Postgraduate coursework

LAWS6899 - Environmentally Sustainable Business

Objectives

Examine the environmental regulation of corporations and how regulation has evolved from ‘command and control’ to incorporate a diverse range of instruments designed to inculcate corporate environmental responsibility.
Explore regulatory flexibility, co-regulation and voluntary agreements, and the participation of non-government entities, such as financial institutions, in corporate environmental regulation.
Investigate the role of criminal law in bringing about changes in corporate management and behaviour and in equipping environmental regulators with the range of tools needed to develop effective strategies.

Content

Traditional regulation; market-based strategies (price-based and rights-based); information strategies (such as emissions inventories and corporate reporting); environmental auditing and environment management systems (including ISO 14001); the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in driving changes in corporate attitudes towards the environment and articulating the corporate benefits of going beyond compliance with the letter of environmental laws.

This unit replaced LAWS6082 - Pollution Law and LAWS6899 - Corporate Environmental Responsibility

Session

Semester 2 Intensive
18, 20 & 24-25 September 2010

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

1 x 4,000 Word Problem Based Assignment (50%)
1 x 4,000 Word Essay (50%)

Courses this unit is available in

Sydney Law School