Reports

The reports listed on this page give background information on the ARET program. For copies of any of the reports listed below please contact the Inquiry Centre.

The Environmental Leaders reports give background on the program as well as summarize results achieved to date and future projections.

• Environmental Leaders 4. ARET Secretariat (January 2004).
• Environmental Leaders 3 Update: Voluntary Action on Toxic Substances. ARET Secretariat (Feb 2000).
• Environmental Leaders 3. ARET Secretariat (March 1999).
• Environmental Leaders 2: Update. ARET Secretariat (January 1998).
• Environmental Leaders 2. ARET Secretariat (January 1997)
• Environmental Leaders 1: Update. ARET Secretariat (December 1995)
• Environmental Leaders 1. ARET Secretariat (March 1995).

The following reports are ordered by most recent publication date:

• Evaluation of the ARET Initiative. Review Branch, Environment Canada (May 2000).
• Consultation paper on the Future of ARET. Environment Canada (August 2000)
• Summary of Proceedings - Future of ARET Workshop. Hajo Versteeg, for the future of ARET workshop participants (Jan. 1998).
• From Challenge to Agreement? Background Paper on the Future of ARET. FranÇois Bregha and John Moffet, Resource Futures International (Dec. 1997)
• Criteria and Principles for the Use of Voluntary or Non-Regulatory Initiatives to Achieve Environmental Policy Objectives. New Directions Group (Nov. 1997).
• Workshop on Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Management. Conference Board of Canada/New Directions Group/Pollution Probe (Sept. 1997).
• ARET Voluntary Codes Project. William Leiss and Associates, for Industry Canada (June 1997).
• Survey of Potential ARET Participants. Anacapa Consulting Services, for the ARET Stakeholder Committee (April 1997).
• OECD Workshop on Non-Regulatory Initiatives for Chemical Risk Reduction. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (Sept. 1996).
• Voluntary Environmental Action: A Participant's View of ARET David R. Roewade, Industry Canada (June 1996).
• Lessons Learned from ARET: A Qualitative Survey of Perceptions of Stakeholders. School of Policy Studies, Queen's University (June 1996).
• Comparison of 1993 ARET and NPRI Data. ARET Secretariat (Dec. 1995).
• The ARET Substance Selection Process and Guidelines. ARET Stakeholder Committee (Jan. 1994).