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Cases in environmental management and business strategy / Richard Welford.

By: Welford, Richard, 1960-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1994Description: vi, 216 p. + pbk.ISBN: 0273603132 .Subject(s): Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies | Social responsibility of business -- Case studies | Environmental auditing -- Case studiesDDC classification: 658.408
Contents:
Part 1: Environmental challenges and environmental management -- Part 2: Company case studies -- Part 3: Case studies of environmental issues -- Part 4: Conclusions -- Part 5: Exercises.

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Provides practical resource material as a basis for discussion and debate key environmental management issues. Contains 20 real-life cases largely drawn from named companies. Printed on recycled paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Environmental challenges and environmental management -- Part 2: Company case studies -- Part 3: Case studies of environmental issues -- Part 4: Conclusions -- Part 5: Exercises.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Environmental Challenges and Environmental Management
  • Where are We Now and Where are We Going?
  • The Principles and Tools of Environmental Management
  • Part 2 Company Case Studies
  • Taking a Systems Approach to Environmental Management: The Case of IBM UK
  • A Commitment to Environmental Improvement: The Case of BT Life-cycle Environmental Management and Product Innovation: The Case of the Volkswagen Audi Group
  • Pushing Forward the Frontiers: Environmental Strategies at the Body Shop International
  • Part 3 Case Studies of Environmental Issues
  • Management Systems and Environmental Disasters: The Cases of the Bhopal Catastrophe and the Alaskan Oil Spill
  • Environmental Strategies of Leading UK Supermarket Chains
  • Environmental Policy, Legislation and Business Strategy: The Case of the Transport Sector
  • Barriers to the Improvement of Environmental Performance: The Case of the SME Sector
  • Environmental Management at the Regional Level: The Case of the Avoca-Avonmore Catchment Conversion Project and IDAS Trout Ltd
  • Part 4 Conclusions
  • Which Way Forward?
  • Part 5 Exercises

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