Accounting Streams Unit 2 case 1: Climate and sustainability

This quick case is a teaching case to complement Unit 2 of the Accounting Streams Principles of Accounting textbook.

This case allows learners to reflect on the history and long-term implications after two natural disasters:

A) the BP Deepwater Horizon the Gulf of Mexico explosion 2010 as the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations; and

B) the Yasuní-ITT initiative 2007 that highlights the environmental and social impacts of oil extraction in the Yasuní National Park in Ecuador which is a United Nations Biosphere Reserve and home to some of the planet’s last Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation.

Quick cases are intended to be self-contained and ready for class use. If you have any questions please contact the Accounting Streams team or the authors.