1. A Case for Environmental Management -- 2. Legal Aspects of Environmental Management and Liabilities -- 3. The European Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme -- 4. The Legislative Requirements of Integrated Pollution Control -- 5. Environmental Management Training - A Key to the Future -- 6. Environmental Management - An Experience in Improving Environmental Performance -- 7. The Role of Environmental Audit in Demonstrating Improved Environmental Performance -- 8. Environmental Improvement through Management Performance Standards -- 9. Quantification of Environmental Management System Performance as an Aid to Continuous Improvement -- 10. Secondary Products Valuization -- 11. Aluminium - A Case for Strategic Environmental Management -- 12. Environmental Management in Packaging - Responding to the Dream
Summary
This book presents a snapshot of how environmental management is developing across major companies in the process industries. Environmental management is not an entirely new concept, so it is useful to learn as much as possible from the experience of others to date. The word for this is 'bench-marking' and it is the main aim of this book. Inside there are reviews of legislation on integrated pollution control and the EC Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, plus comment on liabilities. There is also information on environmental management training. And major companies in the process industries in the UK and Europe say what they are doing and why
