Format:
1 online resource (383 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781874719274
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9781909493162
Content:
In a series of explicit yet concise case studies, ISO 14001 is unravelled to reveal the practical reality of the international standard. Contributors include practitioners, certifiers, consultants, government figures, academics and business people
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART 1: Implementation, maintenance and integration -- 1. Deployment and operation of a business-wide EMS -- 2. Maintaining the momentum:EMS after the certifier has left -- 3. Success and failures: national guidance on ISO 14001 for New Zealand local authorities -- 4. Environmental initiatives to improve the quality of the local environment: Kunda Nordic Cement AS, Estonia -- PART 2: Certification and registration experiences -- 5. Joint EMS and group certification: a cost-effective route for SMEs to achieve ISO 14001 -- 6. Financial services and ISO 14001: the challenge of determining indirect environmental aspects in a global certification -- 7. Registration to ISO 14001: the view of assessors -- PART 3: Use of information technology, ISO 14031 and other tools and methods -- 8. Using information technology to automate integrated compliance management -- 9. ISO 14031 used as a tool in ISO 14001 or as an alternative for a simple EMS -- 10. Integration of business strategy in establishing significant environmental aspects -- 11. Setting up effective environmental management systems based on the concept of cleaner production: cases from small and medium-sized enterprises -- 12. Performance-based ISO 14001 case studies from Taiwan -- PART 4: Communication, training, empowerment and cultural issues -- 13. ISO 14001 as an opportunity for engaging SMEs in Poland's environmental reforms -- 14. Implementation of EMSs in seasonal hotels: assuring stability -- 15. ISO 14001 and the American Indian Reservation -- PART 5: Involving stakeholders: contractors, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders -- 16. Anticipating greener supply chain demands: one Singapore company's journey to ISO 14001
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17. Integrating quality, environment, health and safety systems with customers and contractors -- 18. Environmental management systems and stakeholders: the case of the Belgian Electricity Sector -- 19. Unco-operative stakeholders: ISO 14001 as a means to co-ordinate efforts -- PART 6: Incorporating products, design and technology -- 20. Technical and design tools: the Integration of ISO 14001, life-cycle development, environmental design and cost accounting -- 21. ISO 14001 and design for the environment: a strategy for proactive design in building design, construction and renovation -- 22. ISO 14001 and the adoption of new technology: evidence from Western Australian companies -- PART 7: Environmental and economic benefits -- 23. ISO 14001 and environmental performance: the management goal link -- 24. Assessment of the value of ISO 14001 in improving environmental performance -- 25. Real financial benefits from ISO 14001? Potential for economic value added through ISO 14001 at Unique Images Ltd -- 26. Drivers and advantages of implementing EMSs: Brazilian cases -- PART 8: Sustainability and ISO 14001 -- 27. ISO 14001: a tool for municipal government to achieve sustainability. The experiences of Hamilton-Wentworth, Canada -- 28. Proyecto Guadalajara: promoting sustainable development through the adoption of ISO 14001 by small and medium-sized enterprises -- 29. Enhancement of ISO 14001 and the integration of sustainability into the footwear supply chain at Nike Incorporated -- 30. Designing a sustainability management system using The Natural Step framework -- Bibliography -- List of Abbreviations -- Author Biographies -- Web Resources
Additional Edition:
Print version Hillary, Ruth ISO 14001 Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2000 ISBN 9781874719274
Language:
English
Keywords:
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