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        ENVIRONMENTAL 
                      ACCOUNTING
       AUTHOR: MARTA RAMOS RAMOS
       E-MAIL: al185168@uji.es
       TUTOR: MARÍA JOSÉ MASANET LLODRÁ
       BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN FINANCE AND 
       ACCOUNTING
       2014/2015
                             
         
                        
         
                         Abstract 
        Since a few years ago, the society is increasing the role of environment inside the 
        businesses. This is the effect, among other facts, of the damage that the society has 
        been done along the time to the environment. That is why people are more concerned 
        about not damaging it and decreasing the damage caused.  
        It  has  to  be  said  that  companies  are  not  the  only  responsible  who  destroy  the 
        environment, but they are one of the biggest ones. Because of that, businesses are 
        more and more interested in taking into account the environment issue. 
        The aim of this project is to show up the most important aspects of the environmental 
        accounting  and  it  is  going  to  be  shown  the  differences  between  USA  and  EU 
        environmental laws, the differences in the practice (some real cases) and, lastly, how 
        industries act in environmental audits. 
         
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        ENVIRONMENTAL 
        ACCOUNTING