Promoting cleaner production in South East Asia: a case study of the DTI/BOI Environmental Unit
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Title: | Promoting cleaner production in South East Asia: a case study of the DTI/BOI Environmental Unit |
Author(s): | Sinclair, Darren![]() Gunningham, Neil ![]() |
Keywords: | cleaner production cleaner production technologies Philippines Environmental Unit |
Date published: | 2001 |
Publisher: | Australian Centre for Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, The Australian National University |
Series/Report no.: | Working paper series (Australian Centre for Environmental Law) |
Description: | This article reviews the role of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry/Board of
Investment's Environmental Unit in promoting the adoption of cleaner production technologies and
practices by Philippine industry. The activities of the Environmental Unit represent a significant
shift in policy away from traditional regulatory approaches towards a cooperative, partnership
approach to environmental improvement. It remains to be seen, however, whether the considerable
ambitions of the Environmental Unit can be matched by the implementation of effective policy
instruments. This article examines existing approaches adopted by the Environmental Unit, and uses
this as a basis for proposing an expanded role. The focus is on identifying strategies which mesh
with overriding policy parameters of the Department of Trade/Board of Investment, such as the
desire for alternatives to conventional regulation, the requirement to promote economic growth in
tandem with environmental improvement and the need to avoid large drains on the public purse. The
lessons drawn have a much broader application and resonate with the challenges faced by a wide
variety of agencies in developing countries in the region. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41005 |
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