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Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Environmental Accounting Standards

Authors(1) :-Dr. Sanjeev Pal Singh

With environmental costs sued in decision making processes, environmental accounting is gradually pervading the strategic tool for enhancing sustainable development. But, it has its implementation hampered by one legal wrangling after the other. These hurdles are examined in this research work particularly concerning legal gaps and voids; poor implementation systems; and global synergy. The paper also presents empirical evidence on the trends of and the impacts arising from environmental accounting standards which are useful for offering suggestions as to how the gaps in they can be filled so that there can be standard implementation.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Sanjeev Pal Singh
Associate Professor,Faculty of Commerce, R.B.S. College, Agra

Environmental Accounting, Sustainable Development, Legal Challenges, Regulatory Frameworks, Enforcement Mechanisms, International Coordination, Data-Driven Analysis.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 1 | January-February 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 157-168
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ192126
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

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Dr. Sanjeev Pal Singh , "Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Environmental Accounting Standards", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.157-168, January-February.2019
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