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  • Managing Resettlement Risks for Multinational Corporations In China

    Against a backdrop of increasing alignment between Chinese regulations and international expectations for land acquisition and resettlement, the frequency of resettlement disputes in China continues to gather pace, posing risks to both investors and ...

    Date:
    21 June 2010
    Service:
    Impact Assessment and Planning
    Country:
    China
  • Clean Air Act Primer

    The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires an unprecedented level of effort from both industry and government in all phases of air quality management. In fact, the CAA Amendments of 1990 are widely regarded as being among the most significant pieces of environ...

    Date:
    18 June 2010
  • China's History of Environmental Protection

    The Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China was passed in September 1979. The Law absorbed the practical experience of the preceding years, and also some effective parts of other countries’ environmental laws. It defined the go...

    Date:
    1 June 2010
    Service:
    Performance, Assurance and Risk Management
    Country:
    China
  • New Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Water Disclosure Initiative

    The "CDP is committed to raising awareness and understanding of the business impacts of changing patterns of water availability and to facilitating a rational response to the challenges it poses from the investors, corporations and Governments".i
    In...

    Date:
    26 April 2010
  • Health Effects Assessment Tool (HEAT): an Innovative Guide for HIA in Resource Development Projects

    ERM Co-Authors HIA Guidance Tool for Resource Development Projects.
    Hot off the press is the new Health Impact Assessment (HIA) guidance tool called Health Effects Assessment Tool (HEAT): an Innovative Guide for HIA in Resource Development Projects...

    Date:
    9 April 2010
    Service:
    Impact Assessment and Planning
  • The Economics of Transportation of CO2 in Common Carrier Network Pipeline Systems

    Large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will require large-scale infrastructure to move CO2 from capture facility to storage formation. Significant resources will have to be dedicated in order to construct and operate a pipeline system. Many of ...

    Date:
    9 April 2010
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
  • USEPA's final GHG Reporting Rule: Reproposed Subpart W

    EPA Proposes to Require Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems to Report GHG Emissions
    On March 22, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency amended the Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule by proposing new and extensive reporting requirements f...

    Date:
    7 April 2010
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
    Country:
    United States
  • ERM Financial Brochure

    From banking to private equity and industrial clients, we have over 35 years' experience in helping them to deal with their environmental due diligence issues around the world. This ranges from traditional pre-acquisition and vendor due diligence to ...

    Date:
    29 March 2010
    Service:
    Transaction Services
  • Climate Change Disclosures in Public Reporting

    Just-released SEC guidance regarding financial disclosures of climate risk marks an important development amidst growing scrutiny by investors and regulators.
    The SEC guidance presents new challenges for public corporations and compels companies to ...

    Date:
    16 February 2010
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
    Country:
    United States
  • HSE Risk Management: An overview of ERM’s capabilities

    The very nature of business means that organizations around the world take risks. The real challenge is in managing them to the benefit of all stakeholders.
    Download this business guide to gain an overview of how ERM helps clients around the world ...

    Date:
    16 February 2010
    Service:
    Performance, Assurance and Risk Management
  • GHG Reduction Targets and International Competition

    The COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen this December will attempt to set the course and agree on a basis for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions post-2012. There are many complex issues to be resolved, but the most fundamental one is future targets...

    Date:
    15 December 2009
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
  • Energy Efficiency: Back to Basics

    The drive to reduce carbon emissions offers a fresh start for executives trying to make energy efficiency gains. With governments furiously legislating on climate change and setting steeper targets for reduction, improvements in energy efficiency are...

    Date:
    30 December 2009
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
  • Bringing Health and Safety to Life

    Bringing health and safety to life
    Bonnie Cheuk details how ERM is optimising its next-generation health and safety program - using the intranet, ‘Minerva’, as a platform and collaborative Web 2.0 tools to build success.
    Web 2.0 technologies are op...

    Date:
    11 December 2009
    Service:
    Performance, Assurance and Risk Management
  • Carbon is the New Currency

    Carbon reduction has a value, whether within the business boundaries, through materials and energy efficiencies that effect the company’s trading position, or in leveraging opportunities that lie elsewhere in the supply chain. Lower carbon alternativ...

    Date:
    3 December 2009
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
  • Managing your water sustainability: An ERM guide for business

    This ERM business guide is aimed at organisations wishing to ensure their water resource needs are managed sustainably. It offers insights into the importance of water within your operations and gives practical pointers on how you can make progress t...

    Date:
    24 November 2009
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
    Country:
    United States
  • ERM business guide makes the case for product stewardship

    The product of the future will be low carbon, low energy, low waste – but high value. These are arguably some of the goals set out for all types of company in a new ERM business guide Adding value with sustainable products.
    The illustrated booklet i...

    Date:
    16 June 2009
    Service:
    Sustainability and Climate Change
    Country:
    United Kingdom

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