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''Sustainability - emissions - carbon-neutral.''
1. ''Cost and management accounting.''  


Carbon negative means that activity goes beyond achieving net-zero carbon emissions to create an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
In cost and management accounting, total contribution is Revenues less Variable costs.


Sometimes described as ''climate positive''.
It is the contribution to covering fixed costs.
 
When total contribution is equal to fixed costs, the activity will break even.
 
 
2. ''Cost and management accounting.''  
 
Contribution per unit is the surplus that arises from producing and selling one unit of production.
 
 
3. ''Pensions.''
A payment made into an occupational pension scheme by the employer or the employee.  




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Break even point]]
* [[Carbon dioxide]]
* [[Contribution analysis]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Contribution margin]]
* [[Carbon Trust]]
* [[Contributions]]
* [[Decarbonise]]
* [[Fixed cost]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Limiting factor]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Management accounting]]
* [[Green bond]]
* [[Margin of safety]]
* [[Green Bond Principles]]
* [[Scarce resource analysis]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Variable cost]]
* [[Net zero]]
* [[Road to Zero]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution]]


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[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 00:06, 24 February 2021

1. Cost and management accounting.

In cost and management accounting, total contribution is Revenues less Variable costs.

It is the contribution to covering fixed costs.

When total contribution is equal to fixed costs, the activity will break even.


2. Cost and management accounting.

Contribution per unit is the surplus that arises from producing and selling one unit of production.


3. Pensions.

A payment made into an occupational pension scheme by the employer or the employee.


See also