Ronald S. Smith

Profit Centers in Industrial Ecology (eBook, PDF)

The Business Executive's Approach to the Environment

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Complying with environmental protection laws need not punch a hole in a firm's bottom line. Smith shows that compliance can be profitable. He provides corporate executives with easily accessed data and analyses of the theory of environmental management systems (EMS), and in doing so covers the major environmental concerns worrying corporate America. The result is a practical guide to the tools of environmental management and how they can be used to enhance a corporation's profitability while at the same time reducing its impact on the environment and consequent financial liabilities. Readers will find ways to tailor an appropriate strategy to their specific business needs, justify that strategy financially, and integrate the EMS into an existing business plan. Smith takes the reader through all of the environmental factors that affect profits and productivity. He demonstrates the practicality of not only considering the life cycle of a single product or service, but also the impact of life cycles throughout the entire company. A degree in environmental science is not needed to follow Smith's reasoning and advice, but solid business knowledge ^Iis^R important. Smith provides all of the background needed to start an EMS program, the benefits of which are limited only by management's priorities and the creativity of a company's people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313007767
• Artikelnr.: 68529005

Autorenporträt

RONALD S. SMITH, JR. is former Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs for the New York City Department of Sanitation and is currently a free lance environmental writer./e He holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Conservation from New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Overview of U.S. Environmental Regulation Water Quality Air
Quality Solid Waste Comparison of Air, Water, and Solid Waste Regulations
Hazardous Waste Pollution Prevention Principles EPA Efforts Profits from
Pollution Prevention-Textbook Examples Pollution Planning in the Pulp and
Paper Industry Workplace Environment Productivity and Human Factors in the
Workplace Energy Conservation Environmental Management Systems
Introduction to EMS Total Quality Environmental Management Environmental
Accounting The Relevance of ISO 14000 On-Site Case Studies, Environmental
Management The Airline The Ski Resort Operator The Manufacturer The Cruise
Line The Pharmaceutical Company Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index