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The evolving role of trade associations in negotiated environmental agreements: the case of United Kingdom Climate Change Agreements

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  • Susanne Rupp

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Voluntary and negotiated agreements are becoming increasingly popular instruments for regulating industry's environmental performance. Although their main purpose is to modify the behaviour of individual firms, the coordinating role of trade (or industry) associations is often critical to their environmental effectiveness. Thus, a clear and mutually agreed understanding of associations' role in the agreement process is essential. This paper examines the nature of trade associations' input into the negotiation and implementation of environmental agreements, using the case study of United Kingdom Climate Change Agreements. Results show associations serving a range of coordinating roles, including the aggregation of members' viewpoints, negotiation of agreements, provision of regulatory and technical knowledge and collation of performance data. We conclude that further involvement of trade associations in negotiated and voluntary agreements can bring appreciable, though not uncontested, benefits in terms of environmental effectiveness. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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  • Ian Bailey & Susanne Rupp, 2006. "The evolving role of trade associations in negotiated environmental agreements: the case of United Kingdom Climate Change Agreements," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(1), pages 40-54, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:bstrat:v:15:y:2006:i:1:p:40-54
    DOI: 10.1002/bse.465
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