Research Catalog

Title

Environmental risk management and corporate lending : a global perspective / Phil Case.

Author

Case, Phillip.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press ; Cambridge, England : Woodhead Pub., 1999.

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Description

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "How does industrial pollution affect corporate lending and what can lenders do to manage environmental risk? This book sets out to answer these key questions, presenting a wide-ranging overview of the main principles of environmental legislation worldwide. Adopting a practical approach throughout, the author presents numerous real-life case studies illustrating issues of concern, and various 'tools' are provided to assist with risk appraisal and mitigation.".
• "This book will be essential reading for corporate lenders, lawyers and surveyors, environmental consultants, policy makers within international agencies and others seeking a practical guide to this increasingly complex area."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Industrial management > Environmental aspects
• Environmental risk assessment
• Environmental management
• Lender liability

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. The environment and business - opportunity and threat -- 2. Developing an effective strategy for environmental risk management -- 3. The legal position -- 4. Direct risk -- 5. Indirect (credit) risk appraisal: evaluating environmental factors -- 6. Land as security -- 7. Environmental risks and project finance -- 8. Environmental risk management: the way ahead -- App. 1. High environmental risk activities: full Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code listings -- App. 2. International environmental risk briefing notes -- App. 3. Specimen environmental questionnaire: general -- App. 4. Specimen environmental questionnaire: bulk fuel storage -- App. 5. Specimen environmental clausing in term loan facility letters -- App. 6. Specimen environmental clausing in term loan facility letters for property investment company borrowers -- App. 7. Specimen terms of reference: Phase I risk assessment --
• App. 8. Specimen letter to a customer re Phase II study - terms of reference -- App. 9. Specimen terms of reference - a 'second opinion' -- App. 10. Specimen letter to customer: need for site investigation reports -- App. 11. Specimen letter to customer: need for 'second opinion' of existing environmental site investigation reports -- App. 12. Specimen letter to customer explaining use of site investigation reports -- App. 13. World Bank list of category 'A' projects where an EIA is required -- App. 14. Minimum terms of reference for an environmental impact assessment -- App. 15. Minimum terms of reference for a 'second opinion' on an environmental impact assessment report.

ISBN

• 0849317754 (alk. paper)
• 1855734362

LCCN

99031396

OCLC

ocm41361517

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries