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| Author: | Barrett, J. Scott, A. |
| Title: | The Ecological Footprint: A Metric for Corporate Sustainability |
| Journal: | Corporate Environmental Strategy
2001 : VOL. 8:4, p. 316-325 |
| Index terms: | ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT COMPANIES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article presents the ecological footprint accounting tool and demonstrates its usefulness in measuring and monitoring corporate sustainability. The application of the ecological footprint is based on a case study of the city of Liverpool whilst its usefulness to businesses is demonstrated with data available in the environmental reports of various companies. For companies, the ecological footprint is able to take a given environmental impact and through its methodology convert this impact into a land measurement (hectares). Once all environmental impacts are considered and measured, the ecological footprint becomes the total area of land required to support a company in terms of the resources they consume and the waste that they produce. |
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