Geoffrey Heal: Corporate Social Responsibility and the TRI

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The EPA’S annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)report lists the toxics released by every U.S. company that employs 10 or more people. A study shows, says Heal, that upon the release of this report, companies with a bad TRI rating find that their share price falls. Thus pollution is a real cost to companies.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council event on May 21, 2008. For the full video and audio, go to the Council’s online magazine http://www.policyinnovations.org

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