AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING - CALL FOR THE THEORY AND PRACTISE

Diffusion of Environmental Sciences into economic fields is the result of escalating society pressure for environmental protection. Accounting from position of the primary information system is facing the challenge of how to implement the requirements of management for accounting information with embedded environmental elements. This article aims to highlight the formation of variants of environmental accounting. Financial accounting system has traditionally focused on the status of fixed assets and other assets, obligations and other liabilities, costs and revenues and profit for the company as a whole. The current system of mandatory maintained financial accounting obligation does not determine following environmentally oriented information in the financial statements. International standards and best practices for creating environmental accounting can be used, or company may create own specific concept. The subsystem of environmental accounting designed by specific requirements is becoming acceptable and adjustable part of company information database.