EcoManagement The Elmwood Guide to Ecological Auditing and Sustainable Business

by Callenbach, Ernest; Capra, Fritjof; Goldman, Lenore; Lutz, Rudiger

• ISBN13: 9781881052272
• ISBN10: 1881052273
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-07
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Business people need help reducing the impact of their companies on the environment. This Elmwood Institute guide will help them identify what can be done, set priorities, and create an action plan for implementing improvements. It shows how to conduct an "eco-audit" - a complete examination of every aspect of an organisation in relation to its long- term ecological sustainability.

Author Biography

Ernest Callenbach is the author of the environmental classic, Ecotopia, and many articles on a sustainable future.
Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which is dedicated to promoting ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. He serves on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in the United Kingdom.
Lenore Goldman consults on strategy, change, and impact. For over 20 years, she has worked with business, government, nonprofits, and multi-sector initiatives to find creative solutions to complex challenges. A seasoned facilitator, Lenore has helped build capacity and collaboration - changing policy and sustaining results.
Rudiger Lutz is the co-author of Ecologically Conscious Management in Germany and professor of design ecology at the Berlin Academy of Arts.
Sandra Marburg is a lecturer in environmental history and geography at UC Berkeley and Chabot College.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Elmwood Institute
About the Authors
The Concept and Development of EcoManagement
Trends toward Ecologically Conscious Management	p. 3
Methods of Environmental and Ecological Auditing	p. 17
Innovative EcoManagement Practices and Programs Worldwide	p. 31
The Paradigm Shift from Environmentalism to EcoManagement	p. 59
Theory and Practice of EcoManagement
Managing the Change to an Ecologically Conscious Corporate Culture	p. 69
The Company as a Living System: A Framework for Organizing EcoManagement	p. 91
Energy and Materials Inflows	p. 97
Design, Processing, and Manufacturing Operations	p. 107
Sales, Marketing, Waste, and Emission Outflows	p. 119
Financial, Human Resource, and Other Support Structures	p. 127
Getting Started: Priorities and Action Plans	p. 149
Conclusion: The Ecological Transformation of Business	p. 155
Appendix A. Auditing Resources	p. 159
Appendix B. The CERES Principles	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 171
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