Karbon Maliyetlerinin Belirlenmesine İlişkin Demir Çelik İşletmesinde Uygulama
A Case Study for Carbon Cost Determination in Iron and Steel Company

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The current study focuses on determining the carbon cost of a company which operates in iron and steel sector within the scope of cost accounting. As a result of approval of Kyoto Protocol by several countries, carbon focused inquires such as; carbon trade, carbon tax, investing in low carbon technologies, decreasing carbon emission and calculation of carbon cost have been essential issues that companies must concentrate on. Within this context, “Carbon Accounting” which is considered as a new concept has increasingly been significiant for the companies. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, case study method were used in a company which operates in iron and steel sector for carbon accounting. By means of this case study, first, company’s existing production and accounting systems were examined then carbon emissions, carbon footprint and share of carbon emissions in total production cost were calculated for 2016 and 2017 years.

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