This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution. It covers a wide...

Buildings are the largest energy consuming sector in the world, and account for over one-third of total final energy consumption and an equally important source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Achieving significant energy and emissions reduction in the buildings sector is a challenging but...

Building is an important but poorly explored part of sustainable development. The building sector has major impacts not only on economic and social life, but also on the natural and built environment. Various building activities, such as the design, construction, use, refurbishment and...

This report is based on four main sources: an extensive literature review, the analysis of theanswers to a questionnaire sent to FATF and FSRB members; the results of a typology workshop andsubsequent consultation with the football sector. Results to the questionnaire were obtained in October...

The OECD Competition Committee debated competition and sports in June 2010. This document includes an executive summary of that debate and the documents from the meeting: a background note and written submissions by Australia, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,...

This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Competition and Professional Sports” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation.

The OECD Competition Committee debated competition issues related to sports in October 1996. This document includes written submissions from Australia, Denmark, the European Commission, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the...