This paper analyses the extent to which the Eco-management Auditing System is being used in European countries and presents the results of a survey performed with competent bodies in EU countries. Results which may guide the establishment of EMAS competent bodies in the Baltic region, with a...

This study investigates the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD) and economic growth for 14 major Indian States. To capture the temporal aspects of EQ, the sample period is divided to Period A (1990-1996) and Period B (1997-2004). For both the subperiods, 63...

Firms' environmental behaviour depends mostly on how their revenues and costs are affected by consumers and investors' valuation of their specific sector and, at the same time, by the established regulatory framework and its enforcement. There is an empirical literature, which supports the...

This article suggests an approach to the integration of the environmental dimension in polluting industrial plants based on two genuine cases and on the typology of the significant environmental impacts. It consists of suggesting a methodology for integrating the environmental dimension which is...

This paper aims at presenting key perspectives of local public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Greece in respect with the effort of adapting urban governance towards sustainability. It is structured into three main units. Firstly, it attempts to define PPPs in general and in environmental policy,...

In an attempt to meet growing environmental challenges resulting from 30 years of rapid industrialisation, China is devising new incentives to motivate cities to meet higher environmental standards aiming at a more sustainable path of development. In this article, we seek to throw light on these...

Key principles of Buddhist economics are discussed in relation to the private sector's role in contributing to sustainable development. It is suggested that many aspects of a Buddhist approach are consistent with recent developments in the field of corporate social responsibility. But a more...

This paper overviews two contested narratives of sustainable development. One employs sustainable development as a key concept in the rhetoric of eco-modernism and 'green business', following a 'managerial' model. The opposing narrative frames the concept as capable of emancipating more...

This report was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue. This report constitutes Phase 2 of this project. While the first phase of the study discusses the components of a national system, the second focuses on instruments for financing reconstruction after a...

La estrategia de medio ambiente (GN-2208-4) es un instrumento rector cuyo objetivo fundamental es lograr mayor eficacia en el respaldo que el Banco brinda a los países prestatarios de América Latina y el Caribe para que éstos alcancen sus metas de desarrollo sustentable. Establece principios...