Green Design Product: a New Approach in the Environmental Management Accounting

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

mohammad noroozi ¹ ( PhD of Accounting, Islamic Azad University- Shahrekord Branch, Iran.*(Corresponding Author) )

Received: 2016-01-30 Accepted : 2016-08-24 Published : 2018-03-21

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Management Accou, Green Design, Green Products,

Abstract :

Although economic development and growthing business activities and markets along with economic growth and the social walfare human beigns has taken pleace, but with the pressure on the natural systems of the planct and have been used none renewable natural resourses, which load to more extraction natural resources, accumulation of waste materials and destruction of the environment. This paper referring to accounting for environmental management, as one of the influential factors in environmental management and natural resources explains, the concept of green product design and operational process on the use of company products. The results show that green production processes to environmentally friendly product design, to analyze the situation and selection criteria and evaluation of plans for the replacement, to finally the products with positive effects on corporate performance, and the value in the supply chain to achieve green management.

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