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Corporate Environmental Costs Connected with Legislative Compliance in the Czech Republic
[Environmentální náklady podniku spojené s plněním legislativy v České republice]

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  • Jarmila Zimmermannová

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This article focuses mainly on the environmental costs connected with legislative compliance in the Czech Republic, possibilities of their identification and observation in corporations and suggestions for cutting them down. First, we present an overview of theoretical concepts regarding determination of costs connected with environmental protection in companies and possible difficulties with identification of this kind of costs; however, there are various methods depending both on the authors' opinions and purposes of environmental cost identification in companies. Then, the article discusses particular inputs and outputs of companies and tries to identify possible environmental costs on both sides. Generally, both the simplest and cheapest way for the companies is to concentrate on such environmental costs that are connected with legislation in force; therefore, the Czech Republic's current environmental protection law is analyzed for this purpose. After that, the article focuses briefly on suggestions for possible corporate savings and environmental cost reduction, based on the legislation in force in the Czech Republic. Finally, the key element of this article is a case study based on the information obtained from a real company. The case study presents results of both identification and quantification of particular environmental costs connected with legislation in force in a small business in the Czech Republic in 2010.

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  • Jarmila Zimmermannová, 2011. "Corporate Environmental Costs Connected with Legislative Compliance in the Czech Republic [Environmentální náklady podniku spojené s plněním legislativy v České republice]," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2011(5), pages 48-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2011:y:2011:i:5:id:346:p:48-67
    DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.346
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    Keywords

    environmental costs; environmental legislation; company; case study; Czech Republic;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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