Profit & the Environment – Commonsense or Contradiction?

Acknowledgements.
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<br /> List of Abbreviations.
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<br /> A Brief Introduction to the Environment
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<br /> PART I A CHANGING WORLD
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<br /> 1 The Environment
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> Climate change
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<br /> Population growth
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<br /> Water resources
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<br /> Disappearing forests
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<br /> Depletion of fish stocks
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<br /> Industrial pollution
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<br /> Sustainable development
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<br /> The European Union
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<br /> The Bellagio Principles
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<br /> Conclusion
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<br /> 2 The Rapid Development of Environmental Law
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> How US law is made
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<br /> The EU legislative system
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<br /> The development of environmental law
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<br /> US law on the atmosphere
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<br /> EU air pollution regulation
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<br /> Water regulation in the US
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<br /> EU water law
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<br /> Contaminated land: the US perspective
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<br /> EU contaminated land regulation
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<br /> US waste regulation
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<br /> EU waste regulation
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<br /> Conclusion
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<br /> 3 Reputational Issues
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> What is reputation?
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<br /> Stakeholders
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<br /> Making a corporate commitment
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<br /> Reputation and shareholder activism
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<br /> Reputation and strategic partnership
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<br /> Reputation and the unthinkable
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<br /> Conclusion
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<br /> PART II THE CORPORATE RESPONSE
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<br /> 4 Environmental Accounting and Reporting
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> The emergence of environmental accounting
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<br /> Environmental issues in financial accounting
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<br /> Definition of environmental costs
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<br /> Environmentally induced costs: assets or expenses
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<br /> THE IASC approach
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<br /> Summary of environmental accounting
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<br /> Environmental reporting
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<br /> Different approaches to environmental reporting
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<br /> GRI sustainability reporting guidelines
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<br /> Independent review
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<br /> Conclusion
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<br /> 5 Socially Responsible Investing
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<br /> A short history of ethical investment
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<br /> Research methodology
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<br /> The Morley approach
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<br /> The Friends Provident system
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<br /> The Dow Jones sustainablility group index
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<br /> The FTSE4Good indices
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<br /> Risk issues
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<br /> The Turnbull Report
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<br /> Shareholder engagement
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<br /> 6 The Sustainable Company: Some Case Studies
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> Bristol–Myers Squibb
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<br /> ICI
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<br /> UBS
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<br /> 7 How to Identify a Strong Performer
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> The environment: spurring the next revolution?
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<br /> Environmental management systems
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<br /> Communicating between companies and investors
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<br /> Conclusion
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<br /> 8 SMEs and the Environment
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<br /> Introduction
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<br /> Definitions of an SME
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<br /> Environment: perceived attitudes of SMEs
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<br /> SMEs and environmental management
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<br /> Climate change levy and other issues
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<br /> Environmental reporting and accounting
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<br /> 9 Final Thoughts
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<br /> Bibliography
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<br /> Index