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June 01, 2009 | Comments 0

What Do We Really Know: The Effect Of Reporting Thresholds

By Lori Bennear, Ph.D.

Lori Bennear, Ph.D.

What Do We Really Know: The Effect Of Reporting Thresholds On Inference Using Environmental Right-To-Know Data, Regulation and Governance, vol. 2 no. 3 (2008), pp. 293-315. Environmental right-to-know data such as the Toxics Releases Inventory (TRI) are used by regulators, NGOs and other organizations to prioritize their efforts to protect communities and natural systems. However, right-to-know regulations are complicated and...

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June 01, 2009 | Comments 0

Introduction to the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability

Faculty Director Michael Lenox and Managing Director Erika Herz of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) discuss how ARCS serves as a powerful vehicle for advancing rigorous academic research on corporate sustainability issues, developing greater understanding of the opportunities and limits of strategies to create sustainable businesses....

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June 01, 2009 | Comments 0

3rd Annual ARCS Conference

By ARCS

The 3rd Annual ARCS Conference will take place May 9-11, 2011 at The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. The Call for Papers, which will seek submissions of unpublished working papers focused on business and sustainability issues, both social and environmental, will be available soon. Sponsored by Wharton, this conference will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplinary and methodological...

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April 12, 2010 | Comments 5

LEED Certification = Greenwashing?

By Andrew King, Ph.D.

Andrew King, Ph.D.

A few weeks ago, my students and I discussed a local drug company's new LEED platinum building. The building was the first to be given the highest level of certification for environmental performance by the US Green Business Council. By building it, the drug company received voluminous and tremendously positive press coverage. And yet, the more my class and I...

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