- The North-South Dimension of the Environment and Cleaner Technology Industries
- J.R. Barton / United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 1998
- The environment industry has grown rapidly since the 1980s. This growth is a response to environmental regulations. Due to the relatively early application of these regulations in the US, Europe and Japan, these areas have become comp...
- A resource based perspective on corporate environmental performance and profitability
- M.V. Russo; P.A. Fouts / Social Investment Forum, USA, 1997
- Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, argues that environmental performance and economic performance are positively linked and that industry growth moderates the relationship, with the returns to environmental performance hi...
- Fashion victims: The Asian garment industry and globalisation
- Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998
- Report looks at the impact of globalisation on the lives of garment workers in Asia. Urban Missionaries, a CAFOD partner in the Philippines, carried out research on the increasing use of temporary contracts in the garment industry. In...
- U.S. Apparel Imports From Burma Soar, Despite Increased Repression and Sanctions
- National Labor Committee, USA, 1998
- Document exposes links between trade relations of U.S. apparel industry with Burmese sub-contractors. It is argued that imports from Burma help strengthen the military regime and with its human rights abolitions and calls for more tra...
- Working Conditions in Sports Shoe Factories in China Making Shoes for Nike and Reebok
- Global Exchange, 1998
- Report examined workers' rights and working conditions in the factories of five major subcontractors producing sports shoes in China: Yue Yuen, Nority International, KTP Holdings and Wellco. These factories produce shoes for Nike and ...
- Sweatshop Blues [ethical business and Levi jeans]
- D. Zoll / Global Exchange, 1998
- Describes current practice of Levi Strauss to move production to different countries according to labour regulations and implementation of their 1992 Code of Conduct. According to the report, Levi has developed a flag-ship ethical pra...
- Mulan's Sisters: Working Conditions in Chinese Factories Making Disney Products
- Global Exchange, 1999
- There are hundreds of Disney licensees in China producing Disney toys, garments, and footwear. Between July 1998 and February 1999, researchers from the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee (HKCIC) visited four of the factories in...
- Alternatives for the Americas
- Global Exchange, 1998
- an international effort to create positive alternatives to the neoliberal model imposed from above by international capital. The document addresses the major topics on the official agenda of the Free Trade Area of the Americas ...
- Environment benefits from removing trade restrictions and distortions: background for WTO negotiations
- S. Page / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- The interaction between environmental policies and trade policies emerged as an issue at the end of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations in 1994. It has been feared by developing countries as a potential excuse for protection, but ...
- Fair trade or free trade, the EU-US banana dispute
- OneWorld.net, 1999
- Background information on the trade dispute.
- Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states
- J. Kuramoto / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate confl...
- Comprehensive report detailing multi-sector trade opportunities and enabling conditions in the transition to a green economy
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013
- Prepared by the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this report is a key component of the Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP). The aim of GE-TOP is to identify opportu...
- Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry
- Oxfam, 2013
- Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroec...
- Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013
- The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or ...
- Transparency and good governance in extractive industries in the Caspian Sea region
- S. Ospanova; I. Ahmadov; E. Wilson / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is sparking renewed interest and debate on issues such as transparency of government – company contracts, reporting on revenues from natural resources by company and by pr...
- Labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain: from compliance to good practice. An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain
- R. Wilshaw 2013
- This Oxfam report, based on a case study on Vietnam, assesses the labour standards in Unilever’s operations and wider supply chain and compares the findings with the company's high-level policy commitments. The company co-operate...
- Poor governance, good business: how land investors target countries with weak governance
- R. Fuentes-Nieva 2013
- Investors are buying up vast tracks of land across the developing world in a modern day ‘land rush’. This analysis by Oxfam explores where land is changing hands and why. It finds that investors appear to be targeting countr...
- Applying the concept of human security to research on the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement
- B. Terminski (ed) / Human Security Gateway, 2012
- The development of international mining projects is one of the most visible consequences of globalisation. But developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that ...
- Ethical cultures in large business organizations in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
- 2011
- This study focuses on comparison of perceptions of ethical business cultures in large business organisations from four largest emerging economies, referred to as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), and from the US. The study...
- Protecting East African investigative journalists through international exposure and recognition
- A. Bohnstedt / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012
- Investigative journalism distinguishes itself from regular journalism by its depth and subject matter, often involving crime, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing. This brief analyses the obstacles to investigative journalism ...
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
- The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting programme used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Ministry of Energy, Kenya
- The Ministry of Energy was formed in 1979 upon Kenya Government’s realization that energy was a major component in the country’s development process. The new Ministry is assigned the following functions: Energy policy development Electric power development Oil and other fossil fuels exploration and development Explor...
- Judge Business School
- Previously known as Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge Judge Business School offers a variety of teaching programmes including the Cambridge MBA, the Cambridge Master of Finance, PhD, MPhil and undergraduate degrees together with a suite of Executive Education courses.
- Baker and McKenzie
- International law firm. See website for individual country office contact details.
- Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
- The Network for Business Sustainability enables business sustainability by fostering collaboration between industry and academia. The Network is comprised of over 300 researchers and reaches over 1000 practitioners from different sectors in English- and French-speaking Canada and beyond. Objectives: Build community: Build relationships between researchers, ma...
- Boston University International Law Journal
- The Boston University International Law Journal publishes articles on international law written by professional authors and practitioners, and note and case comments written by student authors. As one of the US's leading international law journals, ILJ seeks to maintain the highest editorial standards and to produce a professional quality publication worthy of international recognition. Published...
- 3BL Media (3BL)
- At 3BL Media, we are committed to the Triple Bottom Line: people, planet, profit. Our mission is to advance and promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability through effective communications. We offer our clients the largest distribution for their multi-media communications to focused professionals, journalists, and consumers.
- Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport, NHV University for Applied Sciences (CSTT)
- The NHTV Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport is an international centre of knowledge and education for the benefit of the sustainable development of tourism and recreation industries. The CSTT constitutes a critical think tank on the interfaces of a healthy economic, ecological and social development of tourism. It provides education and training programmes worldwide, contribut...
