Rapid modernization and industrialization have significantly intensified carbon emissions
and worsened environmental sustainability around the globe. Despite the significant …

Objectives A scoping review was conducted to synthesise the findings of evaluations of
voluntary agreements between business and government. It aimed to summarise the types …

The parties agreed on the implementation of waste reduction measures. The focus of the
EVA was limited to liquid effluent. Objectives of the EVA included the identification of gaps in …

The purpose of this article is to analyse the growing interest, in the field of the environment,
for new cooperative approaches that make use of negotiated instruments such as voluntary …

The paper addresses the mechanisms by which specific economic instruments based on the
'producer responsibility principle'(PRP) can influence innovation when environmental policy …

We consider a policy environment in which an entire industry is faced with possible
imposition of an emissions tax if environmental goals are not met voluntarily. We develop a …

An evolutionary economics perspective between technological innovation and public policy
is applied to analyse the relationships between technological change, sustainable …

The paper analyses the relationship between environmental regulation and eco-innovation.
The relationship is tested using a German firm-based panel and a dynamic count data …

Unlike marketbased instruments, voluntary approaches for environmental policy have been
created by practitioners. More precisely, VAs have been developed by policymakers and …

The use of voluntary approaches has gained significant momentum in the European Union
over the last decade. To date, more than 300 of these schemes are in force in the different …