Month: July 2009

Measuring the level of exposure to risk factors in the work environment

An assessment required by state law in relation to any action significantly affecting the environment, including certain exploration and drilling activities

Systematic, documented verification process of objectively obtaining and evaluating audit evidence to determine whether specified environmental activities, events, conditions, management systems or information about these matters conform with audit criteria

The fund invented the cap-and-trade system for cutting carbon emissions. The mechanism involves putting a cap on overall emissions and allows companies to buy and sell emissions reductions, so that the cheapest cuts get made first. The EDF suggested this in the 1990s as a way of cutting sulfur-dioxide emissions from power stations.