Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 19 Issue 2

Patterns of environmental management in the Chilean manufacturing industry: An empirical approach

The purpose of this paper is to allow environmental policy makers to identify the sort of problems and obstacles and the kind of influences that firms face from different economic…

Combined geo‐electrical and hydro‐chemical methods to detect salt‐water intrusion: A case study from southwest Saudi Arabia

Salt‐water intrusion has always been a source of contamination in coastal aquifers that hinders sustainable groundwater development. Classical techniques to detect its occurrence…

Governance barriers to local sustainable development in Poland

This paper seeks to review multidimensional aspects of local sustainable development policy in the context of governance. It aims to focus on the general conditions in Poland and…

Does the environmental management standard ISO 14001 stimulate sustainable development?: An example from the energy sector in Poland

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relation between the ISO 14001 standard and sustainable development, and to present a case study of the energy sector in Poland in…

Adaptation of enterprises to the requirements of sustainable development in the light of new institutional economics

This article seeks to explain the mechanism of adapting enterprises to the requirements of sustainable development. It aims to base this analysis on the concept of new…

An institutional capital approach to sustainable development

The paper aims to outline and analyse some important elements of institutional capital and their potential effect on sustainable development.

Talking about the future within an SME?: Corporate foresight and the potential contributions to sustainable development

This paper aims to try to link sustainable development, small business management and strategy setting with corporate foresight. Corporate foresight aims to transfer…

Urban development versus sustainable development in Poland

The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of the degree of sustainable urban development in Poland in terms of spatial management and laws applying to the process.

Sustainable Food Production and Ethics

Democratizing Technology: Risk, Responsibility and the Regulation of Chemicals

Scientists for Global Responsibility condemns the UK government on renewables policy change

BMW, Norsk Hydro among the world’s most sustainable companies

News from the net

Planet wins Nobel Prize

Case Studies in Sustainability Management and Strategy: The Oikos Collection

Sustainable Nuclear Power (Sustainable World)

IPPR Report: Warm Words II

Diary

Planet's tougher problems persist, UN report warns

EU cuts back on biofuel crop subsidies

Guest editorial

World Environment Day 2008 to be hosted by New Zealand with focus on fostering low-carbon economies