Environmental Management Strategies (Prentice Hall Ptr Environmental Management Series, Vol 5) - Softcover

Crognale, Gabriele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137398891 ISBN 13: 9780137398898

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

Synopsis

Environmental management is rapidly being transformed from a government-mandated "command and control" regime to a "continuous improvement, environmental stewardship" approach. Environmental Management Strategies is the most complete guide to building corporate environmental programs for this new era. The book begins by covering current EPA and OSHA responsibilities and the SEC requirements that impact environmental management in public companies. Next, it introduces innovative strategies for environmental management, including benchmarking, environmental audits, risk management and communications techniques. Understand what ISO 14000 brings to environmental management and compliance. Discover software tools and resources that can simplify environmental management. Finally, preview the future of environmental management. For all environmental professionals, production managers, plant managers and engineers who face environmental issues.

About this title

From the Author

Practical environmental management tips
This is my very first book and the first time I am being asked to provide comments about my project. Perhaps, it is best if I start with a comment that one of my contributors shared with me regarding the book. He said that the book provides a lot of practical and useful insight for (both seasoned and novice) environmental professionals that could be useful in both a work and classroom setting. Thank you.

To add to that, if you take the time to scroll down the chapter headings, you will see that each chapter contains information that can be linked to subsequent chapters, and helps to reinforce the topics of previous chapters. My contributors, hand-picked for their unique expertise, each bring to the table their insight and experiences in managing specific environmental responsibilities within each of their respective companies. These individuals include key EH&S professionals from Hewlett-Packard, IBM, EG&G, Lucent Technologies and SGS-Thompson, to name a few, and provide an in-depth look into their organization's activities, not unlike a case study approach. In addition, my chapter dealing with benchmarking studies provides an in-depth review of several stuties along with tips for helping to choose benchmarking partners.

For college professors considering to use my book as a textbook, the book provides a number of case studies that can prompt stimulating class discussions, or can be the basis for a detailed term paper.

Finally, the book's appendices provides additional sources of information that can be of tremendous value to a seasoned or novice EH&S professional, undergraduate or graduate, engineering and/or management university student.

From the Back Cover

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A mosaic of expert experiences.

Specialists from throughout the field have contributed their first-hand accounts and actual case studies to give a balanced overview of how environmental management issues affect everyone in an organization. From senior EH&S managers to chemical engineers to academics and consultants, these authors share their actual experiences to offer you a roadmap for successful planning. Moving away from a regulations-driven viewpoint, Environmental Management Strategies: The 21st Century Perspective takes a proactive view that integrates environmental issues into the fabric of the organization at every level. Special issues includes looking more closely at:

• Federal regulations from OSHA, SEC, and EPA
• Meeting ISO 14001
• Assessing the value of EH&S as a management tool
• Progressive environmental stewardship and effective communications
• Risk management
• EH&S software and other resources
• Future trends in environmental management

For anyone concerned with EH&S issues, Environmental Management Strategies: The 21st Century Perspective provides a look at how to integrate them throughout your organization.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0137398891
• ISBN 13: 9780137398898
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512