The European Green Deal, the flagship initiative of the incumbent European Commission, aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 55% by 2030 (from the current target of cutting 40% of 1990 levels) by overhauling fiscal, trading and regulatory regimes. Brussels is well-placed to deliver the...

Die Emissionen fluorierter Treibhausgase (HFKW, FKW, SF6) konnten durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 842/2006 stabilisiert werden. Für eine darüber hinaus angestrebte Reduzierung war eine Überarbeitung der Verordnung erforderlich, die in den Jahren 2012 bis 2014 erfolgte. Eine Neufassung wurde im...

This paper investigates the effects of the EU Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) on environmental innovations and competitiveness in German facilities. It comprises twelve in-depth case studies and telephone interviews with 1277 EMAS-validated facilities. The surveys show a...

Products have an effect on the environment. Depending on their composition, their production method and how they are used, they can either become a source of pollution, or they can be designed in such a way as to avoid negative secondary effects. This article aims to schematically present, in a...

Sustainable development : concept, principles, and practice -- The concept of sustainable development : its evolution on the international plane -- Sustainable development : contest and debate of meaning -- Sustainable development : legal context and application -- Precautionary principle -- The...

This paper deals with the management of three environmental policies at the local level: clean water distribution, sewage and wastewater treatment and household solid waste collection and treatment. The argument is that applying the benefit principle for financing these services will enhance...

This article outlines the general principles of European environmental law so that common law jurists can understand their potentials and limits as a means to protect the environment. Though general principles of law are important as a source or at least as a persuasive guide to law in civilian...

After the financial crisis 2008/09, the limitations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting were criticized internationally. Thus, the need of connectivity of financial and non-financial information within an integrated report according to the framework of the International Integrated...

This paper provides an overview of early changes in the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies which have been triggered by the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Based on a broad definition of the sector, our research analyses the impact of the EU ETS on the four...

1. The importance of Article 11 TFEU for regulating business in the EU : securing the very basis of our existence / Anja Wiesbrock and Beate Sjafjell -- 2. The sky is the limit : on the drafting of Article 11 TFEU's integration obligation and its intended reach / Julian Nowag -- 3. Article 11...

"The relationship between environmentally sustainable development and company law and related areas of business law and policy has emerged in recent years as a matter of major concern for many scholars, policy-makers, businesses and nongovernmental organisations. This book combines a conceptual...

Recently, the European Commission has issued the Directive 2004/35/CE on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental liability. The Directive extends liability that usually refers to personal injuries and private property to harm where private property...