Environmental management & business strategy / Richard Welford and Andrew Gouldson.
By: Welford, Richard
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Contributor(s): Gouldson, Andrew.
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BookPublisher: London : Pitman Pub., 1993Description: xi, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0273600974.Subject(s): Industrial management -- Environmental aspects | Environmental engineering | Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects | Environmental protection | Environmental auditingDDC classification: 658.408 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.408 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00052115 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Commerce and industry have to be increasingly aware of environmental issues in the 1990s. As well as growing pressure from consumers for companies to be environmentally aware, there is also recent European legislation which ensures that all businesses adopt at minimum a common set of standards.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the environmental challenge and business strategy -- The legislative framework -- Environmental impact assessment: prevention is better than cure -- Making a start: environmental policies, environmental reviews and the measurement of environmental performance -- Linking quality and the environment: creating environmental management systems -- Environmental auditing: monitoring continuous improvement -- Waste minimisation and life-cycle assessment: issues for product and process design -- Communicating the difference: green marketing, packaging and eco-labelling -- Small businesses and environmental management: a new model for development? -- Regional development and environmental management: new opportunities for cooperation.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction: The environmental challenge and business strategy
- 2 The legislative Frameworks
- 3 Environmental impact assessment: prevention is better than cure
- 4 Making a start: environmental policies, environmental reviews and the measurement of environmental performance
- 5 Linking quality and the environment: creating environmental management systems
- 6 Environmental auditing: monitoring continuous improvement
- 7 Waste minimisation and life-cycle assessment: issues for product and process design
- 8 Communicating the difference: green marketing packaging and eco-labelling
- 9 Small businesses and environmental management: a new model for development?
- 10 Regional development and environmental management: new opportunities for co-operation