Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis

Following the activities of a tyre recycling company in Johor, Malaysia, over 2000 people fell sick and 111 schools were shut when toxic substances were released into the Sungai Kim Kim, a river in Pasir Gudang. This paper examines the relevance of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) policy...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Irini, Khor, Poy Hua, Omoola, Sodiq
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER); ABRA Malaysia. 2019
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spelling iium-742922020-01-21T03:19:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/ Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis Ibrahim, Irini Khor, Poy Hua Omoola, Sodiq K Law (General) Following the activities of a tyre recycling company in Johor, Malaysia, over 2000 people fell sick and 111 schools were shut when toxic substances were released into the Sungai Kim Kim, a river in Pasir Gudang. This paper examines the relevance of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) policy framework in ensuring constant environmental sustainability by corporate bodies in Malaysia. The paper adopts a comparative law research methodology to assess the potential impact of environmentally sustainable corporate social responsibility across two jurisdictions i.e., Malaysia and India. Looking at existing CER framework in another jurisdiction, the paper argues that voluntary and mandatory CER can strengthen existing environmental regulations in Malaysia under the environmental regulation in Malaysia. Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER); ABRA Malaysia. 2019-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/7/74292%20Corporate%20Environmental%20Responsibility%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20India.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/8/74292%20Corporate%20Environmental%20Responsibility%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20India%20WOS.pdf Ibrahim, Irini and Khor, Poy Hua and Omoola, Sodiq (2019) Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis. In: 9th Asia Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AicE-Bs), 3rd-4th July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. https://ebpj.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/EBProceedings/article/view/1662/pdf 10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1662
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Ibrahim, Irini
Khor, Poy Hua
Omoola, Sodiq
Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
description Following the activities of a tyre recycling company in Johor, Malaysia, over 2000 people fell sick and 111 schools were shut when toxic substances were released into the Sungai Kim Kim, a river in Pasir Gudang. This paper examines the relevance of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) policy framework in ensuring constant environmental sustainability by corporate bodies in Malaysia. The paper adopts a comparative law research methodology to assess the potential impact of environmentally sustainable corporate social responsibility across two jurisdictions i.e., Malaysia and India. Looking at existing CER framework in another jurisdiction, the paper argues that voluntary and mandatory CER can strengthen existing environmental regulations in Malaysia under the environmental regulation in Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ibrahim, Irini
Khor, Poy Hua
Omoola, Sodiq
author_facet Ibrahim, Irini
Khor, Poy Hua
Omoola, Sodiq
author_sort Ibrahim, Irini
title Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
title_short Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
title_full Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
title_fullStr Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
title_full_unstemmed Corporate environmental responsibility in Malaysia and India: a preliminary analysis
title_sort corporate environmental responsibility in malaysia and india: a preliminary analysis
publisher Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER); ABRA Malaysia.
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/7/74292%20Corporate%20Environmental%20Responsibility%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20India.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/74292/8/74292%20Corporate%20Environmental%20Responsibility%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20India%20WOS.pdf
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