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Wetlands are one of the most productive environments in the world. They are the “supermarket” of biological diversity. While wetlands have been dwindled world-wide due to overuse, pollution, conversion into residential use and dumping sites there are also concrete evidences of intensive campaigns under way to conserve and use them wisely. By this...

The fourth thematic seminar on industrial relocation, organised by UN/ESCAP, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, IGES, and Ho Chi Minh City, was held on 27-28 August in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), which is engaged in industrial relocation and has made considerable progress in this area. Industrial relocation has been and continues to be...

Remarks: November 5-6, 2002, Beijing, China

The publication by corporations of information relating to the environment is becoming more and more widespread. In particular, there has been a rapid increase in the number of companies which disclose information in the form of environmental reports. An environmental report is a document for public consumption which sets out a company's efforts to...

Remarks: 13 Mar. 2003 at Forum Yokohama (Yokohama Landmark tower 13F.)

地球環境問題の重要性が高まり、経済のグローバル化が進展している中で、企業は、環境保全活動に一層積極的に取組むことが求められている。環境マネジメントのためのISO14000 シリーズ規格やGRI(Global Reporting Initiative)の持続可能性報告ガイドラインなど、企業経営に関する世界標準の整備が進められている中で、企業は、それらの世界標準を採択するだけでなく、貿易や直接投資などの具体的な事業活動を展開するにあたって、関係各国の企業の環境保全活動についての理解を深めることが必要とされている。また、企業の環境保全活動のグッド・プラクティスは、各国において注目されているが、他国の企業のグッド・プラクティスが何故グッド・プラクティスとされるのか...