| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; About the contributors; Part 1: The Context of Corporate Environmental Management; 1. Environmental Issues and Corporate Environmental Management; 2. Corporate Strategy, Competitiveness and the Environment; Part 2: The Tools of Corporate Environmental Management; 3. Environmental Management Systems; 4. The Standardization of Environmental Management Systems: ISO14001, ISO14004 and EMAS; 5. Environmental Policies; 6. Environmental Guidelines and Charters; 7. Environmental Auditing; 8. Life Cycle Assessment |
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9. Measuring Environmental Performance10. Environmental Reporting; Part 3: Wider Applications of the Systems Based Approach; 11. The EMS in the SME; 12. Local Economic Development and Environmental Management: A Systems Approach; 13. The Role of Environmental Management Systems in Local Government; 14. Beyond Environmentalism and Towards the Sustainable Organization; Appendix; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social responsibility of business.
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Strategic planning -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental responsibility.
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Environmental responsibility
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Social responsibility of business
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Strategic planning -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134187348 |
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1134187343 |
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