One - Fundamental Concepts for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by ISTAT -- 1. First Report of the Commission Istat-Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei for the Study of a System of Environmental Accounting -- Two - Contributions towards an Environmental Accounting System -- 2. Environmental Accounting: Introductory Remarks -- 3. Environmental Accounting: Problems and Proposals -- 4. Environmental Accounting and Policy: A Theoretical Framework -- 5. The Input-Output System Extended to Environmental Accounting -- 6. Proposal for a General Approach for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by Istat -- 7. Information Bases for Environmental Policies -- Three - International Experiences of Environmental Accounting -- 8. A Methodological and Operative Analysis of the Most Recent Developments in Environmental Accounting in the EEC, the UN and the OECD -- 9. Elements of Environmental Accounting in Some European Countries - A Methodological and Operational Analysis: The Cases of France, Germany and the Netherlands -- 10. Environmental Accounting and Environmental Policy: The Case of Norway -- Four - Basic Statistical Information: Some Experience -- 11. An Inventory of Atmospheric Pollution Emissions in Italy: Structure and Evolutionary Development -- 12. An Estimate of Environmental and Defensive Expenditures -- 13. Data Banks on Environmental Information Sources -- 14. The Environmental Budget of the Firm -- Appendix - Forum on Environmental Reporting: Company Environmental Reports.

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy's Central Statistical Office (ISTAT) to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the so-called `green GDP' or `net national product' (NNP).