There is an increasing recognition within the private sector of the importance of including the environment in business decision making. A pre-requisite of this is the ability to incorporate environmental issues into business accounting and company reporting.
Events
Upcoming Events
14 October 2019 to 17 October 2019
Under the theme ”Solutions for welfare and sustainable development”, the III Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Protected Areas will be held from 14-17 October 2019. A space for experience exchange, debate on the formulation and implementation of public policies, research and academia, the Congress –created in 1997– is an initiative from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
07 October 2019 to 10 October 2019
The London Group on Environmental Accounting is a city group created in 1993 to allow practitioners to share their experience of developing and implementing environmental accounts. Members of this informal group of experts come primarily from national statistical agencies but also international organizations. The London Group generally meets annually, and the meetings provide a forum for review, comparison and discussion of work underway by participants towards development of environmental accounts.
25 September 2019 to 28 September 2019
The 20th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET20) will be held in Limassol, Cyprus, on 25-28 September 2019, focusing on Economic Policies for Low-Carbon Development.
04 September 2019
The event entitled Natural Capital Accounting in support of Land Degradation Neutrality is a side event which will take place on 4 September 2019 within the CoP14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The event will focus on how the SEEA can inform pol
02 September 2019 to 13 September 2019
The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14) is taking place from 2-13 September 2019.
Date: 2-13 September 2019
Venue: Vigyan Bhavan conference centre
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
02 July 2019 to 05 July 2019
Since 1993 Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have created opportunities for increasing understanding amongst stakeholders about issues on the biodiversity agenda. They allow those involved in setting the agenda to learn and to share views and experiences with their peers.
28 June 2019 to 29 June 2019
The Technical Expert Meeting on the revision of the SEEA EEA 2019 was held on 28 and 29 June 2019 in Glen Cove, New York, USA. The Expert Meeting was organized by the United Nations Statistics Division in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank, and was an activity under the “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” project funded by the European Union.
26 June 2019 to 27 June 2019
The Forum of Experts on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting 2019 was held on 26 and 27 June 2019 in Glen Cove, New York, USA. The Forum was organized by the United Nations Statistics Division in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank, and was an activity under the “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” project funded by the European Union.