Essays about: "natural capital accounting"

Found 4 essays containing the words natural capital accounting.

1. 1. Sowing the Seeds of Growth: Swedish Natural Capital Growth Accounting from 1850 to 2010

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Andrew Pierson; [2022]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Exploring the contributing factors of economic growth is a long-standing research field in economic study. However, natural capital stock has been widely excluded from this investigation. This thesis attempts to include natural capital stock in an augmented Solow growth model utilizing Swedish national accounts from 1850 to 2010. READ MORE

3. 2. The value of iron ore and timber in Sweden : An ex post study of the United Nations valuation framework for green national accounts

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Sandra Nordmark; Josefin Wallgren; [2017]
   Keywords : Green national accounting; SEEA; natural resources; valuation; timber; iron ore; net present value; net price; Gröna nationalräkenskaper; SEEA; naturresurser; värdering; timmer; järnmalm; nettonuvärde; nettopris;

   Abstract : Green national accounts are a complement to the more traditional GDP measure which includes natural capital and the depreciation and regeneration of natural capital. The United Nations have developed an international standard model, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, for valuing natural resources within the green national accounts. READ MORE

4. 3. Profit or Loss? Exploring the Decision-Making Value of Natural Capital Accounting for Businesses

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Elena Talalasova; [2017]
   Keywords : natural capital accounting; corporate decision-making; integration; environmental information; monetary evaluation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of the study at had was to explore the potential of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) to integrate environment into business decision-making. In order to fulfill the aim, the research was split into three main parts. READ MORE

5. 4. Monetary green accounting at a regional scale in Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Lina Isacs; [2007]
   Keywords : natural capital; green accounting; regional; non-marketed; ecosystem services; sustainability; Sweden;

   Abstract : In this thesis environmentally adjusted regional products (EDPRs) are calculated by introducing non-marketed values of natural capital assets into conventional GDPR (Gross Domestic Product of regions) figures for the years 1995 and 2000, following welfare based green accounting theoretical guidelines. The EDPRs of Sweden's 21 counties presented are partially adjusted in the sense that values of two natural capital outputs in the form of ecosystem services, pollution sequestration and recreational services, from three types of ecosystems, forests, agricultural landscape and wetlands, are calculated and added to GDPRs using secondary data of resource quantities and value estimates from existing studies. READ MORE