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The addition of environmental management into ISO certification is monumental in terms of the environment, the operation of most organizations, its customers, agencies, and most components of society. This work presents the information necessary for organizations to gain ISO 14000 certification. It provides realistic environmental management procedures that apply to most organizations world-wide. ... Read more

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An authoritative guide to the implementation of environmental management systems. This edition has been revised to cover changes in international standards and other related developments in the field. It draws on the authors’ extensive hands-on experience in both implementing and training others to do so. Set out in a straightforward series of steps, it cuts through the jargon and demolishes the myths that surround this important management tool. Clear and concise, yet packed with helpful practical examples and insider tips, it has become the standard manual for managers and consultants. ... Read more

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Environmental marketing has become an important part of product marketing, due to the growing international concern with environmental issues. Ozone layer safe hairspray, biodegradable toilet paper dolphin friendly tuna are all familiar products. What must a company do before they can call their product environmentally safe? What are the legal and international regulations that must be met? ISO 14020, a subset of the ISO 4000 standard, provides companies worldwide with an internationally agreed set of rules and regulatons for environmental labelling and marketing. This text covers the traditional forms of environmental marketing including labelling, TV and radio advertisements and technical literature, as well as future possibilities such as the use of computer networks, telemarketing and holograms. It provides realistic and cost-effecive tools and techniques for implementing ISO 14020 that will help organizations sell their product, avoid liabilities and help the environment. The disc provides many traditional marketing tools. ... Read more

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This volume offers refineries a practical guide to implementing environmental management systems (EMS). The author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East, provides a detailed explanation of what an EMS is and how it can benefit refinery operations in complying with environemental laws and improving the overall efficiency of their operations. The authors approach, which does not focus, like most programs, only on compliance, has been internationally recognized as an integrated model that captures improved compliance and financial savings by reducing operating costs through dedicated pollution prevention programs. ... Read more

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This book contains the most recent information about the standard, including all its final modifications. The book outlines the scope and purpose of the standard and makes it accessible to everyone. The book leads the reader through the theory and implementation of an ISO14000-compliant environmental management system, including the consultant's and auditor's perspective, and give case studies from industries that have actually undergone the process.Finally there is input from training organisations and certification and accreditation bodies to help with trouble-shooting and assessment.


The book rounds off with an examination of the likely future, including the potential role of the European `sub-set' of ISO14000 - EMAS - and what chances it has of international adoption.


Author has years of practical experience with a world-renowned organisation
Real-life case-studies provide meat for readers wondering about relevance to their companies ... Read more

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Provides practical guidance to environmental management systems from the experience of professionals working on real problems. Paper. ... Read more

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As environmental laws and regulations continue to change, the need for a systematized approach to environmental management and compliance increases. Environmental Management Systems responds to that need and provides both experienced and inexperienced environmental managers with a practical how-to guide for developing a successful EMS. The authors discuss the strategic factors that determine the success of an EMS and include a 12-page chart that compares four management standards and guidelines. ... Read more

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This book provides intriguing insights into strategic and sustainable EMSs. It provides clear evidence of benefits that should exceed the costs (tangible and otherwise), and help practitioners understand the attributes of well-developed and strategically focused EMSs.

The last decade has seen increasing awareness of the importance of understanding corporate environmental management systems (EMSs) and their relationships with sustainability, competitiveness and institutional practice. It is now assumed that most large companies have some version of an EMS in place with systems ranging from informal policies and practices to formalised third-party certified systems that are widely publicised by companies and are now integral to their strategic direction. No matter what level and type of system a firm chooses, both practitioners and researchers wish to examine and better understand the extent to which these systems are cross-functional, how they impact on performance evaluation, their capability to monitor supply chains and the life-cycles of products and services and, most importantly, whether these systems actually make a contribution to better environmental performance.

This book provides intriguing insights into strategic and sustainable EMSs. It provides clear evidence of benefits that should exceed the costs (tangible and otherwise), and help practitioners understand the attributes of well-developed and strategically focused EMSs. It also demonstrates the link to performance measures such as reputation, improved position in the marketplace, cost, quality, waste reduction and numerous sustainable development-based metrics and issues. The comprehensive scope of topics spans several industries and provides environmental systems insight involving sustainable management systems, strategic and operational impacts of environmental systems, cross-country comparisons of EMS design processes and results, product-based environmental systems, EMS impacts at ... Read more

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Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) are a way in which business and industry can implement a system of self-regulation on their processes, in order to aid the promotion of clean technology. This book brings together wide ranging analysis and practical experience on Environmental Management Systems and Cleaner Production. This highlights the importance of a clear understanding of complex environmental issues and the relative impact of business and industry, linked to national and international standards and regulations, in developing an efficient Environmental Management System. The book begins by addressing the global dimension of EMSs and Cleaner Production by identifying the strategies and policies used to promote cleaner production in industry and the drivers for voluntary EMSs like the international standard ISO 14001; and their implications for business and trade. This is followed by focusing on selected national perspectives, examining the policies, strategies and initiatives in the USA, Sweden, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia. The relative merits of regulation or self-regulation are also explored, including the UK situation and the EUs Eco-management and audit schemes (EMAS), and associated certification and accreditation schemes. The second half of the book covers industrial experience of EMSs, such as the British standard BS 7750, and case studies of cleaner production; drawing on practical sector experience and company case studies from Europe, the economies of South America and South Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This book will prove to be an invaluable guide for business managers tackling EMSs and practitioners involved in cleaner production. It will also be a useful reference for local and regional government officials, policymakers and Environmental Management post-graduates. ... Read more

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* Shows managers and consultants how to optimize the effectiveness of an Environmental Management System (EMS) and integrate it into business strategy – saving time and money
* Written by two top practitioners and researchers as a practical handbook and ideal teaching text for students in business and environmental management
* Provides a thorough review of EMS modeling tools, advice on accreditation, and powerful case studies of different companies and approaches

A practical book that offers insight to practitioners and students as to why environmental management systems (EMSs) have been developed, how large organizations implement them, and the barriers that can hamper their effectiveness. The book covers the way EMSs are structured to achieve continuous improvements in environmental performance, including practical advice for businesses that wish to achieve accreditation; key issues that companies or those studying EMSs should be aware of in order to ensure that optimum benefits are gained from the use of an EMS; different strategies that companies may adopt to achieve an EMS; and the challenges that arise when trying to integrate EMSs into the business strategy. There is also a review of tools for modeling and forecasting EMS effectiveness and case studies of companies that have implemented their own EMS, the different approaches that they have taken and the resulting issues that have emerged.

This is essential reading for all environmental practitioners as well as students of environmental management and business. ... Read more

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Advice on setting up management systems to help smaller businesses comply with environmental legislation. ... Read more

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This International Standard specifies requirements for an environmental management system to enable an organization to develop and implement a policy and objectives which take into account legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, and information about significant environmental aspects. It applies to those environmental aspects that the organization identifies as those which it can control and those which it can influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria.This International Standard is applicable to any organization that wishes toestablish, implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system,assure itself of conformity with its stated environmental policy,demonstrate conformity with this International Standard by making a self-determination and self-declaration, orseeking confirmation of its conformance by parties having an interest in the organization, such as customers, orseeking confirmation of its self-declaration by a party external to the organization, orseeking certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization.All the requirements in this International Standard are intended to be incorporated into any environmental management system. The extent of the application depends on factors such as the environmental policy of the organization, the nature of its activities, products and services and the location where and the conditions in which it functions. This International Standard also provides, in Annex A, informative guidance on its use. ... Read more

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Multi-agent Systems (MAS) are one of the most exciting research areas in Artificial Intelligence meanwhile Environmental Studies is a research area of strategic interest. Both areas can provide society with solutions for many real applications, in order to use and protect the environment. Human activities imply intervention into nature, but properly managed, these interventions can not be only ecologically sound but also favourable to the sustainable development of civilisation. The encounter between these fields is a new challenge for many researchers of both communities.

This book presents a comprehensive reference of state-of-the-art efforts. Specifically, it presents current and future ways in which adaptive information technologies, techniques, protocols and architectures, such as software agent technologies and multi-agent systems, can be used to support the development of real-world agent-based systems in the area of e-Environment.

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A textbook on comparative management. ... Read more

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This text is aimed at managers and specialists, in all types and sizes of industrial, commercial and other organizations, who are involved in the development and implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS). It covers the requirements of BS7750, the EU EMA scheme and the emerging international standard ISO 14001. The book is designed to ensure that maximum benefit is obtained from the EMS concept through a clear explanation of EMS principles. These are introduced by reference to the more familiar principles of quality management and then illustrated by practical examples of their application. Guidance on EMS implementations is provided, covering such topics as carrying out a preparatory review, assessing costs versus benefits, evaluating environmental effects and reviewing the system's continuing suitability and effectiveness. ... Read more

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If you have decided to implement ISO 14001 in your company then you know that you will need to write procedures and forms as part of your Environmental Management System (EMS) Manual. The 14000 Store has done the hard part for you! If you already have ISO 9001, then you will need guidance on how to integrate an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) into your existing Quality Managment System (QMS). This documentation eases 14001 Implementation by accounting for an ISO 9001 QMS. Don't duplicate any efforts! The ISO 14001 procedures and forms have the following features: +Provide guidance (in blue font) for you on how to tailor them to your unique business and what information you need to provide. +Are all numbered for effective document control and reference and are integrated to work together in a seamless system. +Each include the content required by the ISO 14001 standard, and +Are fully written. The documents are in MS Word and Excel format, so there is no software to install or learn. You can use them right away. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Technovation, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The decision to adopt environmental management system (EMS) and to develop effective implementation strategies has engrossed managers at all levels and in all types of organisations in recent years. Some organisations have claimed that environmental issues have been determining their bottom-line and business performance in the market place. This paper is first part in the series focussing on the reasons for EMS implementation and the benefits and impediments associated with the process. Measures commonly practised by organisations to overcome/address the impediments are also presented in this paper. The findings of this paper are based on a questionnaire survey mailed to Australasian organisations on their experiences with ISO 14001 implementation and certification. ... Read more

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At the start of what promises to be a world wide explosion of interest in environmental management standards, this volume also looks at their creation, their use, and their limitations, attempting to discover the essential truth about this important management tool and where it will take industry. ... Read more