In this key resource, Stefan Schaltegger and Roger Burritt provide not only early elements of a lingua franca but also a clear, professional set of briefings on an extraordinary range of issues, from contingent environmental liabilities and tradable emission allowances to eco-asset sheets and stakeholder involvement ... the book as a whole will handsomely repay study both by business people and by the growing range of individuals, organisations and institutions who companies are coming to consider as stakeholders. I suspect that this will soon be among the best-thumbed books in my own collection.
John Elkington, Chairman, SustainAbility Ltd; Chairman, Environmental and Social Accounting Committee, UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Member, EU Consultative Forum on Sustainable Development

Better information flows are essential for supporting companies' total quality management, eco-efficiency, sustainable development and environmental reporting initiatives. This book contains extensive discussions of the possibilities for boosting such initiatives through environmental accounting. Readers will come away with a much better understanding of the myriad of issues and opportunities that lie in improving the flow of financial and ecological information in firms.
Susan McLaughlin, US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Accounting Project

Schaltegger and Burritt can be credited with highlighting in their text the importance for management of the link between value added and environmental impact added as a general definition of eco-efficiency ... This book makes a valuable contribution to the corporate sector's gradual adoption of environmental accounting systems which will allow us to measure how heavily we tread on the planet and thus learn to live within the capacity of its ecosystems.
Claude Martin, Director General, World Wide Fund for Nature

Schaltegger and Burritt's book is an important and timely contribution to the ongoing quest for new forms of corporate disclosure which integrate financial, environmental and social reporting.
Patrick Ponting, National President, CPA Australia

It is important that environmental accounting and environmental reporting are researched and developed to improve the usefulness of the information supplied to investors. And it is important that guidelines of a global nature are developed and included in future financial reporting. This book addresses how to develop accounting systems and an accounting model with such aims in mind.
Stig Enevoldsen, Chairman, International Accounting Standards Committee; Partner, Deloitte & Touche, Copenhagen

The development of key performance indicators for sustainable development will provide the logical framework for setting targets and driving continuous improvement across operations and for developing standards of reporting and verification ... Contemporary Environmental Accounting provides an important link between environmental and financial performance and paves the way for the more difficult task of accounting for social/ethical conduct.
Andy Oliver, Vice-President, Health, Safety and Environment, Shell International

... as a reference text and as a text to stimulate and to prompt us into other ways of thinking, this book is a really substantial addition to the literature and deserves very serious attention.
Social and Environmental Accounting

The authors have compiled and structured the existing concepts of environmental accounting very thoroughly ... The book addresses students, controllers and business leaders equally. Although the structure helps readers without any prior knowledge of environmental accounting to get an overview, the book also provides a compendium for experts who want to look up something ... the book is therefore a clear buy.
Ökologisches Wirtschaften

... two of the world’s foremost experts on the subject have come together to write the definitive book on environmental accounting. Engaging and accessible, this book is suitable for academics and professionals alike.
World Resources Institute’s Envirolink Newsletter

It provides a comprehensive and well structured overview.
Corporate Environmental Strategy

In essence, this book is essential reading for all those who are interested in how environmental issues influence accounting.
Sustain magazine

This is a new and welcome addition to the growing material on environmental accounting ... whilst hardly the lightest of topics the writers manage to break down the concepts into fairly user-friendly form, drawing out principal ways for incorporating environmental elements into accounting systems.
Connections — UNED Forum Quarterly Newsletter

... it is a book worth taking seriously ... Anyone who is not sure of what is meant by ‘eco-efficiency’ will be hard pressed to find a better explanation ... In particular, there is good, balanced discussion of life cycle assessment as the most common model in use in environmental information management, and how it might be improved to make it a more effective and efficient management tool ... this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who is involved or interested in how accounting is influenced by environmental issues.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management