Prior research suggests that voluntary environmental governance mechanisms operate to manage a firm’s reputation as opposed to being a driver of proactive environmental performance activities. In understanding how such corporate governance mechanisms can operate as a symbolic practice, we...

The BAT reference document (BREF) entitled 'Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector' forms part of a series presenting the results of an exchange of information between EU Member States, the industries concerned, non-governmental organisations...

Cutting mercury emissions in line with EU law led a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) maker to invest in modern technology. This success story is based on an actual case study and demonstrates that EU industrial emissions legislation creates opportunities for companies to: reduce their environmental...