Adriana N. Bianchi et al. (eds.), Local Approaches to Environmental Compliance: Japanese Case Studies and Lessons for Developing Countries (World Bank Institute 2005) (demonstrating how initiatives by communities and local governments played a key role in addressing pollution in Japan and considering the lessons for developing countries).
Environmental Law Institute, Innovation, Cost and Environmental Regulation: Perspectives on Business, Policy and Legal Factors Affecting the Cost of Compliance (1999), available at http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=475
Daniel C. Esty & Michael E. Porter, “Ranking National Environmental Regulation and Performance: A Leading Indicator of Future Competitiveness?,” in The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2 (2001).
Michael E. Porter & Claas van der Linde, “Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship,” in Durwood Zaelke et al., Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development, vol. 2, p. 441 (Cameron May 2005).
Lawrence Pratt & Carolina Mauri, “Environmental Enforcement and Compliance and Its Role in Enhancing Competitiveness in Developing Countries,” in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, vol. 1 (INECE 2005) available at http://www.inece.org/conference/7/vol1/Pratt_Mauri.pdf.
Rory Sullivan, Rethinking Voluntary Approaches in Environmental Policy (Elgar 2005) This book starts by noting that voluntary approaches, such as corporate codes of conduct, have been advocated as alternatives to traditional approaches to environmental regulation, while at the same time concerns remain that companies cannot be trusted to police themselves and that many of the putative advantages of self-regulation, such as reduced cost and increased flexibility, have not been realised in practice. This book analyses three initiatives (environmental management systems, the Australian Greenhouse Challenge and the Australian mining industry’s Code for Environmental Management) and their contribution to public environmental policy. By moving the debate away from narrow considerations of economic efficiency toward a broader framework that accounts for the multiple goals to which environmental policy is directed, this book provides valuable insight into the role that voluntary approaches can play in achieving environmental policy goals.
William L. Thomas et al., Crafting Superior Environmental Enforcement Solutions (Environmental Law Institute 2000).
Durwood Zaelke et al., “What Reason Demands: Making Law Work for Sustainable Development,” in Durwood Zaelke, Donald Kaniaru, & Eva Kruzikova, Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, p. 29 (Cameron May, 2005) (discussing the importance of environmental compliance and enforcement to rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development), available at http://www.inece.org/mlw/Chapter1_ZaelkeStilwellYoung.pdf
See also the case study on “Additional Resources on National Approaches to Environmental Implementation and Enforcement,” below (Guideline 39
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