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In a growing atmosphere of mistrust of many transnational corporations, there is a recognized need for holding them accountable. The world community has often been betrayed by corporations which make decisions affecting the lives of many, but concentrate the power of decision making in the hands...
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complexity to verify the relationship between corporation performance and complex environment, but measured organizational … environmental complexity. To do so, a set of corporations that shared the similar environment was selected, and then these …’s environment complexity the fitness of organizational complexity for testing hypotheses. Practical implications – The regularity of …
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This paper endeavours to present building owners, managers, architects and design/builders with a compelling business case for considering a green building for their new construction projects. A green building, for the purposes of this paper, refers to any building that meets the high standards...
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the framework of a geographic information system, are used to evaluate the quality of the urban environment through a …
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to human beings and to the wider environment, will have to be considered, especially if any contamination is to be left … assessment of risk, such as the potential for harms to humans, buildings or the environment, but taken altogether they should …
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Purpose This paper aims to explain the changes to the liability regime for nuclear installations before reviewing the traditional heads of damage under the 1965 Act. It argues that while there is some welcome clarification of what amounts to an “occurrence” in the purposes of the 1965 Act,...
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environment (objects of categories I and II), provided for by the Federal Law “On mandatory Environmental Protection.” Originality … causing harm to the environment, life, health and property of citizens (property of legal entities) as a result of accidents …
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Discussions on the appropriate international regime to govern trade in biofuels are in their infancy. However, a large number of countries have set minimum blending targets for biofuels. Meeting these targets will require greater production and increased international trade in biofuels. Concerns...
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finds that the common knowledge placing both labour and the environment in the same position at the WTO originates from the …, that alliance did not translate into the inclusion of both subjects at the WTO, which incorporated the environment while …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cross-fertilization between environmental concerns and trade law, through an analysis of their primary texts and case law, and seek to what extent the concept of sustainable development is, or can be, embodied in such field of law. The...
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