Ökoaudit ist ein umweltpolitisches Instrumentarium von neuer Qualität, das auf Freiwilligkeit, Selbstorganisation und Eigenkontrolle basiert. Es führt zu einem betrieblichen Umweltschutz, der über die Einhaltung allein gesetzesbedingter Umweltauflagen hinausgeht. In kleinen und mittleren...

This study aims at assessing the impacts of different approaches to IPPC implementation on competitiveness of companies in two industrial sectors (electric steelmaking and domestic glass production). As the provisions of the IPPC Directive allow a certain flexibility for Member States to set...

This working paper develops upon the idea that economic analysis has a definite role to play in informing decision makers about the desirability of going ahead with an investment project designed to improve environmental quality and also that the role of precision in this matter is not trivial....

With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...