The importance of financial analysis and its place within pollution prevention planning


Businesses are recognizing that pollution and waste represent inefficiencies and lost profits
in their production processes. For companies that have the goals of saving money, especially
environmental costs, and reducing environmental impacts, this tutorial provides essential information
for meeting those goals.

Challenges that hinder investments in pollution prevention equipment, processes and programs include:

• Incomplete cost information
• Conventional management accounting practices do not capture many of the savings generated by P2 projects
• Difficult to quantify the long term qualitative benefits of investing in pollution prevention

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