Environment, Trade and Sustainability

NAFTA partners promote sustainable development based on cooperation and mutually supportive environmental and economic policies.

These are background papers on CEC projects that promote environmentally sustainable production, consumption and trade across North America will support this goal.
Draft: Environmental Reviews of Trade Agreements: Assessing the North American Experience 12/21/2001
Abstract: Backgrounder on the Status of Agriculture Negotiations at the WTO
Abstract
 12/21/2001
Abstract: Changing Biodiversity, Changing Markets Links Between Agricultural Trade, Markets and
Abstract
 12/21/2001
Background Note for JPAC Public Meeting: Lessons Learned from the Work of the CEC on Environmental G
28 June 2001
 06/28/2001
Backgrounder on the Status of Agriculture Negotiations at the WTO Focussing On NAFTA Parties and the 12/21/2001
Booming Economies, Silencing Environments and the Paths to Our Future 04/11/2001
Changing Biodiversity, Changing Markets Links Between Agricultural Trade, Markets and Biodiversity 12/21/2001
Comparative Standards for Intensive Livestock Operations in Canada, Mexico, and the United States 04/03/2003
Debate on Reform of the Electricity Sector in Mexico: Report on its Background, Current Status and O 07/15/2000
Draft: Environmental Impacts of the Changes in US - Mexico Corn Trade Under NAFTA 01/08/2002
Draft: Understanding and Anticipating Environmental Change in North America: Building Blocks for 12/17/2001
EcoMarkets 2008 Summary Report 08/15/2008
Environmental Disclosure in Financial Reporting: Update and Recommendations 06/19/2003
Environmental Disclosure Requirements in the Securities Regulations and Financial Accounting Standar
25 March 2002
 05/22/2003
Environmental Impacts of the Changes in US - Mexico Corn Trade Under NAFTA
Abstract
 01/08/2002
Environmental Labels in North America: A Guide for Consumers 05/19/2011
Environmental Reviews of Trade Agreements: Assessing the North American Experience
Abstract
 12/21/2001
From Principles to Practice
Compendia of In Situ Sustainable Tourism in North America
 11/01/2001
From the Farm to the Table: The Transformation of North American Food Processing 02/11/2005
Green Procurement in Trade Policy 05/20/2003
Groundwater: A North American Resource
Discussion paper for the Expert Workshop on Freshwater in North America (21 January 2002)
 01/04/2002
Implementation of Quality Management Systems Under MIF's ISO Cluster: Does it make a Difference? 03/17/2005
Linking Environmental Performance to Business Value
A North American Perspective
 11/05/2004
Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey and Assessment of Current Schemes 01/17/2005
Private investment in Mexico's electricity sector 06/16/2003
Private Investment in Mexico's Electricity Sector (Technology and Energy Selection) 06/16/2003
Summary: Understanding and Anticipating Environmental Change in North America: Building Blocks
Abstract
 12/17/2001
The North American Green Purchasing Initiative's Eco-S.A.T. — A Green Purchasing Self-assessme
Draft for review - Winter 2004
 02/10/2004
Trade Liberalization Impacts on Agriculture: Predicted vs. Realized 12/20/2001
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