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"Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application" Ed. J. Erickson, J. Gordy. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007. Click above for blurb abd discount offer.
In a 2007 report, Davis Langdon examined the construction costs for LEED buildings at that point of LEED's market penetration and found "...there is no significant difference in average cost for green buildings as compared to non-green buildings." Report at www.davislangdon.com/USA/Research or here.
Of great interest and importance for all: The UN Environment Programme, working with others, has produced large-scale assessments of the planet's ecosystem, available here.
The 2006 Progress Report on the Environmental Cooperation Pilot Program is now available on Wisconsin DNR's website: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/cea/ecpp/reports/2006/index.htm This report highlights many of the positive outcomes resulting from the on-going pilot agreements. G raphs show the environmental performance of participants vs. non-participants.
The MSWG Policy Academy, UMass Lowell, and the JFK School at Harvard University, convened a dialogue on how existing US laws and regulations help or hinder environmental progress. Full report here.
The Tony Campos Story: MSWG's intern at FTSE in London, England. His story is here.
In the winter of '04-'05, US EPA asked stakeholders what they thought the place of performance-based environmental programs would be 5 years into the future. MSWG responded with this Vision Statement.
What risks, especially environmental risks, are important? A multi-stakeholder project in New Hampshire worked to find out.
Work goes on to see how network concepts can complement the top-down approach to government and environmental protection that we've come to know in the US. Click here for a fascinating example.
In February, 2005 the MSWG Policy Academy sponsored a dialogue on sorting tools to improve environmental performance. It was held at Pace University School of Law and involved some of the country’s most knowledgeable experts in using new tools and old tools in new ways. Full report here. Also see Request for Proposals to build a curriculum based on this work, here.
MSWG's Policy Academy supported work by CERES to evaluate and test the MSWG External Value Environmental Management System (EVEMS). A report on the Facility Reporting Project/EVEMS Stakeholder Outreach Workshops can be seen here.
Over the next two years, MSWG will explore how new laws and policies can better align the legal system with the natural system to foster greater environmental performance through innovation and stewardship. Themes document here.
In 2004 John Shenot of the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources was awarded an Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom (UK). He conducted research in the UK for 10 months on "Collaborative Environmental Policies for the Dairy Industry." John's host in the UK was the Environment Agency, an active MSWG participant. Click on these links to download a copy of his Fellowship Final Report or Final Presentation
MSWG's Policy Academy on Environmental Management Tools has co-sponsored two events that advanced scholarly thinking about and legitimacy of new environmental tools. The first was a January 31 forum at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI entitled: "Environmental Law in a Connected World." The second was a February 3-4 dialogue at Pace University in White Plains, New York entitled the "Dialogue on Sorting Tools that Improve Environmental Performance."
Abstracts from bi-annual conference held April 14, 2005. Most abstracts in English.
March 2005 article describes use of ISO 14001 to help a US State environmental agency do its work better. For full text, click here. Thanks to the Air & Waste Management Assoc. for permission to post.
A presentation by Prof. Dennis Hirsch of the Capital University Law School at the MSWG Policy Academy "Dialogue on Sorting Tools to Improve Environmental Performance" at Pace University Law School, Feb. 3, 2005. Click here to see the paper.
Reconfiguring Environmental Regulation - presented by Neil Gunningham of the Australian National University, presented at "Environmental Law in a Connected World", January 31, 2005, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Click here to see the text.
The Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance has had a long and productive working relationship with the EPA, including the Office of Water. It is pleased to offer our website users an environmental management system handbook for wastewater utilities, produced through the Office of Water, working through the Public Entity Environmental Management Systems Resource Center (PEER Center).
Produced by engaged researchers from institutes in the United States, Sinagpore, Kenya, the book challenges the conventional view that foreign direct investment is a ‘miracle drug’ for developing countries, demonstrating an expansion of the rights of transnational corporations without commensurate rewards for the common good. To order or get a review copy from Earthscan:
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/
Report by Earthwatch Institute, the World Conservation Union, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and World Resources Institute, gives global-scale look at the implications of climate change for businesses. 20-page report here.
Beyond Compliance: Business Decision making and the US EPA's Performance Track Program, C. Coglianese & J. Nash, has been released by the Harvard University Press (Nov. 20, 2006)
Initiated by MSWG Policy Academy workshops, this new book published by Resources For the Future offers the first sustained analysis of public & private sector initiatives designed to encourage firms & industries to use their own management expertise to improve their environmental performance. Ed: C. Coglianese & J. Nash
A 2/21/07 panel addressed the current state of law and policy for ecosystem services; the follow-on from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; innovative state regulatory efforts; and law practitioners' attention to and advice regarding ecosystem services.
From Amazon.com: Pre-publication (Feb. 2007) orders being taken for: Reality Check: The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan (RFF Press) (Paperback)
by Richard D. Morgenstern (Editor), William A. Pizer (Editor)
April 2007 NEPA Practitioners Guide, here.
(from GreenBiz.com) - This book provides intriguing insights into strategic and sustainable EMSs. It provides clear evidence of benefits that should exceed the costs (tangible and otherwise), and help practitioners understand the attributes of well-developed and strategically focused EMSs. Click here.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing findings from of a recent study that examined whether formal environmental management systems (EMS) and other environmental improvements are valued within U.S. capital markets. Text of report here.
On Feb. 21, 2007, the Environmental Law Institute hosted a seminar on law and policy for ecosystem services. After the moderator, MSWG's Ira Feldman, provided an overview of the challenges and opportunities for regulation of ecosystem services, the panelists shared their expertise on a range of topics surrounding this issue, including the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the economics of ecosystem services, differences between provisioning and regulating services, and information and incentive programs for the private sector. The full transcript, from the Environmental Law Report, is here.
EPA-OECA's Office of Compliance (OC) recently published a Compliance Literature Search Results report (April 2007) on a newly-created Compliance Research Literature web page. The report provides citations and summaries for 215 compliance-related books and articles, from 1999 to 2007, addressing a broad range of compliance and environmental behavior topics. Available here, as "Compliance Literature Search Results..."
Intended for public agency use, this Sept. 2007 document by the Environmental Compliance Consortium, located at the University of Maryland with support by many others, describes the goal-setting and measurement processes. Report here.
“ A Manager’s Guide to Resolving Conflicts in Collaborative Networks,” by Prof.s Rosemary O’Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham. The report expands on previous IBM Center reports by adding an important practical tool for managers in networks: how to manage and negotiate the conflicts that may occur among a network's members. The approach they describe-interest-based negotiation-has worked in other settings, such as bargaining with unions. Such negotiation techniques are becoming crucial in sustaining the effectiveness of networks, where successful performance is defined by how well people collaborate and not by hierarchical commands.
Government agencies in the USA are testing new environmental oversight paradigms. What results are they seeing? MSWG, USEPA and ECOS are working in cooperation to find out. The first in a series of papers, on what data is being gathered, is here. (The report is a 4.2 mb file) A second report, with a vision for the future, is here. A third report, on measuring culture change, is here. Fact sheet on the project, here.
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