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The greening of the Canadian economy / : Verdissement de l'économie canadienne

1 Oct 2013

Examples of a subset approach to ‘green’ are: The ‘Green Economy’ is the aggregate Green jobs are jobs within industries A green job is one whose predominant of all activities operating with the and businesses that have a positive function serves one or both of the primary. [...] The narrow definition of the to describe the size, status, impact and direction of the green subset inherently leads to an under-reporting of the extent economy. [...] They embrace the concept that all nature of the assessment requires a framework from which facets of an economy are related to the environment and the relationship between the environment and the economy that efforts can be made by any sector to increase efficiency should be understood. [...] Green supply about the relationship between the environment and the chain management practices also differentiate products economy in Canada: through certification programs that verify a standard of environmental performance; such as the Forest Stewardship 1. Environmental considerations are increasingly Council, and the Ocean-Wise program. [...] The following section American and international environmental regulations in analyzes how our conclusions about the relationship between order to be eligible to sell vehicles in North American and the environment and the economy in Canada are influenced global markets.
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Authors

Alexander, Craig, McDonald, Connor

Pages
19
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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