This report examines the use of environmental management systems (EMSs) in small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Canada, Mexico and the United States. In doing so, it provides a North American perspective on successful practices and some of the issues faced by SMEs in developing and implementing these systems. It also offers some suggestions for […]
This report was developed by the North American PCB Implementation Task Force (ITF), an organization established under the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) consisting of representatives from environmental regulatory agencies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The primary purpose of the report is to provide a final update on recent events in each country […]
This work seeks to analyze the dynamics of environmental spending and changes in companies’ profiles following NAFTA and factors that have negatively or positively affected their environmental behavior.
In this paper, I ask whether entry into NAFTA has made Mexico more or less like the United States and Canada in terms of pollution per capita and per dollar of GDP; what has happened to the trends in the various indicators; and what the consequent effects on environmental quality have been. Energy use and […]
Commitments undertaken in diverse international fora support the liberalisation and market expansion of the environmental goods and services (EGS) sector as a strategy worth exploring to support the pursuit of sustainable development. Among these commitments, the mandate in Paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) calls for negotiations to reduce or, as appropriate, eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers for trade in EGS. However, implementing such a strategy poses major challenges. Moreover, despite some attempts undertaken in recent years, the international community has yet to reach a consensus on suitable approaches to defining and classifying the EGS market.
This NACAP, developed for the ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in Calgary in June 2004 and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content of this NACAP has been shared […]
This NACAP, developed for the western burrowing owl (, hereafter “burrowing owl”), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in Calgary in July 2004 and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content of this NACAP […]
This NACAP, developed for the pink-footed shearwater (), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in San Francisco, California, in March 2004, and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content of this NACAP has been […]
This NACAP, developed for the humpback whale (), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in San Francisco, California in March 2004 and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content of this NACAP has been […]
This NACAP, developed for the Pacific leatherback sea turtle (, hereafter “leatherback turtle”), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in San Francisco, California, in March 2004 and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content […]
This NACAP, developed for the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), resulted from a trinational workshop hosted by the CEC in Calgary in July 2004 and benefited from the in-depth review of an extensive list of wildlife experts from diverse backgrounds from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, the content of this NACAP has been […]
This paper intends to draw attention on the importance of dealing with the environmental problems of the electronics assembly industry in Mexico. The reasons for this concern are motivated by the vulnerable environmental conditions in which these enterprises are set up, particularly those located in the northern Mexican border region, the potentially negative effects on […]
