background to the case study
Details of the study are confined to the financial year 1999-2000 and involve the Mackenzie Paper Division paper mill owned and operated by Abitili-Consolidated Inc. of Montreal, Quebec. This mill is located 7 km from the town of Mackenzie, 181 km North East of Prince George, British Columbia. In 2000, Mackenzie Paper Division employed 248 people,of whom 25% were salaried staff and the balance were om hourly pay. The production of newsprint was 180146 (air dry) metric tons per year. The year-end financial report identifies the cost of operations including the costs of elements and departmental costs. There is no "environmental account" category that breaks out either costs or the mass balance of inputs and outputs. For the most part, environmental costs are rolled up in overhead account such as administration, infrastructure and materials account. A "conventional" reading of the year-end financial report identifies environmental costs in ways that can be associated with the following categories