For example, environmental and human rights agreements require states to prevent abuses by private parties.

Malaysia is a party to the following international environmental agreements:

It would clearly be wrong to restrict all imports from a country which broke one particular environmental agreement.

Israel has signed many international environmental agreements and is party to:

It is also responsible for Australia's participation in a number of international environmental agreements.

Details of environmental and socio-economic agreements signed by the mine.

This is the backdrop to the issue of environmental agreements.

Are they the interests of large, transnational companies which want to make profits without regard to social or environmental agreements?

The question of environmental agreements with industry is a difficult one.

Clear environmental agreements drawn up between industry and the authorities can certainly be an alternative instrument.