"Abbreviations" [2005] ELECD 192; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "Research Handbook on Corporate Legal Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: Research Handbook on Corporate Legal Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768203

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Abbreviations


ACCA Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants
ALI American Law Institute
APELL Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASX Australian Stock Exchange
ATCA Alien Tort Claims Act
BAT best available techniques
BPEO best practicable environmental option
BRASS Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability
and Society (UK)
CA Company Act
CA Court of Appeal
CBCA Canada Business Corporations Act
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CCA Centre for Corporate Accountability
CCA Commercial Company Act
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CEO chief executive officer
CER corporate environmental reporting
CESR corporate environmental and social responsibility
CFO chief financial officer
CGC Corporate Governance Council
CLERP Corporate Law Economic Reform Program
CLR Company Law Review
CoE Council of Europe
CORE Corporate Responsibility Coalition
CSR corporate social responsibility
DEFRA Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
DTI Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
EC European Community
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN)
EIA environmental impact assessment
EPA Environmental Protection Act
ESD ecological sustainable development
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council (UK)

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ETI Ethical Trading Initiative
EU European Union
EWC European Waste Catalogue
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
FOEI Friends of the Earth International
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
GAP Government Accountability Project (USA)
GBE government­business enterprise
GCA General Corporations Act
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
HL House of Lords (UK)
HSE Health and Safety Executive (UK)
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICJ International Court of ...