关于自然资源受损评估

自然资源受损赔偿是一个比较复杂、而对环境保护却很重要的问题 ,文中根据国际溢油会议论文集中有关这方面的论述 ,特别是评估方法 ,作一综合介绍     

RC 14001：一个更全面的化工行业环境管理体系

RC 14001环境管理体系是由美国化学协会推出的新化工行业的环境管理体系，其源于责任关怀制度并整合了ISO 14001环境管理体系的优点，使责任关怀理念得到进一步发展和延续。文章简要概述了RC 14001的产生原因和特点；责任关怀制度和ISO 14001的各自的发展过程以及责任关怀发展落后与ISO 14001的原因；并对责任关怀和ISO 14001两种环境管理体系作了比较和分析。     

关于首例环境污染责任险获赔案的思考

以湖南某农药企业污染赔付事件为例,分析了推广环境污染责任险中存在的问题,提出了应强制推行环境污染责任险的建议。     

我国化学工业要承诺并实施责任关怀

介绍了责任关怀产生的缘由、内容、标志、意义及世界化工行业推行责任关怀的现状与方法,指出责任关怀是化工行业不断改善环境、健康和安全行为的承诺,最具标志性的行为是公布年度环境、健康和安全报告,本质是对职工、邻居和公众健康的关爱。分析了我国化工行业推行责任关怀所存在的问题,提出了相应的建议和措施。     

Voluntary corporate environmental initiatives and shareholder wealth

Researchers debate whether environmental investments reduce firm value or actually improve financial performance. We provide some compelling evidence on shareholder wealth effects of membership in voluntary environmental programs (VEPs). Companies announcing membership in EPA's Climate Leaders, a program targeting reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, experience significantly negative abnormal stock returns. The price decline is larger in firms with poor corporate governance structures, and for high market-to-book (i.e., high growth) firms. However, firms joining Ceres, a program involving more general environmental commitments, have insignificant announcement returns, as do portfolios of industry rivals. Overall, corporate commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions appear to conflict with firm value maximization. This has important implications for policies that rely on voluntary initiatives to address climate change. Further, we find that firms facing climate-related shareholder resolutions or firms with weak corporate governance standards – giving managers the discretion to make such voluntary environmentally responsible investment decisions – are more likely to join Climate Leaders; decisions that may result in lower firm value.