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Voluntary Initiatives: The New Politics of Corporate Greening

by Robert B. Gibson

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Published: February 1999

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Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Page Count: 272 Pages

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For many industrial interests and governments in Canada and elsewhere, voluntary initiatives are the hot new way to win greener corporate behaviour. Such initiatives, the proponents say, are more efficient than the conventional regulatory approach and will bring significant environmental improvements while reducing corporate and government costs. Veteran environmentalist are suspicious. They see more interest in cost cutting than in environmental responsibility and anticipate a de-regulatory retreat back to the bad old days of backroom deals and reliance on corporate good will.

There is also a third possibility. Voluntary initiatives could play a role in a new politics of corporate greening that embraces voluntarism but integrates this with full use of regulatory tools, public scrutiny, and other means of forcing and facilitating environmental improvements in the private sector.

In Voluntary Initiatives, some of Canada's foremost experts and practitioners examine the experience of such initiatives so far, debate the promises and pitfalls, and consider implications for the future politics of corporate greening. In so doing they also begin to shed light on alternative models for political action.

Robert B. Gibson is an associate professor in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo and editor of Alternatives Journal: Environmental Thought, Policy and Action.

Preface

Part I Introduction

1. Questions about a Gift Horse, Robert B. Gibson (Waterloo/Alternatives)

Part II Options and Issues

2. Non-Regulatory Environmental Measures, J. Moffet and F. Bregha (Resource Futures International, Ottawa)

3. Voluntary Initiatives and the Law, K. Webb (Industry Canada/ Carleton Law School, Ottawa)

4. A Sober Second Look, P. Muldoon and R. Nadarajah (CELA, Toronto)

Part III Experience with Voluntary Initiatives in Canada

5. Responsible Care, J. Moffet and F. Bregha

6. The ARET Challenge, D. L. VanNijnatten (Windsor)

7. The Day the NGOS Walked Out, D. L. VanNijnatten

8. A Claim to Sustainability, M. L. McAllister (Waterloo)

9. Who Killed CIPSI? E. Chang, D. Macdonald, and J. Wolfson (Innis College, Toronto)

10. The VCR Doesn't Work, R. Hornung (Pembina Institute)

11. The Dofasco Deal, L. Lukasik (Waterloo)

12. Reluctant Followers, E. Windatt (Industry Canada)

Part IV International Voluntary Initiatives

13. Beyond Command and Control, B. D. Wylynko (Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, BC)

14. Environment and Value at Nortel Networks, M. G. Kerr (Nortel)

15. Aiming Low, S. Parto (Waterloo)

16. Standard Inequities, J. Clapp (Trent)

17. Demanding Good Wood, M. von Mirbach (Ctr. for Forest and Env. Studies, Corner Brook)

Part V Conclusions

18. The New Directions Group Position, New Directions Group, with an introduction by P. Griss (NDG coordinator, Alberta)

19. Voluntary Initiatives Regulation and Beyond, R. B. Gibson

Appendix: The Alternatives Pocket Guide to Voluntary Corporate Initiatives for Environmental Improvement

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The diverse range of authors highlight the inherent complexities and controversial nature of the use of corporate voluntary initiatives for environmental improvements. This is an excellent reference book that captures the perspectives of Canada's leading authorities.
Dianne Humphries, Pollution Probe

This is an extremely important if controversial topic and I am delighted to see such an interesting anthology…This is quite simply the best collection I have seen anywhere.
Robert Page, Vice President, Sustainable Development, TransAlta Corp and former Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary

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