This page includes links to websites and additional resources related to the topics discussed during the EUCE-WAGE workshop, "Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Any Lessons for US?"  These websites have been suggested by workshop presenters and participants.

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3E Intelligence (blog offering personal commentary on European policies related to environmental, energy, and economic issues)

Corporate Social Responsibility (website maintained by the European Commission Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry)

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) (a voluntary European Union instrument that acknowledges organizations that improve their environmental performance on a continuous basis)

Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) (European Union scheme to promote activities designed to improve eco-innovation and the adoption of environmental technologies)

EU Energy Initiative

EU Water Initiative

European eco-label (voluntary scheme designed to encourage businesses to market environmentally-friendly products and services and to aid European consumers in identifying them)

European Partners for the Environment (a multi-stakeholder forum working for consensus on sustainability and balance between the environment, society, and the economy)

Fact Sheet: A New International Climate Change Framework (description of President George W. Bush’s proposal for a new framework on climate change)

Green Public Procurement (GPP) (website of European Commission describing policy that encourages public purchasers to consider environmental factors when buying products or services)
 
Growth and Responsibility in the World Economy, Summit Declaration, G8 Summit, June 7, 2007 (includes sections on climate change, energy efficiency, energy security, and promoting innovation for sustainable growth)
 
Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition

Press briefing by Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, regarding U.S. climate change proposals at the 2007 G8 Summit

Raymond Van Ermen (personal website of the Director of European Partners for the Environment intended to foster dialogue regarding the European Union, civil society, and sustainable development)

 

Research Forum on the Open Method of Coordination (forum that makes available recent published and forthcoming work on the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) to researchers, policy makers, and other qualified users)