Environmental Risks and Rewards for Business

About this book

Issues addressed include: subsidiarity and deregulation; eco-taxes and economic instruments; cost/benefit analyses of environmental legislation; the role of the new European Environmental Agency; the greening of Central and Eastern Europe.

Contents

Sustainable development - a challenge for European business; winners and losers - who benefits from high environmental standards; environmental regulation and industrial competitiveness; the financial sector and environmental liability; trends in corporate environmental liability; trends in corporate environmental liability: a US/EU comparison; crisis communication and planning: managing environmental disasters; environmental regulation in Central and Eastern Europe and its effect on industry; opportunities for business in the greening of Central & Eastern Europe; creating a level playing-field in the enforcement of environmental regulations within the EU; the European Environment Agency; the cost and benefit of environmental legislation; deregulation, subsidiarity, and the future for environmental protection in Europe.

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