Thursday, November 19, 2009

UK - Is it time to set carbon emissions standards?

Should the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) prioritize a project on global rules for accounting for pollution? Gavin Hinks talks to PricewaterhouseCoopers sustainable development partner Alan McGill and David Lyon, principal at Arthur D. Little’s sustainability and risk practice, about the lack of a standardized method for carbon accounting and what should be done about it. (View the video Is it time to set carbon emissions standards? at Accountancy Age online.)