Factors Affecting the Environmental Management Accounting Practices of the Certified ISO 14001 Companies

Authors

  • Kwannaree Klaprabchone Faculty of Management Sciences Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University
  • Montree Chuaychoo
  • Worakorn Chaemmuangpak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53848/irdssru.v11i1.151334

Keywords:

Environmental Management Accounting Practices, The Certified ISO 14001 Companies

Abstract

        This research aimed to study attitudes and factors affecting the environmental accounting practices of an organization that is ISO 14001 certified. A total number of 400 questionnaires were used for data collection.The results showed that the most important factor affecting accounting practice for environmental management was the environmental social responsibility ( = 3.79, S.D. = 0.56), followed by the driving force from the stakeholders ( = 3.72, S.D. = 0.77), the environmental accounting policy of the management ( = 3.70, S.D. = 0.51), the environmental accounting policy ( = 3.59, S.D. = 0.51), and the accountant's expertise ( = 2.96, S.D. = 0.78), respectively.

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Published

05-04-2019

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Klaprabchone, K., Chuaychoo, M., & Chaemmuangpak, W. (2019). Factors Affecting the Environmental Management Accounting Practices of the Certified ISO 14001 Companies. Research and Development Journal Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, 11(1), 143–153. https://doi.org/10.53848/irdssru.v11i1.151334

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