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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792062603321

Titolo

Environmental regulation and compulsory public disclosure : the case of PROPER in Indonesia / / Shakeb Afsah. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : RFF Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12708-5

0-203-07672-9

1-299-28055-2

1-135-12709-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Resources for the future

Environment for development

Altri autori (Persone)

AfsahShakeb

Disciplina

363.73/609598

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Indonesia

Disclosure of information - Indonesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Public disclosure in developing countries -- Institutional history of Indonesia's environmental rating and public disclosure program -- Rating methodology and implementation -- The effectiveness of PROPER -- Which firms were more sensitive to proper? -- How does PROPER work? -- The impact of the financial crisis on PROPER -- Current status of proper (2001-2011) -- Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age. In 1995 the Indonesian Ministry of Environment took the bold step to launch an environmental disclosure initiative called the Program for Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER). Under PROPER, environmental performance of companies is mapped into a five-color grading scale - Gold for excellent, Green for very good, Blue for good, Red for non-compliance, and Black for causing environmental damage. These ratings are then publicly disclosed