The function of environmental accounting is to provide measured data as an adequate measure of business organization’ success on the viewpoint of social climate such as pollution. global warming and acid rain. The environmental accounting is based o...
The function of environmental accounting is to provide measured data as an adequate measure of business organization’ success on the viewpoint of social climate such as pollution. global warming and acid rain. The environmental accounting is based on the general function of accounting system. Much of the accounting function involves measurements and communication of measured data as they relate to point in time and various segments. The environmental accounting information serve as indices to make possible useful analysis of social problems.
The standards of identifying, measuring and disclosure of environmental cost accounting is not setting and the rate and degree of environmental cost information disclosure as supplemental footnotes is very low in Korean construction industry. So, this study is aimed at providing some criteria of the environmental cost accounting in Korean construction industry.
The results of this study is as followings.
First, the environmental cost accounting information is not disclosed in seventy percentage of Korean construction cooperations.
Second, some criteria of the environmental cost accounting are construction capacity and detail major in Korean construction industry Third, .a criterion of construction capacity for distinction in separation of environmental accounting is three million Won in Korea.
In conclusion, it is necessary to embody contents and methods of supplemental footnotes in detail and there will be disclosed the qualities and contents of environmental cost in comparable form between business organizations.
Therefore, it is necessary to group small cooperations and the others for the new accounting standards in Korean construction industry.