Corporate Environmental Management 1 - Systems and Strategies

Informationen zum Autor Richard Welford is Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Director of the Centre for Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Huddersfield. He is also Professor of Sustainable Management at the Norwegian School of Management and a Director of ERP Environment. Klappentext Presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces the general issues and context, and then gives a detailed, critical examination of all the key tools of corporate environmental management, including environmental management systems and standards; environmental policies, guidelines and charters; environmental auditing; life-cycle assessment; the measurement of environmental performance; and environmental reporting. The book emphasises systems-based environmental management, and also considers how such an approach might be integrated within local authorities and small and medium-sized companies. It then extends the systems approach to cover continuous environmental improvement, building a corporate environmental profile and moving towards sustainability. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. This book examines the key tools of corporate environmental management, including: environmental management systems and standards; environmental policies, guidelines and charters; environmental auditing; life-cycle assessment; and, environmental reporting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Context of Corporate Environmental Management Environmental Issues and Corporate Environmental Management Corporate Strategy, Competitiveness and the Environment Part 2: The Tools of Corporate Environmental Management Environmental Management Systems The Standardization of Environmental Management Systems Environmental Policies Environmental Guidelines and Charters Environmental Auditing Life Cycle Assessment Measuring Environmental Performance Environmental Reporting Part 3: Wider Applications of the Systems Based Approach The EMS in the SME Local Economic Development and Environmental Management: A Systems Approach The Role of Environmental Management Systems in Local Government Beyond Environmentalism and Towards Sustainable Organization ...

Product details

• Authors: Richard Welford, Richard (CSR Asia) Welford, Richard (EDT) Welford
• Assisted by: Richard Welford (Editor), Richard (CSR Asia) Welford (Editor), Welford Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2004
• EAN: 9781844079667
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-966-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Environmental Management Set; Environmental Management Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; NATURE / Ecology, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Business & management, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology