Environmental Organised Crime: The Dirty Business of Hazardous Waste Disposal and Limited State Capacity in Africa

Lambrechts, Derica; Hector, Michael

doi:10.1080/02589346.2016.1201727

Cited by 17 publications

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“…At a delinquent level, firms actively participate in operational activities that cause societal, labor or environmental harm or breach the law. Examples include the negative impact that multinational gas companies have on indigenous communities and their environment (Huambachano, 2014), the pollution of hazardous materials created as a result of oil and gas production (Silvestre et al, 2017), the negative health effects created by carcinogens in weed killers (Munshi, 2015) and hazardous waste created during production and then dumped irresponsibly (Barnes, 2011;Lambrechts and Hector, 2016;Magasin and Design of better interventions Gehlen, 1999;Triantafyllou and Cherrett, 2010). In the aforementioned examples, the effects result in negative health outcomes (negative contribution to SDG 3) or damage to the environment (negative contribution to SDG 6,12,13,15).…”

Section: Operational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs

Sinkovics

Archie-Acheampong³

2020

MBR

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Purpose This paper aims to propose an integrative framework that enables the mapping of firm activities along two dimensions of responsible business behavior: a width and a depth dimension. Width includes associative, peripheral, operational and embedded responsibility. In terms of depth, we identify delinquent, neutral, nascent, enhanced and advanced levels of responsibility. Design/methodology/approach The responsibility matrix is developed by drawing on the literature and the ambition to provide a more nuanced map of a firm’s activities and its contributions toward the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Findings The matrix enables the classification of firm activities into different functional categories based on how they relate to a firm’s business model. Further, the meaningfulness of each activity can be identified by determining its depth. Research limitations/implications Mapping all the relevant activities of a multinational firm onto the responsibility matrix enables managers and policymakers to identify areas where transformation is most needed. Further, multinational firms can use the matrix to map the activities of their value chain partners and design more effective standards and interventions. Practical implications The business responsibility matrix represents a diagnostic tool that enables the detailed mapping of firm capabilities and the identification of areas where further capacity building is necessary and where pockets of excellence exist. Social implications The responsibility matrix offers a benchmarking tool for progress that can be used in conjunction with existing guidelines and initiatives such as the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative. Originality/value The responsibility matrix acknowledges that firms can engage with the SDGs through different types of activity (width dimension). Simultaneously, it recognizes that activities in the same category can have varying levels of effectiveness (depth dimension).

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Section: Operational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs

Sinkovics

Archie-Acheampong³

2020

MBR

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“…According to Lynch and Stretsky (2003), green crimes are not concerned enough with criminology like other disciplines. Being green should be about protecting the environment and considering its political issues (Lambrechts & Hector, 2016).…”

Section: Essentialist Eco-feminismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political Shift Law Settlement of Fly Ash and Bottom Ash (Faba) Coal Based on Ecological Justice

Hartiwiningsih,

Pratiwi,

Parwitasari

2024

J. of Law and Sust. Develop.

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Purpose: This research aims to gain a comprehension understading on the factors causing the shift in political law regulation of fly ash and bottom ash (FABA) coal waste from hazardous and toxic waste (B3) to non-B3 status and provide a solution to the regulatory model for coal FABA based on ecological justice. Theoretical framework: This study also anchors from environmental justice theories known as “political ecology” from the perspective of “procedural justice” and “distributive justice”. Method: This qualitative research was approached as socio-legal research specifications. Miles et al.’s (2014) qualitative data analysis process was employed to analyze the data. Result and conclusion: The research results show that the political shift in the legal regulation of FABA should be based on ecological justice. The causal factor, the formation of law, is influenced by political and economic factors. While economic factors remain the dominant basis in establishing Government Regulation Number 22 of 2021, the environment should also be the consideration. Most of the construction of the regulation has not been based on the precautionary principle, non-regression, ecological justice, Pancasila justice, certainty, benefit, legal morality, and international agreements. Practical implication: This study contributes that the implementation of environmental protection and management needs to be reconstructed based on provisions, principles, and principles in forming arrangements such as the precautionary principle, the precautionary principle, the non-regression principle, the ecological justice principle, national justice [Pancasila], certainty, expediency, legal morality, and international agreements, to produce regulations in the environmental sector based on ecological justice.

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“…The Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal of 1989 is an international treaty intended to reduce and regulate the international shipment of hazardous waste. E-waste is regarded as a hazardous waste stream, and thus all treaty declarations apply to it [34]. South Africa has ratified this convention, and thus should follow all its guidelines [35].…”

Section: Legislative Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumer E-Waste Recycling in South Africa

Ichikowitz

Hattingh

2020

SAJIE

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Environmental Organised Crime: The Dirty Business of Hazardous Waste Disposal and Limited State Capacity in Africa

Cited by 17 publications

References 20 publications

The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs

The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs

Political Shift Law Settlement of Fly Ash and Bottom Ash (Faba) Coal Based on Ecological Justice

Consumer E-Waste Recycling in South Africa

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