Italy, France, Denmark and Portugal

Eurofound — European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions

Description

Environment policy and protection of the environment
Working conditions

Sujets

• Economic policy
• Environmental policy
• Environmental movement
• Sustainable development
• Occupational safety and health
• Dinamarca
• France
• My Last Duchess
• Portugal
• Case study
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: EUROFOUND-EUROPEAN-FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-IMPROVEMENT-OF-LIVING-AND-WORKING-CONDITIO
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Economic Instruments for
Sustainable Development
Improving the External and Working Environments
Part 2
• EUROPEAN FOUNDATION •
• for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions <a> • • Economie Instruments for Sustainable Development
Part 2
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions is an autonomous body of the
European Union, created to assist the formulation of future policy on social and work-related matters. Further
information can be found at the Foundation Web site at http://www.eurofound.ie/
This report has been edited by Vittorio Biondi and Luigi Doria, IEFE, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Contributions
are from Bent Søndergård, Carsten Larsen, Jan Brochdorf, Halby Hansen and Kaare Tendal, Department of the
Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark; Vittorio Biondi,
Luigi Doria, Fabio Iraldo and Nadia Gorla, IEFE, Bocconi, Milan, Italy; Stefano Farolfi, ENSA,
Montpellier, France; Eduardo Miguel Lopes Rodrigues, Susana Filipe Figuereido Marques and Sofia Correa Villa.
Vittorio Biondi is a research manager at the Institute of Energy and Environmental Economics. Bocconi University,
Milan. He was an external consultant to DG XI working on the coordination of EMAS pilot projects sponsored by the
European Commission. He lectures on environmental, health and safety management at SDA Bocconi and on several
post-graduate courses.
Luigi Doria is a researcher at the Institute of Energy and Environmental Economics. Bocconi University. Milan. He is
also a Ph.D candidate in Territorial Public Policy at the University of Architecture, Venice. He has participated in
several research projects in the field of the external and working environments.
Stefano Farolfi, Ph.D., is an environmental economist and researcher at the National School for Advanced Studies in
Agronomic Sciences (ENSA M) in Montpellier, France. He has been Associate in Research at Washington State
University and is Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Economics at the University of Bologna (I) and Häme
Polytechnic of Mustiala (SF). He has also worked for FAO and is Scientific Manager of an EC-funded project on
Integrated Environmental Management in Urban Areas in Morocco.
Eduardo Lopes Rodrigues holds a degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Lisbon. He is
senior manager of the Department of Research, Business and Development at EAPS, SA. He is also a teacher at the
University of Moderna and a consultant in environmental policy.
Bent Søndergård is Assistant Professor of Technology Development at the Department of Technology, Environment
and Society, Roskilde University. He conducts research on regulation, innovation and environmental change
in production systems. Economie Instruments for
Sustainable Development
Improving the External and Working Environments
Part 2
Vittorio Biondi
Luigi Doria
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EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
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for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
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Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000
ISBN 92-828-8131-8
© European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2000.
For rights of translation or reproduction, applications should be made to the Director, European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Printed in Ireland
The paper used in this publication is chlorine free and comes from managed forests in Northern Europe. For every tree felled,
at least one new tree is planted. Foreword
The move towards sustainable development is one of the main challenges of the European Union.
It is a key principle of the Fifth Environmental Policy and Action Programme that environmental
concerns are taken fully into account from the outset in the development of other policies and
programmes. Because of its structure, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions can play a unique role in this area by working with industry and being
able to operate on the interface of the environment and working conditions.
Against this background, 'sustainable development' is one of the six key issues in the
Foundation's programme for 1997-2000. The focus of the Foundation's activities on sustainable
development is sustainable production and consumption. In order to deal with these issues, the
Foundation has launched a number of initiatives with the aim of providing improved instruments
for employers and employees in order to support their activities in improving the efficiency of
their companies in an economically and ecologically sustainable way. The instruments on which
the Foundation is focusing are design methodologies, training needs and economic incentives.
This publication examines the use of economic instruments to improve the quality of both
working life and living conditions. In particular, the report examines the links between economic
incentives in these two areas and how policy interventions can be made mutually reinforcing. The
publication is the second in a series of three. The first report, entitled Economic Instruments for
Sustainable Development - Improving the External and Working Environments, Part 1, covered
Ireland and Germany. This second report is based on case studies in Italy, France, Denmark and
Portugal. A third, consolidated, report is also planned.
It is our hope that these reports will contribute to the debate among employers, employees and
policy makers on improved ways forward to a sustainable future.
Eric Verborgh
Acting Director Coordination
Group
Hans Bergman European Commission - Environment DG
Peter Clinch University College Dublin
University College Dublin Eithne Fitzgerald
Jan Kahr Frederiksen FTF, Denmark
Ministerie van Tewerkstelling en Arbeid, Belgium Marc Heselmans
Kirsten Jørgensen Danish Working Environment Service
Technical University of Denmark Christian Koch
Central Institute of Labour Protection, Poland Danuta Koradecka
Wolfgang Krüger Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Bernard Le Marchand FEMGE, Belgium
Henrik Litske European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions
Jean-Eudes Moncomble Electricité de France
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, UK Peter Saunders
European Commission - Environment DG Pierre Strosser