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Calculating the carbon footprint: Implications for governing emissions and gender relations

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  • Thereza R.S. de Aguiar
  • Anne Fearfull
  • María V. Sanagustín Fons

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In this article, we use fresh empirical evidence, and draw on feminist and critical accounting and organizational theories to contend that carbon calculators can be interpreted as discriminatory control technologies. They do this by providing a new and flexible vocabulary for governing expenses, costs and investments at a distance, avoiding a sense of direct intervention by the government. Thus, given our stance that the carbon calculator cannot be considered a neutral tool, we argue that it has the potential to control personal responsibilities regarding both environmental and family-based issues.

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  • Thereza R.S. de Aguiar & Anne Fearfull & María V. Sanagustín Fons, 2016. "Calculating the carbon footprint: Implications for governing emissions and gender relations," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(2), pages 63-77, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:40:y:2016:i:2:p:63-77
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2016.04.001
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    1. Aresu, Simone & Monfardini, Patrizio, 2023. "Oppressed by consumerism: The emancipatory role of household accounting," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    2. José A. Moseñe Fierro & M. Victoria Sanagustín-Fons & César Álvarez Alonso, 2020. "Accountability through Environmental and Social Reporting by Wind Energy Sector Companies in Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-18, August.
    3. Valdelamar-Villegas Juan Carlos & Fajardo-Herrera Reinaldo, 2023. "An approach to acquiring knowledge of the personal carbon footprint in Cartagena, in the Colombian Caribbean region," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, Sciendo, vol. 11(3), pages 65-72, September.

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