Environmental Management Accounting Research Articles

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ON THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM

Environmental management accounting (EMA), as part of environmental accounting, may assist managements to assess environmental impacts of organizations’ activities, particularly by providing environmental information for making decision. However, in Vietnam, the implementation of EMA is affected not only by pressure (coercive and/or normative) factors such as Government pollution standards, membership of VAMA etc but also by benefit and barriers when implementing EMA. This study found that in Vietnamese automobile enterprises, the possibility of EMA implementation was driven by some elements such as a motivation to reduce product costs, reactions to environmental issues, compliance to legislation, procedures and processes in the working environment which they are in business.

Effect of environmental management accounting practices on organizational performance: role of process innovation as a mediating variable

PurposeThis study aims to determine (1) the effect of environmental management accounting on organizational performance and (2) the mediating effect of process innovation on the relationship between environmental management accounting and organizational performance.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses survey methods designed for management accountants of large manufacturing companies in Indonesia. Data from 123 respondents were analyzed using the WarpPLS.FindingsThe implementation of environmental management accounting exerted a positive effect on organizational performance. It is evident that the implementation of environmental management accounting encourages companies to innovate processes which will improve how well the organization performs.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings still contained several limitations such as data were only collected from one province in Indonesia, and so the findings might not be generalizable to other provinces in Indonesia. Also, the number of variables studied only involved three. The study only focused on certain dimensions of environmental management accounting without considering other dimensions in-depth.Practical implicationsThese findings extend the literature on environmental management accounting and demonstrate, from a practical perspective, environmental management accounting (EMA), which prioritizes the environment, will encourage companies to innovate their processes so that they are more environmentally friendly; EMA recognizes the important role of accountants in managing environmental issues.Originality/valueThis study documents the importance of environmental management accounting to assist companies in getting accurate information on environmental issues and environmental costs.

Institutional pressures, environmental management strategy, and organizational performance: The role of environmental management accounting

AbstractThis study investigates the implementation of environmental management accounting in translating environmental management strategy into organizational performance. Further, the study identifies the influence of institutional pressures on environmental management strategy and environmental management accounting to provide a better description of the impact of the institutional environment on corporate environmental practices. The data were collected from 144 business entities in Sri Lanka using a web‐based survey and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. We found statistically significant evidence to state that the environmental management strategy is positively associated with the environmental and economic performance of organizations, whereas environmental management accounting mediates this relationship. Further, a firm's institutional environment positively affects both environmental management strategies and environmental management accounting. This study emphasizes that the organizational information systems such as environmental management accounting are useful in providing information on environmental costs and monitoring environmental and financial performance when implementing environmental management strategies in the pursuit of corporate sustainable development.

MANIFESTASI KINERJA LINGKUNGAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF ILMU AKUNTANSI DI PERUSAHAAN KOTA CILEGON

Environmental problems with pollution are generally caused by waste resulting from poorly managed waste disposal systems from the production process. Around 64 of the 470 watersheds are in critical condition. The causes are varied, including industrial waste containing various chemicals. This is because the use of corporate environmental accounting is less proactive to the management of the application of corporate environmental management accounting that is not good. The results of the proper assessment of the company's environmental performance in Banten 2017-2018 there were 9 companies that received a red rating greater than the 2016-2017 assessment year which only 5 companies. This type of research is a comparative causal study. Based on the type of data, this research is a quantitative study, because the data used is in the form of numbers. The method used in data collection in this study is to use survey techniques, namely data collection by questionnaire in 36 companies in the city of Cilegon who follow environmental proper. In this study the data was processed using PLS static tools to have different characteristics from previous studies. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that Environmental Management Accounting, Environmental Strategy, Physical environmental accounting, Monetary environmental accounting have a positive and significant effect directly on Environmental Performance. And the Environmental Strategy has a positive and significant effect on Environmental Management Accounting directly.

Enhancing a Decision-Making Framework to Address Environmental Impacts of the South African Coalmining Industry

The South African coalmining industry has a rich and long history and contributes significantly to the economic wellbeing of the country. Despite its importance in developing the economy, the industry is causing severe environmental challenges. For example, Emalahleni, a city situated in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, has been exposed for over a century to the continuous mining of coal. Challenges experienced include the sterilisation of land due to underground fires, water pollution, surface collapse, and acidification of topsoil. Previous work by the researchers formulated a conceptual framework aimed at addressing some of these challenges. In an extension of this work, the authors comprehensively enhance the preliminary framework on the strength of a set of qualitative propositions coupled with a parallel, exploratory survey. Interviews among various stakeholders were conducted, aimed at enhancing the components of the framework, followed by a focus group to validate the associations among the components of the framework. Aspects reinforced by the survey findings include the role of environmental management accounting, tools like material-flow cost accounting and life-cycle costing, and regulatory and accountability aspects. New aspects elicited from the interviews and the focus group include stakeholder education and training with respect to the value of environmental management accounting for the coalmining industry; adherence to risk management linked to environmental challenges; advanced technologies, for example, financial modelling; and an improved understanding of waste management aspects around acid mine drainage, volatile organic components, CO2 emissions, and post-mine closure. The novelty of the work lies in the approach taken to address coalmining challenges. Previous authors concentrated mostly on scientific and engineering aspects, while this research looks at it from an accounting perspective using environmental management accounting tools to address these challenges.

A framework of sustainable consumption and production from the production perspective: Application to Thailand and Vietnam

In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations (UN), goal 12 (“ensure sustainable consumption and production [SCP] patterns”) has eight outcome targets (12.1–12.8) and three targets for the means of implementation (MoI) (12.a–12.c). This “SCP-via-SDGs” approach is a much narrower, specific concept based on historical agreements that range from the Stockholm conference (1972) to the 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) (2012–2022). Meanwhile, “the academic SCP” is a highly interdisciplinary and complex approach that pursues an answer to what sustainability is, and it has not explicitly provided the SCP-via-SDGs framework at present. Thus, this study proposes a five-by-five framework for the SCP-via-SDGs approach from the production perspective (i.e., for individual firms), following the literature on corporate environmental management. The five stages (I–V) consider environmental management systems (EMS; I. strategy and process) for target 12.4, environmental management accounting (EMA; II. accounting and disclosure) for 12.6, and environmental management control systems (EMCS; III. financial, IV. environmental, and V. overall performance) for 12.2. Meanwhile, the five factors (1–5) consider the baseline and material flow (MF) factors (total waste, hazardous waste, raw materials used, and recycled waste) for targets 12.3 and 12.5. As an application, this study surveyed non-financial listed firms in Vietnam and compared the results to a previous study on Thailand. The results show that the firms are more likely to be at stage III (financial performance of EMCS) in Thailand and stage I or II (EMS or EMA) in Vietnam, suggesting that each market requires its own SCP policies, depending on the economic growth of each.

Environmental management accounting and innovation in water and energy reduction.

The objective of the study is to analyse the role of environmental management accounting (EMA) and the innovation of products and processes in reducing energy and water consumption. To carry out the study, data from PINTEC2017 on innovation activities from 55 sectors in Brazil from 2015 to 2017 were analysed. The hypotheses were tested with the application of structural equation modelling using SmartPLS. The results show that environmental management accounting (EMA) affects product innovation directly and process innovation indirectly through environmental management techniques. These results show that the use of EMA techniques contributes differently to each stage of innovation (processes and products). Thus, industries with new and improved products for the national market innovate their processes with the use of new technologies, training and innovation activities. These results are most evident in the sectors of paper and cellulose, petroleum products, chemicals and the manufacturing of machinery for extraction and construction. These results show that environmental management techniques interact with process innovation, mainly in industries that promote product innovation, and that process innovation has led to a reduction in water and energy consumption.

Akuntansi Manajemen Lingkungan: Metoda Akuntansi Lingkungan Guna Meningkatkan Eko-effisiensi Usaha Dan Mengatasi Krisis Ekologi Studi Pada CV. Andi Offset

Ecological issues have become one of the actual issues today. An anthropocentric mindsetmakes humans position themselves as masters of all creation. This view creates an act ofexploitation of nature which ends up in disaster in the form of environmental pollution.Environmental pollution that occurs today is a symbol of planning and design failure by thecompany. The negative impacts that occurs due to environmental pollution is that the cost ofrepair and control of the environment becomes high, and that there is the potential hiddencost in the income statement of the company. One effort that companies can take to preventand control waste is by managing environmental costs and performing eco-efficiencies thatserve to improve environmental performance.This research was conducted on CV. Andi Offset by using descriptive study approach. Datacollection was performed by means of observation; direct interview with related parties; anddocumentation. The results of this study indicate that the company has been accounting forenvironmental management as a form of compliance with Law No. 32 of 2009 on theenvironment and the Special Region of Yogyakarta Regulation number 7 of 2016 on wastewater quality standards. The use of environmental management accounting to the companyhas added to environmental costs as much as 2% of total production costs. In addition,environmental management accounting also has an effective impact on savings in the form ofwaste paper sales to third parties and improvement of eco-efficiency. However, eco-efficiencyhas not been able to reduce BOD5 levels in organic wastewater compounds; has not beeneffective in the stages of employee empowerment, innovation and enhancement of thecompany's competitive advantage. CV. Andi Offset is expected to make efforts to improveeco-efficiency on BOD5 organic compounds; employee empowerment; innovation andcompetitive advantage.

MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL COST

The paper deals with the environmental costs (EC) in the electrical equipment industry by using environmental accounting as a strategic instrument for controlling the economic entity (EE). The novelty of the study consists of integrating a mathematical model in environmental management accounting (EMA), starting from the identification of the types of waste generated by the production flow and the interaction between the production activity and the environment, which results in determining the EC per entity. The research also analyzes the dependence between the resulting waste and the volume of production by categories. The usefulness of determining these dependencies leads to the identification of the product categories with a significant influence on the EC. The study is useful for developing an environmentally sustainable accounting system within entities in the electrical equipment industry because based on the mathematical model, products that generate large quantities of waste can be identified, allowing the outline of managerial strategies to reviewing production technologies, in order to optimize the products and reduce the quantities of waste generated.

From institutional pressure to the sustainable development of firm: Role of environmental management accounting implementation and environmental proactivity

AbstractThe current study purposes to assess the impact of institutional pressures (coercive, mimetic, and normative) on environmental performance of the firm along with the mediation of implementation of environmental management accounting and moderation of environmental proactivity between them. Quantitative data are collected through structured questionnaire from 500 middle‐level and top‐level managers and owners of manufacturing firms of Pakistan. Data are analyzed through SPSS and AMOS in which structural equation modeling in performed to assess hypotheses. Findings show that coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures are significant derivers of environmental performance. It is further found that coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures significantly enhance the implementation of environmental management accounting, which in turn enhances the environmental performance of the firm. Furthermore, environmental proactivity is found to be a significant moderator between mimetic pressure and environmental performance while no moderation by environmental proactivity is confirmed in relationships of coercive pressure and normative pressure with environmental performance. The current findings are anticipated to assist practitioners in strategy development and execution to improve environmental performance of the firm and policymaking to control environmental impacts of businesses and improve environmental conditions in the country. The current study is the first one to empirically examine the moderating role of environmental proactivity and mediating role of execution of environmental management accounting between institutional pressures and environmental performance in context of Pakistan; so, it will open new areas of discussion and analysis for researchers in the domain of institutional theory.

Environmental Management Accounting Adoption Barriers Among Malaysian Hotel Companies

Environmental management has become a main concern to the hotel industry with regards to waste reduction, energy savings and water conservation. The hotel industry is frequently accompanied by many adverse environmental impacts as hotel companies extensively consume large amounts of energy, water and non-durable products. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) is tools that can be used to assist these companies to trace, collect, and analyse physical and monetary environmental information for decision-making purpose and consequently, improves financial and environmental performances. However, there are barriers to EMA adoption. This study aims to examine level of EMA adoption among the hotel companies and the barriers influencing EMA adoption. This study utilises the quantitative research design; using questionnaire survey. A total of 212 usable questionnaires were collected from the hotel companies in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. Multiple regression analysis was conducted for hypotheses testing. The results of this study show that EMA has yet to be extensively adopted among the hotel companies in Malaysia. The result also shows that the adoption level of both Physical EMA (PEMA) and Monetary EMA (MEMA) are still low. The result further indicates that the low adoption of EMA is caused by the lack of institutional pressures. Specifically, this study shows that financial barrier, informational barrier and institutional barrier significantly influence EMA adoption among the hotel companies in Malaysia. This study is significant to the hotel managers, government authorities and environmental regulatory agencies in understanding the level of EMA adoption in the Malaysian hotel industry. In addition, this study provides valuable contributions to the existing literature by providing useful insights on the barriers influencing EMA adoption in the hotel industry in developing countries.

ANALISIS PENERAPAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (EMA) DALAM MENINGKATKAN EKO-EFISIENSI USAHA (Studi Kasus Pada Rumah Sakit Ibnu Sina YW-UMI Kota Makassar)

Current issues related to the environment to be one of the issues that got the attention of the public. Awareness of the community to participate in protecting the environment is increasing from time to time. It encourages businesses as part of the community itself, to participate in maintaining the environment in ways that minimize the risk of environmental damage as a result of the operational company's. In this case, the needed cost of the so-called environmental costs. Environmental costs necessary to achieve eco-efficiency efforts, one of which is the use of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), by identifying environmental costs by classifying into the category of environmental quality to evaluate their environmental performance.
 This study uses the Ibnu Sina Hospital YW-UMI Makassar City engaged in health services as research objects. In this study the author uses descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that the Ibnu Sina Hospital YW-UMI Makassar City yet to implement Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), manage environmental costs, but this hospital has managed the impact of the environment.

Environmental Management Accounting : Issues and Practices

Environmental Management Accounting : Issues and Practices

Mediating Role of Environmental Management Accounting and Control System between Top Management Commitment and Environmental Performance: A Legitimacy Theory

The purpose of current study is to assess the impact of top management commitment on firms’ performance, based on legitimacy theory with mediating role of environmental management accounting and environmental management control system. Survey-based data has been collected through questionnaires from ISO 14001 based manufacturing firms of Pakistan. Path analysis has been conducted by applying structural equation modelling on total 304 respondents' data to answer the study hypotheses by using SPSS and AMOS. Results of the study indicate that there is a positive and direct impact of top management commitment on the firms' environmental performance. Moreover, environmental management accounting and control system significantly mediate the relationship between top management commitment and environmental performance. The theoretical model of this study is first time developed and tested by the researcher in Pakistan. Practically, the findings of this research give a deep insight and understanding of how the managers in Pakistan can improve the environmental performance of their firms, through commitment and environmental management accounting as well as environmental management control system tools.

Coercive, Normative and Mimetic Pressures as Drivers of Environmental Management Accounting Adoption

This paper explores the impact of institutional pressures on the adoption of environmental management accounting (EMA). EMA has been recognized as a valuable mechanism to deal with environmental issues. This paper uses institutional theory to explain the drivers of EMA adoption in Pakistan. Data were collected from the manufacturing sector in Pakistan through a questionnaire-based survey. The study concludes that coercive, normative and mimetic pressures have a significant and positive impact on the adoption of EMA.

Environmental management accounting in the Middle East and North Africa region: Significance of resource slack and coercive isomorphism

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is suffering from serious environmental issues, which are caused mainly by industrial and non-financial business activities. Implementing environmental management accounting (EMA) will help businesses manage environmental issues better and improve how they treat the environment. The key motivation for undertaking this study is that earlier research reported a poor level of environmental accounting practices by firms in the MENA region. These studies documented the necessity to develop a better understanding of EMA practices and the factors that influence their employment. Based on the new institutional sociology (NIS) perspective of institutional theory and resource slack theory, this study examines the influence of technological capabilities, environment-focused human resources management (EFHRM) and institutional isomorphism, specifically on the extent to which EMA practices are implemented in non-financial listed firms from eight MENA countries. These countries are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt. A web-based survey approach was utilised; and the data was analysed through structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings indicated an overall poor widespread of the use of EMA practices in the selected firms as perceived by the participants. Also, the findings suggest that technological capabilities, EFHRM and coercive isomorphism positively and significantly influence how EMA practices are implemented. Coercive pressures, technological and human resources are affecting the extent of EMA use in this study’s sample, but not to a great extent. Hence, coercive pressures should be maximised by regulatory bodies in the selected MENA countries in order for EMA practices to be widely accepted. Furthermore, governments should facilitate the outsourcing of experts who can help with implementing EMA practices. It means collaborating with non-government partners, such as accounting associations, industry associations, research & consulting firms and educational institutions. These kinds of collaborations can lead to better support for environmental management and EMA, thus instituting the required educational programs and training to enhance employees’ awareness of EMA practices that include the role of technology.

Socio-environmental accounting system in health management: a case study at the Vision Institute

In recent years, the society has increased the pressure on institutions to improve their social and environmental efforts, in addition to economic considerations in decision-making and internal behavior. This study analyzes the applicability of socio-environmental management tools in the health care sector through the partial application of the Environmental Management Accounting System called SICOGEA – Generation 3. This is an investigative and descriptive case study conducted at the Vision Institute (São Paulo Institute of Studies and Research in Ophthalmology, Brazil), where information was collected through semi-structured interviews. The results demonstrated that the studied institution has a level of general sustainability of 22.4%, which is considered “Weak.” This means that although it conducts certain initiatives for environmental management, the institution may be causing damage to the environment.

The Effect of Environmental Management Accounting on Corporate Sustainability

This research aimed to examine the effect of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) on corporate sustainability in mining, agriculture, construction and construction materials, energy, textile and apparel companies in Indonesia from 2014-2018. This research had 87 observations from 20 in Indonesia from 2014-2018. EMA was measured by eco-efficiency energy. Meanwhile, corporate sustainability was measured by environmental and social factors. The researchers used content analysis to measure entity sustainability. The data were qualitative and quantitative in the form of annual reports and company sustainability reports based on the G4 of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The results show that there is a positive influence between EMA on corporate sustainability. The high value of the eco-efficiency of the companies indicates the low usage of energy. The low use of energy certainly has a positive impact on environmental and social aspects as well as being a determining factor for corporate sustainability.

The Perceived Attributes of EMA and its Relation to the Adoption of the Practice: Malaysian Evidence

Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) is an extension to the traditional management accounting that helps the managers to identify environmental costs and realize the impact of their operation towards the environment. The adoption of this practice is critical in order to address environmental issues. However, as most of the practice of EMA is underutilized and diverse, further promotion is needed if it is to help the business to move towards sustainability. Surprisingly, even those firms which are regarded as being more environmentally-sensitive are not necessarily to use environmental management accounting. This has led to the literature gap pertaining factors that influence firms to apply environmental accounting. Therefore, this research is interested in extending the focus of EMA adoption in environmentally sensitive industries and understands the factors influencing them. Based on Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) perspective, this study attempts to look at how accountants perceived EMA and how this may affect the adoption of the system. By utilising a survey, questionnaires were mailed to the accountants of public listed companies in Malaysia. Six attributes namely the cost, relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, compatibility and trialabilty are tested in this paper to determine the motivations of EMA adoption. The findings of the study are expected to explain the conditions that facilitate the implementation of the practice and help to provide ways to increase the adoption rate among companies.

INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, FUTURE PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE IN INDONESIA

This study aims to identify and analyze the influence of environmental management accounting on future performance with innovation as an intervening. Innovation is one strategy to produce a competitive advantage. With the competitive advantage achieved, corporate performance is expected to be increased. However, companies are expected to implement a strategy that not only emphasizes business continuity, but also can carry out its business process with the concept of sustainable development. Using 122 manufacturing companies which are listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange, this study tests the hypotheses using path analysis. The paper provides empirical insights about how environmental management accounting does not affect future performance while innovation can mediate the effect of environmental management accounting on future performance.