The Australian government ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2007 signifying their commitments to address global warming and associated harmful climate change. Central to the Government's strategy is the proposed emissions trading scheme (AETS) now mooted to begin in 2011. Credible, transparent and...

Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature's conclusion on the effectiveness of suchprograms is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large control...