Nonetheless, says Cogan at the Investor Responsibility Research Council, the stage seems set for SRIs and general investors to turn up the pressure on corporations to disclose their pollution liabilities in greater detail. For both types of investors, he asserts, a robust disclosure policy related to environmental liabilities "is a proxy for good management."
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It All Started Here. . .
- The Greening of GAAP
FIN 47: Accounting for the Environment
- FIN 47: The Future Is Now
- Starbucks EPS Hurt by Accounting Changes
- Up on Cripple Creek, a New Kind of Gold
- Environmentally Bankrupt?
- Pollution Costs Return to Balance Sheets
- Reporting on Environmental Liabilities
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- ConAgra Settles with SEC for $45 Million
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- Companies Diving into the Water Business
- Social Responsibility Starts to Pay Off
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