Finding the cash flows in the profit-pollution nexus: petroleum refineries in Canada

This study builds on earlier work in the oil and gas industry that observed a negative relationship between pollution and profit. We argue that new technology lowers the cost of clean operations, and that a reduction in waste-emission enhances revenue streams and reduces the cost of waste treatment.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Magness, Vanessa ; Sabetjoo, Marzieh ; Guergachi, Aziz ; Gill, Muhammad Khalid
Published in:	International Journal of Critical Accounting. - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, ISSN 1757-9848. - Vol. 2.2010, 3, p. 267-288
Publisher:	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Subject:	environmental performance \| financial performance \| resource-based theory \| oil and gas industry \| critical accounting \| profit-pollution nexus \| petroleum refineries \| Canada \| environmental pollution \| waste emission \| revenue streams \| waste treatment \| wastewater treatment \| environmental accounting

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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