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Transparency in the Extractive Industries: Time to Ask for More
Bleischwitz, Raimund - In: Global Environmental Politics 14 (2014) 4, pp. 1-9
Amid accusations of tax avoidance directed towards some of the world’s largest multinationals, governments around the globe have started to act. Triggered by the 2010 US Dodd-Frank Act (Section 1504), the EU passed ambitious legislation in June 2013 on transparency. In this article I discuss...
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The Rise of the Region in Global Environmental Politics
Conca, Ken - In: Global Environmental Politics 12 (2012) 3, pp. 127-133
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Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements : A Survey
Gordon, Kathryn - 2011
International investment agreements define State commitments on investment protection, but also shed light on how these commitments are to be integrated with other public policy objectives. Investment protection in the context of environmental regulation has been a frequent source of controversy...
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Voluntary Contribution to INCB Guidelines on Medical Cannabis – Due Diligence, Good Faith, & Technical Concerns
Riboulet-Zemouli, Kenzi; Krawitz, Michael A. - 2021
In March 2020, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) launched a “Cannabis Initiative” with the purpose of issuing “guidelines/manual of good practices on the international drug control requirements for the cultivation, manufacture and utilization of cannabis for medical and...
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Role of supply chains in adopting product related environmental regulations : case studies of Vietnam
Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper shows some findings how product related environmental regulations, especially those that relate to management of chemical substances affect firms in Asia. Interviews were conducted for some firms in Vietnam that are part of global supply chains of electrical and electronic, furniture,...
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Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements: A Survey
Gordon, Kathryn; Pohl, Joachim - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2011
International investment agreements define commitments on investment protection, but also shed light on how these commitments are to be integrated with other public policy objectives. Investment protection in the context of environmental regulation has been a frequent source of controversy and...
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Is Environmental Tax Harmonization Desirable in Global Value Chains?
Cheng, Haitao - 2020
The spatial unbundling of parts production and assembly currently characterizes globalization, leading to the worldwide dispersion of pollution. We consider socially optimal (cooperative) environmental taxes in a two-country model of global value chains in which the location of both parts and...
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What natural capital disclosure for integrated reporting? Designing & modelling an Integrated Financial - Natural Capital Accounting and Reporting Framework.
Houdet, Joel; Burritt, Roger; Farrell, N. Farrell, Katharine - Applied Research Division, Synergiz - 2014
Business and government leaders from around the world are increasingly sounding the alarm about the need for effective … management of business dependencies and impacts on ecosystems. As a consequence, financial institutions have recently made a … accounting standards and guidelines, such as the forthcoming Natural Capital Protocol. It can hence be used to improve business …
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Investment in Sustainable Development: A UK Perspective on the Business and Academic Challenges
Garland, Nigel; Hadfield, Mark; Howarth, George; … - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1144-1160
There are many legislative, stakeholder and supply chain pressures on business to be more ‘sustainable’. Universities … is the essence of sustainable development. The challenges and opportunities for both business and universities are to …
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In Transition towards Sustainability: Bridging the Business and Education Sectors of Regional Centre of Expertise Greater Sendai Using Education for Sustainable Development-Based S...
Ofei-Manu, Paul; Shimano, Satoshi - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1619-1644
This article discusses a business-school collaborative learning partnership in the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE … that it will be good to focus on bridging the business and education sectors by building ESD capacity of the children and …
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