Environmental Audit Committee calls on Government to ensure CMA remit takes account of sustainable development
The Government must develop a joined-up strategy to change the UK’s unhealthy and environmentally damaging food system, as fears mount about global food security, MPs on the Commons Environmental Audit Committee warn. Crucially the Environmental Audit Committee’s Sustainable Food report recommends that: the Office of Fair Trading’s remit should be amended so supermarkets are not [...]
House of Lords Science & Technology Select Committee publishes advice on voluntary agreements»
In the context of a wider study on behaviour change strategies, the House of Lords Science & Technology Select committee has published advice on voluntary agreements. FINAL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ON VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS (July 2011) Chapter 5 5.13. In general, the evidence supports the conclusion that non-regulatory or regulatory measures used in isolation are often not likely [...]
Emerging perspectives on ‘Responsibility Deals’»
A range of views are starting to surface on the Coalition Government’s planned Responsibility Deals. In the early days of the Coalition the lack of understanding of what constitutes a ‘Responsibility Deal’ has clearly unsettled both NGOs, opposition politicians and some business representatives. Take a look here for a reminder of Responsibility Deals as they [...]
Jason Clay talks about ‘precompetition’ in Guardian Sustainable Business»
Jason Clay, senior vice president of market transformation at WWF, has written on Guardian Sustainable Business the issues arising from consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble and Unilever being fined €315.2m (£280m) by the EC on 13 April 2011 for breaching competition law in the laundry detergent market in eight countries. “Here lies the challenge in defining [...]
OPEN EU project recommends DGComp launch specialist unit»
The final report of the Open Planet Economy Network “OPEN EU Action Plan for EU and EU National Governments” in October 2011 included the recommendation that: “In accordance with existing EU Court case law, DGComp should launch a specialist unit to assess the public benefit of voluntary agreements that enable organisations to take collaborative action to internalise external [...]
Respond now to BIS Competition Consultation – Deadline: 13 June 2011»
The Cooperatition Incubator is encouraging all our campaign partners to try and submit a response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) consultation on the future of the UK competition regulation regime: Consultation document: A competition regime for growth – A consultation on options for reform Since 2008 Business in the Community and [...]
Reflections on inelasticity/elasticity and voluntary agreements»
INTRODUCTION When a business seeks to implement an ethical change in what it is doing (where ‘ethical’ connotes some public policy/sustainability objective) then there will be some different types of economic impact that it will experience. In summary some key elements of these delineations include: Win-win versus non-win-win (i.e. whether, at the same time as [...]
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