Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Management Systems

Author: Stephen Tinsley

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-04-27

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1136566589

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Implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS) has become a crucial consideration for large organizations. This book offers insight to practitioners and professional students as to why they have been developed, how they are implemented and the barriers that can impact on their effectiveness. A practical, experience-based text written by leading consultants and researchers, the book explores the drivers that have led to the development of environmental strategies and the benefits of formulating a complete EMS. The book examines the way in which EMSs are structured to ensure that a company achieves continuous improvement in environmental performance. Alongside practical advice for businesses that wish to achieve accreditation, the book addresses key issues to be aware of to ensure optimum benefits, different strategies that companies may adopt to establish an EMS and the challenges that arise when trying to integrate an EMS into the business strategy. Also included is a review of the ways in which academics try to categorize and predict the effectiveness of these different approaches to EMS using modelling tools. Finally, case studies are presented to demonstrate examples of companies that have implemented their own EMS, the different approaches that they have taken and the resulting issues that have emerged. This is essential reading for all environmental practitioners as well as students of environmental management and business.

Principles of Environmental Management
Principles of Environmental Management

Author: Rogene A. Buchholz

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Now in its second edition, Rogene Buchholz's text offers a managerial perspective of the principles of environmental management, rather than focusing on ecological aspects.

Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment
Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment

Author: Andrew J. Hoffman

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 0804741964

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This book brings together emerging perspectives from organization theory and management, environmental sociology, international regime studies, and the social studies of science and technology to provide a starting point for discipline-based studies of environmental policy and corporate environmental behavior. Reflecting the book’s theoretical and empirical focus, the audience is two-fold: organizational scholars working within the institutional tradition, and environmental scholars interested in management and policy. Together this mix forms a creative synthesis for both sets of readers, analyzing how environmental policy and organizational practices are shaped, spread and contested.

Environmental Business Management
Environmental Business Management

Author: Klaus North

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9789221095163

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This work encourages business managers to take account of the needs of the threatened planet and dwindling natural resources, while simultaneously redefining the commercial interests involved.; The book highlights opportunities for and threats to sustainable development. It leads the reader through the morass of existing and proposed regulations and guidelines which cover the areas encompassed by the term environmental management: the use of hazardous chemicals; toxic wastes and emissions; occupational health and safety; and environmental impact analysis.; Completely revised and updated, this.

Managing for the Environment
Managing for the Environment

Author: Rosemary O'Leary

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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This te×t e×plains how public managers can effectively address environmental issues from a managerial point of view. The authors e×amine environmental concerns from the perspective of the non-specialist managers who must deal with these issues. The book shows managers how they can best deal with the environmental problems they face, how they can manage their scientific and technical staff, how they can stay up-to-date on environmental laws, how they can handle public relations issues, and more.

Organizations’ Environmental Performance Indicators
Organizations’ Environmental Performance Indicators

Author: Ali Dada

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-13

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 3642327206

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The book provides a collection of individual chapters from the participants in the OEPI project, which represent a mix of academic and practical chapters and contributions. The first part of the book is dedicated to a theoretical introduction to Organisations' Environmental Performance Indicators and to a state-of-the-art overview in literature and practice. The second part of the book contains several chapters describing information systems and their components supporting the management of Environmental Performance Indicators, especially in inter-organizational contexts. The third part is dedicated to three case studies from practice, and the book concludes with part four, in which practical guidelines for the innovative management of Environmental Performance indicators in organizations and in inter-organizational contexts are presented.

Environmental Management in Organizations
Environmental Management in Organizations

Author: John Brady

Publisher: Earthscan

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 1849771197

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Twenty years ago, environment and sustainable development issues were marginal concerns for businesses and public bodies, requiring a relatively narrow range of personnel, knowledge and skills. Today, these issues are key operational concerns for all but the smallest organizations and apply to all sectors - the private, public and voluntary sectors. Managing them requires a growing army of environmental professionals to manage them with knowledge of a rapidly developing body of regulatory measures.Environmental Management in Organizations provides the basic resource needed by organizations and the managers they employ on the issues and on the management tools, performance measures and communication strategies available. Leading experts on each topic have provided focused explanations and clear practical guidance, as well as setting out the context and the key environmental and management drivers.

Elements of Environmental Management
Elements of Environmental Management

Author: Werner Antweiler

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2014-08-14

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 1442616792

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As businesses face an increasing array of environmental challenges, including climate change, air and water pollution, and solid waste management, environmental management has become an increasingly important area of expertise. Elements of Environmental Management is an interdisciplinary textbook for students and business professionals that integrates corporate environmental strategy with environmental economics, environmental law, and environmental engineering. Written by Werner Antweiler, an expert on international trade and environmental economics, Elements of Environmental Management approaches environmental issues from a business perspective: How can businesses respond to public policies and regulatory requirements? How does emission trading work? What technological options are available to prevent or mitigate pollution? Using examples from a wide range of industries, Antweiler presents the essential tools for examining environmental problems from a business perspective.

Corporate Environmental Management 2
Corporate Environmental Management 2

Author: Richard Welford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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This guide to corporate environmental management explores the various organisational and cultural concepts which firmly place the corporate environmental management agenda within the human dimension.

Environmental Certification for Organisations and Products
Environmental Certification for Organisations and Products

Author: Tiberio Daddi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-10

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1317665686

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Environmental certification is an effective tool for managing the environmental impact of companies, leveraging their competitive capabilities and ensuring their compliance with environmental principles. A growing number of countries across the world are adopting this practice and the growth of new environmental standards – with different scopes, aims and roles – calls for a clear and updated systematization of the issue. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental certification tools. As well as examining practical methods of implementing the standards for each type of certification, the book discusses their added value from a corporate management perspective. In identifying the most important requirements and standards for the issuing of environmental certification of both products and processes, the book demonstrates how companies can use operational methods to develop an environmental management system or a product certification in practice. Balancing a complete theoretical presentation of the issue with an operational perspective, the book supports the adoption and implementation of environmental certification tools. It will be a valuable resource for professionals as well as students and scholars of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility.