Unerman, Jeffrey.

BP Deepwater Horizon the value of sustainability accounting / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey Unerman. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2018. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (7 min.) : color, sound). - The business & management collection, 2056-4570 . - Henry Stewart talks. Business & management collection. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Bite-size case study extracted from the talk: Accounting for sustainability Title from title frames.

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This case study looks at the economic, societal, and environmental impact of the oil spill disaster, the BP Deepwater Horizon, in 2010. The speaker argues that if BP had factored in the possible environmental risks in its operational safety decisions, it could have saved many billions of dollars in reputational damage and fines.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.

7117 Henry Stewart Talks


BP (Firm)


BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Economic aspects.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects.
Decision making.
Environmental auditing--Case studies.
Environmental economics.
Liability for oil pollution damages.
Offshore oil well drilling--Accidents--Prevention.
Offshore oil well drilling--Safety measures.
Oil spills--Management.
Oil wells--Blowouts--Risk assessment.
Sustainable development reporting.
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