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Editorial. Focuses on social reports of companies and seeking commitment for sustainability. Influence of managers over corporate commitment as charted by Bernd Kasemir and colleagues; Examples of indices of corporate sustainability; Importance of corporate reporting and sustainability science involvement.

Discusses the pilot program being run in Switzerland's Basel region to demonstrate vehicles that run on natural gas, as a bridge to renewable power sources like hydrogen. Percentage of sulfur dioxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrous oxides that automobiles contribute to the air in urban areas; High average incomes coupled with top-rated environmental performance seen in Switzerland, whereas in the United States higher income is associated with higher stress on the environment; High level of environmental awareness shown by residents of the Basel region, where 44% of households do not own a car; Use of Basel as a long-term field test of the impact of technology on sustainable development in a developed economy. INSETS: SWITZERLAND: AN EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT;A CHEMICAL ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTES TO HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS;LISTENING TO CITIZENS' VIEWS IN THE PILOT REGIONS OF BASEL;NOVATLANTIS STUDIES THE "VALUE CHAIN" OF MORE SUSTAINABLE CAR USE

Focuses on the role of pension funds in sustaining corporate involvements. Influence of pension funds in global investment decisions; Details on the pillars of the US pension system; Characteristics of tools for pension fund management. INSETS: The Three Pillars of the U.S. Pension System;Sustainability or Socially Responsible Stock Indexes.

Explains why public participation is essential in assessing environmental problems. Illustrative examples; Lessons for climate policy; Procedures for involving citizens; Impacts of climate change.

Investigates the hypothesis that the conceptual machinery of modernization is experiencing a transformation whose outcome maybe labelled as reflexive modernization. Relation of the hypothesis to the problem of global environmental risk; Development of a methodology to investigate the hypothesis.

The participation of the European Union (EU) in the international negotiations on climate change has attracted a significant share of scholarly attention. Climate change has certainly become a new dimension of European foreign policy and has enabled the EU to play a leadership role in the international arena. However, the relationship between the EU and the international climate regime is not a one-way street--while the EU has been active and decisive in shaping international negotiations, the latter have also had an impact on the EU. The international negotiations have influenced the EU's decision-making processes and internal negotiations--which has in turn influenced European integration itself. This article builds on the arguments of second image reversed analyses and proposes that there is a reciprocal relation between certain conditions of the EU-domestic setting and the international climate regime. The internal arrangements of the EU regarding climate change have maximized the influence of the regime and the very existence of the international negotiations has moulded these arrangements, making them more prone to external influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]