In this episode we explain how co-accounting can be used by countries and companies to quantify their environmental impacts and discuss the benefits and limitations of these methods.

References

Sandoz fire: https://www.iksr.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente_en/Press_Releases/30_Jahre_nach_SANDOZ_Hintergrund.docx_de-DE_en-GB.pdf

GDP: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Beginners:GDP_-_What_is_gross_domestic_product_(GDP)%3F

GDP Critique: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gdp-is-the-wrong-tool-for-measuring-what-matters/

A brief history of ecological accounting: https://www.aefr.eu/en/article/4078-a-brief-history-of-ecological-accounting

UN- SEEA: https://seea.un.org/

CARE Model: https://www.routledge.com/Humanitarian-Ecological-Economics-and-Accounting-Capitalism-Ecology-and-Democracy/Richard-Rambaud/p/book/9781032046648

CSRD: https://www.deutscher-nachhaltigkeitskodex.de/en/reporting-obligations/corporate-sustainability-reporting-directive-csrd/important-information/

Benefits of good environmental accounting for corporations: https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/18/9/480

Costa Rica Example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5960649_Costa_Rica's_Payment_for_Environmental_Services_Program_Intention_Implementation_and_Impact

Decoupling Debunked: https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Decoupling-Debunked.pdf

Critical studies:

Holmes, C. & Yarrow, D. (2023) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03085147.2023.2237350

Järvinen et al. (2022). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-020-04600-7

Data Sources

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=EU

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS