Environmental challenges often present businesses with unexpected situations, and in order to address them, innovation in the direction of sustainability must become an unavoidable activity. This entails the transformation and development of the existing business models, assuming a great...

The polluter pays principle is a key principle of ecologically sustainable development. The principle holds that those who generate pollution and waste should bear the costs of containment, avoidance and abatement. This article discusses Australian cases relating to four situations which reflect...

The Polluter Pays Principle made its international debut in 1972 in a recommendation by the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") to OECD Member States on the international aspects of environmental policies. Fifteen years later, the World Commission on...