Sustainability after Rio / edited by David Crowther, Muhammad Azizul Islam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crowther, David.

Islam, Muhammad Azizul.

Series:

Developments in corporate governance and responsibility ; 8.

Developments in corporate governance and responsibility, 2043-0523 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Sustainable development--Law and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2015.

Summary:

It is now 20 years since the United Nations conference on environment and development, better known as the earth summit was held in Rio de Janeiro. An important achievement of the conference was an agreement on the climate change convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to 'not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate'. Recently we have seen an updated and revised conference in Rio where the same issues were again discussed. Since then ideas about sustainability have changed considerably and to some extent they have merged with ideas about corporate social responsibility and about governance, determined by the economic and political fortunes of the actors involved. It is now time therefore to re-examine the concept of sustainability in the aftermath of this conference and to consider what issues are now considered pertinent around the world. This book therefore takes different positions concerning different aspects of this vital topic.

Contents:

Toxic Products and Hazardous Waste: The Global Asbestos IssueAbstract; Introduction; The Toxic Product and Hazardous Waste; Asbestos; Global Regulation; The Rotterdam Convention; Basel Convention; Supranational and International Responses; WHO; International Labour Organisation (ILO); International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS); Corporate Governance and Risk; Concluding Comments; Notes; References; Part 2 Corporate Social Responsibility; Do CSR Determinants Stimulate Profits: Analysis of Retail Companies in UK; Abstract; Introduction; Literature Review; Environmental Performance; Donations

Community Work

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781785604447

1785604449