The aim of this article is to develop a better understanding of the institutional and organizational roots of Corporate Social Responsibility. In the first step, we seek to understand the origins of the widespread call for Corporate Social Responsibility. We distinguish an institutional call...

The realization of a ?sustainable development? tends increasingly to be thought in terms of a necessary transition to achieve. This article aims at analyzing how this perspective has penetrated in institutional spheres and showing how it is the product and the vector of a form of collective...

According to definition of labour unions, they have always been attributed with securing financial and non-financial benefits for their members through....

Environmental justice is a contested concept. However, it became a high-level policy objective in the United States and, internationally, policy advocates and academics have identified environmental justice as a fundamental part of sustainable development. Policy appraisal, in particular...

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has often been identified as a key tool to contribute to sustainable development. This special issue of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management focuses on European SEA practice between 2003 and 2010 to critically evaluate SEA links...

The concept of sustainable development is currently one of the most important concepts in the world. The implementation of the global idea is in the hands of local communities. The success of LA21 initiatives largely depends on two important factors: the bottom-up initiatives of the community...

Climate change involves fundamental international asymmetries in terms of its sources and impacts. The World Development Report 2010 presents an optimistic picture of the possibilities for tackling global warming, its optimism rather at odds with the gloomy prospects that may well be in store...

This collection of papers is based on an international workshop held in the summer of 2009 at the University of Duisburg-Essen. It brings together different perceptions regarding China, India and Bangladesh as they face the risks and crises of climate change and economic shocks like the recent...

Socially responsible actions of the companies can be performed not only to society but also to its employees, which can help increase the company’s performance. In this article we have identified various ways of achieving social responsibility programmes to employees, being outlined a number...