Business and the environment : policy incentives and corporate responses.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--OECD countries.

Environmental policy.

Industries--Environmental aspects.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Environmental management.

OECD countries.

Environmental management--OECD countries.

Economic development--Environmental aspects--OECD countries.

Economic development.

Industries--Environmental aspects--OECD countries.

Industries.

OECD countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

114 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

French title on t.p. verso: Entreprises et environnement : l'efficacité des mesures d'incitation

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, [2007]

Summary:

The analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. In an effort to partly fill this vacuum, this book summarizes the results of an OECD project which collected and analyzed data from over 4,000 facilities in seven OECD countries. Issues addressed include the role of 'flexible' policy instruments in encouraging clean production strategies and environmental research and development; the effectiveness of different environmental policy incentives on the introduction of environmental management systems and tools; and the relationship between environmental and commercial performance.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Project background and coverage of the database

Ch. 2. Environmental policy regimes and other stakeholders

Ch. 3. Environmental management systems and tools

Ch. 4. Environmental performance

Ch. 5. Clean production and environmental R&D

Ch. 6. Environmental and commercial synergies

Ch. 7. Policy conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114).

ISBN:

9789264026209

9264026207

OCLC:

131193582