Abstract:
The existence of humankind is dependent on the environment where it live and nowadays, one of environment threats is the air pollution which has occurred due to the increase of greenhouse gases. Businesses are considered as the main actors of pollution due to this greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere during their production. The aim of study is to determine the carbon footprints of the firms and to supply application offer to consider not only goods and service costs but also environmental costs during the accounting processes. This study especially provides to make carbon costs which are related to greenhouse gas emissions within total production costs more clearly visible and to be easily reported, and it also provides data for managers to use in their decisions during the cost reducing process. The research was carried out in cement sector where greenhouse gas emissions occur most and the results were explained.
