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Discussion Paper

January 2002

Two Governmental Initiatives on Environmental Management Accounting and Corporate Practices in Japan

Discussion Paper

January 2002

Functions of Third party Verifications of Environmental Reports

Along with the growing influence of the environmental factor on business management, there has been an increase in the number of companies which compile environmental reports. According to the Survey on Environmentally-friendly Corporate Behavior carried out annually by the Ministry of the Environment, there has been a rapid rise in the number of...

Discussion Paper

January 2002

Innovation & Sustainable Development -Guiding Business Innovation towards Sustainable Development - Innovation

Conference Proceeding

January 2001

International Symposium on "Sustainable Management": Global Trends of Sustainable Management

Remarks: Inaugural Project of IGES Kansai Research Center. 26 Sep. 2001 at Shin Kobe Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan

Discussion Paper

January 2001

Environmental Accounting Practices of Listed Companies in Japan

The number of Japanese corporations which publish environmental reports has been increasing very rapidly. According to the ''A Survey of Environmentally Corporate Behavior'' [Ministry of the Environment (2001a)], the proportion of listed corporations surveyed which disclosed environmental information showed a rising trend from 35.7 per cent (1998)...