The report concentrates on customary costs such as utilities, labor, and capital costs. Less certain and calculable costs, such as potential liabilities, are briefly addressed in an appendix. Actual applications of TCA are also discussed. It introduces TCA and features company case studies that show how firms have benefited from taking a TCA approach. The directory contains over 650 names of individuals who are either active or interested in environmental accounting activities.
Many listings describe what individuals do and what services they have to offer to others.
May be used as a phone or skills directory. This is the latest printed version of the Directory available. It also allows you to share environmental accounting initiatives that you have underway. Network members receive periodic updates on EPA's Environmental Accounting Project activities. This report presents research findings regarding the implementation of environmental accounting practices in the electroplating industry, including information on the types and magnitude of environmental costs this industry incurs, the feasibility of improving the tracking each of these costs, recommendations for investigating these environmental cost structures, and conclusions regarding the potential for wider adoption and application of environmental accounting concepts in this industry.