This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces general issues and context, and then gives a detailed, critical examination of all the key tools of corporate 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 emphasizes 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. Written in a clear and informative style with checklists, explanatory notes and references for further reading, the book draws on the existing environmental strategies of a number of leading firms. Each chapter is written by contributors involved in ongoing research and consultancy in their specialist area. The book's focus makes it useful reading, not only for students and researchers, but also for managers faced with the challenge of introducing environmental management strategies into their own organizations.

This is a guide to introducing systems-based environmental management into organizations of all sizes, including SME's and local authorities, with reference to environmental strategies of leading firms. It covers environmental auditing, policies and reporting.

Scientific Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 7.0, University of Twente (Cartesius institute), course: MBA Environmental and Energy Managmenet, language: English, abstract: This manual contains a detailed description of the Environmental Management System. It also contains procedures and work instructions, which are also requirements of the Quality Management System (QMS) and Health and Safety Management (H&S). Both the QMS and H&S will not be discussed in detail in this advisory report. The Quality Management System is a change mechanism, which is targeted at developing a customer driven organization through integrative working practices. The underlying purpose of Total Quality Management has much common ground with the EMS. Health and Safety Management can be regarded as a set of external controls dictated to business and which establishes and fulfills specific targets. In the project of wastewater minimization, the Health and Safety Department helps the team by carrying out the necessary risk assessment of operations and develops related control activities. The Health and Safety Manager also has a role as member of the project team, so the integration between the systems will be fully established. Effective health, safety (and environmental management) is not common sense but is based on a common understanding of risks and how to control them brought about through good management.

"Thompson (environmental science, U. of Calgary) gathers 14 contributors from the academic and business sectors in this text for students, professionals, policy makers, and regulators. This book is not about managing the environment but about managing people in organizations, governments, and corporations to lessen environmental damage. Topics include auditing, education and training, environmental reporting, impact assessment, and the Natural Step, a Swedish NGO that advises on efficient material usage to increase profits and spare the environment."--Pub. desc.

Essays originally written for presentation at the Third National Conference on Engineering Ethics, convened in May 1985 in Los Angeles, Calif. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-260).