TY - JOUR
T1 - Aiding the environment
T2 - The Australian Development Agency's experience of implementing an environmental management system
AU - Keen, Meg
AU - Sullivan, Marjorie
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Aid agencies, like commercial businesses, are increasingly concerned with incorporating sound environmental management into their operations. Different approaches are being used to integrate sustainability into development assistance to ensure that environmental impacts are assessed and managed. One approach being used by AusAID, the Australian aid agency, is to implement an environmental management system (EMS) across program and project areas. This paper examines how AusAID has adapted the EMS approach to suit aid agency operations, and some of the lessons from the Australian experience.
AB - Aid agencies, like commercial businesses, are increasingly concerned with incorporating sound environmental management into their operations. Different approaches are being used to integrate sustainability into development assistance to ensure that environmental impacts are assessed and managed. One approach being used by AusAID, the Australian aid agency, is to implement an environmental management system (EMS) across program and project areas. This paper examines how AusAID has adapted the EMS approach to suit aid agency operations, and some of the lessons from the Australian experience.
KW - Environmental aid
KW - Environmental governance
KW - Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
KW - Environmental management systems (EMS)
KW - Project cycle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=22244485759&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eiar.2004.09.011
DO - 10.1016/j.eiar.2004.09.011
M3 - Article
SN - 0195-9255
VL - 25
SP - 628
EP - 649
JO - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
JF - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
IS - 6
ER -