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Sustainability after Rio
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Description for Sustainability after Rio
Hardback. Ideas about sustainability have changed considerably since the Climate Change Convention was agreed in Rio de Janeiro 20 years ago. This volume re-examines the concept of sustainability and considers what issues are now considered pertinent around the world. Series: Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: RND; RNK; RNPG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
It is now 20 years since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro. An important achievement of the conference was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to 'not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate'. Recently we have seen an updated and revised conference in Rio where the same issues were again discussed. Since then ideas about sustainability have changed considerably ... Read more
It is now 20 years since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro. An important achievement of the conference was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to 'not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate'. Recently we have seen an updated and revised conference in Rio where the same issues were again discussed. Since then ideas about sustainability have changed considerably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785604454
SKU
V9781785604454
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Sustainability after Rio
Eleven papers assess changes brought about by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Millennium Development Goals.The contributors examine corporate social responsibility practices, corporate water accounting standards, global regulation of asbestos, the positive returns of ethical business practices, and the effects of ... Read more