Business, pollution and regulation Book

	Foreword
	About the Authors
	Acknowledgements
	List of Tables
	List of Figures
1	Business and the Environment	1
	Health, safety and the environment	3
	Insurance and environmental risk	4
	Sustainable development	4
	Limits to sustainable economic growth	5
	Non-governmental organisations in the system	5
2	Environmental Issues	7
	Air quality	7
	Contaminated land	11
	Water quality	12
	Chemical spills and industrial accidents	15
	Conservation and biodiversity	15
	Energy and transport	17
	Energy demand	19
	Transport	21
	The marine environment	23
	Noise	24
	Nuclear radiation	25
	Waste	28
3	Regulation	31
	Pollution control	31
	Legislation	32
	The enforcement system	33
	Integrated Pollution Control (IPC)	33
	Environmental legislation	35
	The European dimension	36
	International conventions, treaties and agreements	38
	Prosecutions and fines	38
	Acts, regulation and average fines	41
	Liability	45
	Environmental insurance	47
4	Tools for Environmental Management	49
	Information gathering and environmental monitoring	49
	Technological solutions	49
	Access to information	50
	Life cycle analysis	51
	Risk assessment	52
	Corporate environmental reporting	53
	Environmental management systems	55
	Ethical investments	56
App. I	The nine principles of sustainable development	61
App. II	EC Dangerous Substances Directive - the black and grey lists	64
App. III	Biodiversity and environmental data	66
App. IV	Regulatory authorities to contact for advice	72
App. V	Environmental Protection Act, 1990	73
App. VI	Prescribed substances	74
App. VII	Timetable for implementing Integrated Pollution Control	76
App. VIII	Classification of industrial installations	77
App. IX	International and regional conventions	78
App. X	Proposed EU legislation	84
App. XI	List of UK companies producing corporate environmental reports	89
App. XII	Substances likely to be included in the proposed EU-wide Polluting Emissions Register (PER)	91
App. XIII	The 50 Reporting Ingredients as developed by UNEP Industry and Environment with SustainAbility	92
App. XIV	Major environmental problems in selected countries, 1994	94
App. XV	Contact organisations and addresses	103
	Index	119