and the disclosure of environmental information in annual reports are the main functions performed by the accounting information system about this matter. Among the main reasons to externally disclose environmental information, according to the organizations studied, the interest in showing environmental responsibility and promoting their public image are outstanding. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIESLAS PRÃCTICAS DE CONTABILIDAD MEDIOAMBIENTAL EN LAS ENTIDADES PÚBLICAS PORTUGUESASEnvironmental accounting. Local government. Empirical study. Portugal.Contabilidad MedioambientalAutarquías localesEstudio empíricoPortugal. As a result of the public entities regard to public interest and their promoting role in environmental conservation, it is expected that those entities develop environmental accounting and management practices. The aim of this paper is to analyze environmental accounting practices developed by Portuguese local public entities. The results indicate that financial accounting (85.5%) and budgetary accounting (75.8%) are the two main areas of the accounting information system that take in account environmental issues, whereas in 9.7% of cases the cost accounting assumed a role regarding environmental information. The accounting treatment of environmental investments and expenditures and the disclosure of environmental information in annual reports are the main functions performed by the accounting information system about this matter. Among the main reasons to externally disclose environmental information, according to the organizations studied, the interest in showing environmental responsibility and promoting their public image are outstanding.Dada la preocupación de las entidades públicas con relación a las cuestiones de interés público y su papel impulsor en la conservación del medio ambiente, se espera que dichas entidades desarrollen prácticas de gestión y contabilidad medioambiental. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las prácticas de contabilidad medioambiental desarrolladas en las entidades de ámbito local portuguesas. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la contabilidad financiera (85,5%) y la contabilidad presupuestaria (75,8%) son las dos áreas principales del sistema informativo contable en las que se tienen en consideración las cuestiones medioambientales, mientras que sólo en el 9,7% de los casos la contabilidad de costes asume alguna función en relación al tratamiento de la información medioambiental. El tratamiento contable de los gastos e inversiones de carácter medioambiental y la divulgación de información medioambiental en el informe anual son las principales funciones desempeñadas por el sistema informativo contable a este respecto. Entre las principales razones que han llevado a las entidades objeto de estudio a divulgar información medioambiental al exterior destacan el interés por demostrar la responsabilidad asumida en materia medioambiental y la promoción de su imagen.Universidade Regional de Blumenau2010-12-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://ojsrevista.furb.br/ojs/index.php/universocontabil/article/view/155010.4270/ruc.20106Revista Universo Contábil; v. 6 n. 4 (2010); 119-1361809-33371809-3337reponame:Revista Universo Contábilinstname:Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB)instacron:FURBporhttps://ojsrevista.furb.br/ojs/index.php/universocontabil/article/view/1550/1437Copyright (c) 2014 Revista Universo Contábilinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLima Ribeiro, Verónica PaulaGuzmán, Cristina Aibar2011-03-21T14:55:01Zoai:ojs.bu.furb.br:article/1550Revistahttps://proxy.furb.br/ojs/index.php/universocontabil/PUBhttps://proxy.furb.br/ojs/index.php/universocontabil/oai||universocontabil@furb.br1809-33371809-3337opendoar:2011-03-21T14:55:01Revista Universo Contábil - Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB)false |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES LAS PRÃCTICAS DE CONTABILIDAD MEDIOAMBIENTAL EN LAS ENTIDADES PÚBLICAS PORTUGUESAS |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES Lima Ribeiro, Verónica Paula Environmental accounting. Local government. Empirical study. Portugal. Contabilidad Medioambiental Autarquías locales Estudio empírico Portugal. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
title_full |
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN PORTUGUESE LOCAL ENTITIES |
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Lima Ribeiro, Verónica Paula |
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Lima Ribeiro, Verónica Paula Guzmán, Cristina Aibar |
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Guzmán, Cristina Aibar |
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Lima Ribeiro, Verónica Paula Guzmán, Cristina Aibar |
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Environmental accounting. Local government. Empirical study. Portugal. Contabilidad Medioambiental Autarquías locales Estudio empírico Portugal. |
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Environmental accounting. Local government. Empirical study. Portugal. Contabilidad Medioambiental Autarquías locales Estudio empírico Portugal. |
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As a result of the public entities regard to public interest and their promoting role in environmental conservation, it is expected that those entities develop environmental accounting and management practices. The aim of this paper is to analyze environmental accounting practices developed by Portuguese local public entities. The results indicate that financial accounting (85.5%) and budgetary accounting (75.8%) are the two main areas of the accounting information system that take in account environmental issues, whereas in 9.7% of cases the cost accounting assumed a role regarding environmental information. The accounting treatment of environmental investments and expenditures and the disclosure of environmental information in annual reports are the main functions performed by the accounting information system about this matter. Among the main reasons to externally disclose environmental information, according to the organizations studied, the interest in showing environmental responsibility and promoting their public image are outstanding. |
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