Ensuring environmental compliance : trends and good practices.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--OECD countries.

Environmental protection.

Environmental law--OECD countries.

Environmental law.

Environmental auditing--OECD countries.

Environmental auditing.

Environmental policy--OECD countries.

Environmental policy.

Environmental monitoring--OECD countries.

Environmental monitoring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Other Title:

Also available in French: Faire respecter les normes environnementales

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite progress in recent years, there is growing evidence that OECD countries are not on track to reach some of their key environmental goals. This report examines the strategies and instruments that governments use to ensure compliance with pollution prevention and control regulations, particularly in the industrial sector. It compares the compliance assurance systems of six OECD countries – Finland, France, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States – as well as those of China and Russia. The report provides policy makers, environmental regulators, and other stakeholders with a comprehensive analysis of the design, management aspects, and the main elements of government compliance and enforcement programmes. Focusing on compliance promotion, compliance monitoring, and non-compliance response, it identifies and compares good practices, sets them in context of different countries’ regulatory cultures and highlights the key international trends.

Contents:

pt. 1. Cross-country analysis

pt. 2. Country profiles.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-15989-5

9786612159893

92-64-05959-8

OCLC:

359890554