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… in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources … can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. … up by scoring. The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) standard provides for certification of water stewardship …

… private sector companies are increasingly adopting environmental management and biodiversity conservation … role that financial institutions play in ensuring better environmental and social outcomes of the projects they … affect natural habitat) (IFC, 2012). The IFC Performance Standard 6 (PS6) is having an important impact on development …

… mailto:elegal@une.edu.au IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2010 (1) 2 includes native … sector. However, to be a trustworthy alternative to standard regulatory methods, this will require credible … IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2010 (1) 3 Risk Concepts …

… sector 19 4.2 Commercial and retail banking 19 4.2.1 Environmental risk management by commercial banks 19 4.2.2 … banking sector? 21 4.3 Asset management 27 4.3.1 Environmental risk assessment by asset managers 27 4.3.2 How … the company clearly states in their Environmental Risk standard (published in June 2003) what types of …

… now have access to a wealth of data (e.g. from detailed Environmental and Social Impact Assessments) and powerful … the risks that companies could use it to sidestep on-site environmental protection and management, and that the … and service providers) produced the first best-practice standard for voluntary biodiversity offsets (BBOP, 2012). …

… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … we seek to advance the use of conservation finance and environmental markets in ways that address major … on applying the 2008 IUCN Guidelines 43 13. The WDPA data standard for Protected Areas information 44 14. A case study …

… peoples and local communities, effective implementation of environmental regulations, appropriate plantation design, … and support to the small-holder sector to improve its environmental performance; The World Conservation Congress, … on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), to conduct …

… stakeholders in the apparel sector of the social and environmental sustainability challenges faced by complex … the pressure to take action to address both social and environmental challenges. This report aims at providing a … supply chains. Identify what would be the most suitable standard and certification systems, based on company’s areas …

… of which should have been determined earlier as part of an Environmental and Social Impact Assess- ment (ESIA) process. … to be collated internally as part of an existing environmental reporting sys- tem; be sensitive to major … condition of the terrain: 1. A survey point method is the standard sam- pling method when habitats are accessible and …

… (right to life, health, food, self-determination, adequate standard of living, housing, education); ACKNOWLEDGING the … to water regionally, such as in the European Council of Environmental Law (ECEL) Resolution on the right to water … and that the right to water which focuses on an environmental resource, not only supports the establishment …