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Transnational Private Regulation and the Governance of the Environment. ICEL/EPA Conference on Environmental Regulation and Enforcement 18 October 2012 Colin Scott University College Dublin. Feedback (information gathering). Norms (standard-setting). Transnational Private Regulation.
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Transnational Private Regulation and the Governance of the Environment ICEL/EPA Conference on Environmental Regulation and Enforcement 18 October 2012 Colin Scott University College Dublin
Feedback (information gathering) Norms (standard-setting) Transnational Private Regulation Correction (behaviour modification)
Modelling and Evaluating TPR for Environmental Governance B Rules Monitoring Enforcement Eg boycotts buycotts Legislation Contract Social/market pressures/ contracts A C D standards Self- Regulation Eg CSR employment contracts Contract - supply chains - audit and assurance A – Firm B – Government (agency and/or department) OR Trade Association OR NGO C – Contracting Party (firm or government) D – Third parties – eg employees, NGOs, investors
Evaluation Legitimacy Mirroring of Public Proceduralization Transparency Inclusiveness, etc OR mixing market incentives with public models? Effectiveness Scope of Private Regulation Outcomes Quality Reflection and Evaluation –eg ISEAL Benchmarking – eg grievance handling processes Enforcement Providing reassurance /credibility Public oversight Self-reporting Compliance programmes and third party assurance Enforceable consumer and employee rights How to provide reassurance/credibility around monitoring and enforcement processes? Asserting expertise and detachment as per non-majoritarian public governance OR Devising less responsive regimes with credibility based on stringency? Overall a quest for building new architectures of control or learning?