Labour and the Environment: A Natural Synergy
- ISBN-10
- 9280727400
- ISBN-13
- 9789280727401
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- UNEP/Earthprint
- Author
- United Nations Environment Programme
Description
This publication presents examples of the application of technical expertise, of workplace participation, and of tools that promote workers' health and safety to problems that extend beyond the workplace into areas such as environmental protection, public health and the accountability of employers. It focuses on crucial issues ranging from climate change and energy, chemicals management, and corporate social responsibility and accountability to future involvement of workers and trade unions with the environment and with efforts to move towards sustainability. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme.
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