The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development

This book explores the impact of environmental policies on businesses and employment across Europe. It contains a wealth of contributions from academics and practitioners throughout Europe. Environmental policies and initiatives have had a significant impact on businesses and employment practices across Europe. The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development is a wide-ranging collection featuring contributions by academics and practitioners from countries including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Ireland. Subjects covered include:* the effects of EU environmental directives, programmes and legislation and global conventions and agreements* assessment of environmental training, education and qualifications across Europe* national and international case studies* the commercial logic for businesses in 'going green'* examination of the growth in the public and private sector of career opportunities for those with environmental expertise.