Abstract
The article deals with an ecological sustainable resource Management which has to include the normative, strategic and operative management level according to the St. Galler Management Concept in order to realize successfully the target of resource conservation in enterprises. Furthermore, the article shows the results of an empiric study concerning the application of instruments for environmental accounting in the manufacturing industry. The results show on the normative and strategic level the position of environmental and resource protection within the business target system, the recognized economical saving potentials and ecological improvement potentials, as well as on the operative level the application of specific environmental accounting instruments and the implementation of measurements for resource conservation.
Translated title of the contribution | Business Objective Resource Conservation – Environmental Accouting for an ecological sustainable Resource Management |
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Original language | German (Austria) |
Title of host publication | Corporate Sustainability. Der Beitrag von Unternehmen zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft |
Editors | a.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Karl Prammer |
Place of Publication | Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden |
Publisher | Gabler Research / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH |
Pages | 69-90 |
Number of pages | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Fields of science
- 105904 Environmental research
- 502052 Business administration
- 502020 Market research