RE: Industry environmental initiative waning -- evidence from 33/50?

[Program on Solid Waste Policy <pswp@yale.edu>]

I'm a little late in responding to this part of the thread, but I thought
that it would be interesting nonetheless to note that careful analysis of
the 33/50 program suggests that many of the reductions attributed to it
were overstated.  See, the important article by Kathryn
Harrison:

Harrison, K.  1998.  "Talking with the Donkey: Cooperative
Approaches to Environmental Protection" Journal of Industrial
Ecology 2(2): 1-22.  [available at
<mitpress.mit.edu/JIE/sample_articles>]


Reid Lifset
Industrial Environmental Management Program
Yale University

At 09:56 AM 12/17/2002 -0500, Iannuzzi, Al [JJCUS] wrote:

> ok everyone - I work for industry
> and all I have to say is 33/50 program = 824 million pounds of toxic
> chemical releases removed from the environment, Green Lights & energy
> Star = Over 6 billion square feet of building space is now more energy
> efficient resulting in the elimination of 10.5 billion pounds of carbon
> dioxide and significant amounts of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide,
> particulates and toxic metals.  All voluntary programs.  
>
> Look at the annual environmental reports of companies - many
> are voluntarily reducing emissions.  The question is - how can we
> get more firms to voluntarily reduce pollutants?  Do we really think
> that going through the traditional regulatory process is the way to get
> more improvement? 
>
> Enforcement is necessary, but it is only a part of the
> picture. You have to do both to improve the environment in today's
> climate.  
>
> Al Iannuzzi 
> WW Environmental Affairs 
> 732-524-6382 
> Fax 3296 
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Minicucci, Bob
> [mailto:rminicucci@des.state.nh.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:05 AM 
> To: Melinda Dower; NPPR@great-lakes.net;
> P2Tech@great-lakes.net; 
> Todd_MacFadden@uml.edu 
> Subject: RE: Industry environmental initiative
> waning? 
>
> What are we doing to encourage that 10% in the 'leadership'
> category to become 20%, 50%, 98%?  (It'll never be 100%, after
> all.)  
>
> Bob Minicucci 
> NH DES 
> 603-271-2941 
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Melinda Dower
> [mailto:Melinda.Dower@dep.state.nj.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:00 AM 
> To: NPPR@great-lakes.net; P2Tech@great-lakes.net;
> Todd_MacFadden@uml.edu 
> Subject: Re: Industry environmental initiative
> waning? 
>
> Having been a "closet enforcer" for many years, I
> am heartened to see 
> everyone's conclusions about the limited effectiveness of
> voluntary 
> programs--I feel like I can come out of the closet now. Even
> here in NJ, where P2 Planning is mandatory but implementation of P2
> measures is
>
> voluntary, I have had numerous corporate representatives
> comment that 
> they would be implementing much more P2 if it were
> mandatory. 
> Regulations drive corporate behavior far more than anything
> voluntary 
> (with the exception of the maybe 10% high performers who are
> doing great P2 and have integrated P2 into their own performance
> measures).
>
> It is also important to note that government has not
> delivered on its 
> promises to provide flexibility. 
>
> Melinda Dower 
> Research Scientist 
> N.J. Department of Environmental Protection 
>
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