The use of accounting system to assess the pursuit of sustainable development in environmental protection by the Polish listed companies from the energy sector

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify the extent, to which an accounting system enables acquisition of environmental protection data, and assess the presence of correlation between the pursuit of environmental protection and financial condition. The research hypotheses are: Does accounting system make possible obtaining information about environmental protection? Is there connection between environmental protection and companies condition? To attain this goals, heuristic methods and indicator methods were used. The entities publish increasingly more information on environmental protection. Formalizing and structuring the presentation of environmental protection data in the companies’ reports would be recommended. There is no correlation between environmental protection and condition of a company.

Keywords

• sustainable development
• environmental protection
• accounting
• financial reporting