Challenges and responsibilities of accounting profession facing the environmental accounting

Authors

  • Javier Hernández Royett Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez
  • Benjamín Castillo Osorio Universidad del Sinú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22519/22157360.754

Abstract

The present paper descriptive-reflexive type aims to review some elements that constitute a challenge to the accounting profession in the environmental area and propose some guidelines that must be followed to implement an Environmental Accounting Information System. It is running about the national environmental accounting with its system of accounts that are part of the aggregate of world countries. This system is used since the signing of the Rio Summit in 2009 under coordinates that are no compulsory. To the enterprise level arise greater complexities due to difficulties to valuing and measure technically the figures that must be incorporated in the financial statements of organizations. So the accounting profession and the public accountant should take on a challenge quickly to implement an Accounting Information System and of control that ensure to incorporate these figures about the favorable and unfavorable environmental effects in the enterprise information system promoting tools to help decision making, as well projection and permanence of organizations on the market.

Author Biographies

  • Javier Hernández Royett, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez

    Contador Pública

    Coordinador de Investigaciones Programa Contaduría Pública de la Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez

     

  • Benjamín Castillo Osorio, Universidad del Sinú
    Magister en Planeación Urbana. Docente Investigador Universidad del Sinú y de Córdoba

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Published

2015-12-15

How to Cite

Challenges and responsibilities of accounting profession facing the environmental accounting. (2015). Aglala, 6(1), 164-182. https://doi.org/10.22519/22157360.754