TY - JOUR AB - A consortium of environmental groups and pension fund managers in the United States have recently announced a set of corporate guidelines called the “Valdez Principles”. One guideline calls for firms to prepare annual environmental reports, which would be independently audited. Accountants have a comparative advantage in performing such audits, as well as preparing the underlying reports. This advantage is explained; the potential pitfalls which may hamper the profession are also addressed. VL - 6 IS - 5 SN - 0268-6902 DO - 10.1108/02686909110140823 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02686909110140823 AU - Stevens William P. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - The Auditing Profession and the “Valdez Principles” T2 - Managerial Auditing Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -