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Environmental Information Disclosure: Three Cases of Policy and Politics

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  • Beierle, Thomas C.

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One of the most notable innovations in environmental management in the past 15 years has been the use of environmental information disclosure as a strategy for improving firms' environmental performance. Following the Environmental Protection Agency's success with the Toxics Release Inventory, the agency and Congress initiated a number of other disclosure initiatives. This discussion paper documents the experience of three of these: risk management planning, materials accounting, and the Sector Facility Indexing Project. The paper examines the benefits and costs of these programs, their effectiveness, and the dynamics by which disclosure works.

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  • Beierle, Thomas C., 2003. "Environmental Information Disclosure: Three Cases of Policy and Politics," Discussion Papers 10527, Resources for the Future.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:rffdps:10527
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.10527
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    1. Mark A. Cohen & W. Kip Viscusi, 2012. "The Role Of Information Disclosure In Climate Mitigation Policy," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(04), pages 1-21.

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