Sustaining Environmental Management Success

by Wilson, W. Gary; Sasseville, Dennis R.

• ISBN13: 9780471246459
• ISBN10: 047124645X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-22
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

For business and environmental professionals looking to sort through the latest trends in environmental management systems. Sustaining Environmental Management Success is the essential guide to the latest practices and trends driving environmental management in business today. The authors, experts in this field, provide a thorough explanation of the many issues of environmental management, discussing its relationship to sustainability and value-based management. By offering real-world examples from leading companies who are pushing the envelope on environmental management practices, this book clearly lays out ways for you and your company to find and sustain success with your own initiatives. The profiles woven throughout the book emphasize key concepts and applications, as well as provide measures for assessing performance. The book also covers such key topics as writing an environmental policy, identifying environmental aspects, integrating business goals with environmental management systems, achieving sustainability, and integrating quality management initiatives. Sustaining Environmental Management Success includes real-world examples from many U.S. and international businesses leading the way with new and effective environmental management practices, such as Chrysler, Gillette, Digital Equipment, Baxter Polaroid, Northern Telecom, Georgia-Pacific, and numerous smaller enterprises.

Author Biography

W. Gary Wilson is Associate Vice President and Senior Program Manager for Environmental Management Services at the Boston consultancy QST Environmental, Inc. He has more than 28 years of experience in the field of environmental management and performance measurements, and is a member of the TC 207, the international committee which formulated the ISO 14000 series of standards. Both Wilson and Sasseville are coauthors with Robert Lawson of the ISO 14000 Answer Book (Wiley).<br> <br> R. Sasseville is Senior Manager for KPMG Peat Marwick's Environmental Management Practice. He has over 25 years of experience in environmental, health and safety planning, policy-making, and business advisory services, and is also a member of the TC 207.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
Section I The Foundation	3	(60)
CHAPTER 1 On the Road to Sustainability through Environmental Management	3	(14)
1.1 Sustainable Development	4	(2)
1.2 Characteristics of Leadership Companies	6	(4)
1.3 The EMS Contribution to Sustainability	10	(7)
CHAPTER 2 Trends and Drivers for Environmental Management	17	(26)
2.1 Changes Are Warranted	17	(3)
2.2 Trends and New Drivers for Environmental Improvements	20	(9)
2.3 Responding to Drivers-Opportunities for Improvement	29	(13)
2.4 Conclusion	42	(1)
CHAPTER 3 Vision, Values, and Leadership	43	(20)
3.1 The Vision Thing	44	(6)
3.2 Values and Principles	50	(5)
3.3 Environmental Strategy	55	(1)
3.4 Environmental Policy	56	(4)
3.5 Conclusion	60	(3)
Section II The Environmental Management System (EMS) Approach	63	(114)
CHAPTER 4 Environmental Management Systems	63	(16)
4.1 Why Companies Care about an EMS	64	(2)
4.2 How Companies Benefit from an EMS	66	(3)
4.3 Essential Elements of an EMS	69	(10)
CHAPTER 5 Planning Your Company's EMS	79	(30)
5.1 The Environmental Policy	80	(8)
5.2 Environmental Aspects, Environmental Impacts, and the Issue of Significance	88	(8)
5.3 Identifying Legal and Other Requirements	96	(3)
5.4 The Role of the Initial Review	99	(3)
5.5 Defining Objectives and Targets	102	(3)
5.6 Developing Environmental Management Programs	105	(4)
CHAPTER 6 Implementing Your Company's EMS	109	(16)
6.1 Defining EMS Structure and Responsibility and Ensuring Resources	109	(3)
6.2 Ensuring Awareness and Competence and Providing Training	112	(5)
6.3 Communicating EMS Issues	117	(2)
6.4 EMS Documentation and Document Control	119	(2)
6.5 Developing Operational Procedures	121	(2)
6.6 Emergency Preparedness and Response	123	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Monitoring and Improving EMS Performance	125	(8)
7.1 Monitoring Performance through Measurements and Audits	125	(6)
7.2 Management Review of the EMS	131	(2)
CHAPTER 8 Third-Party Certification	133	(14)
8.1 Certifying the Certifiers	134	(2)
8.2 The Certification Process	136	(4)
8.3 Keeping Your Certification	140	(1)
8.4 Certification Experience	141	(6)
CHAPTER 9 Measuring and Reporting Environmental Performance	147	(30)
9.1 Issues in Corporate Environmental Reporting	148	(6)
9.2 Environmental Performance Evaluation	154	(8)
9.3 The ISO Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) Standard	162	(6)
9.4 Organizational Approaches to Environmental Performance Evaluation	168	(5)
9.5 Conclusion	173	(4)
Section III Integration and the Road to Value-Based Management	177	(52)
CHAPTER 10 Business, Quality, and Environmental Integration	177	(38)
10.1 Integration--Easier Said Than Done	177	(2)
10.2 Quality--The Great Integrator	179	(5)
10.3 Drivers, Opportunities, and Enablers--the DOE Factors	184	(12)
10.4 Information, Knowledge, and Value	196	(5)
10.5 Environmental Cost Accounting	201	(4)
10.6 Design for the Environment and Life-Cycle Management	205	(3)
10.7 The Balanced Environmental Scorecard	208	(7)
CHAPTER 11 Value-Based Environmental Management and Sustainability	215	(14)
11.1 Value Creation and Value-Based Management	215	(3)
11.2 The Stakeholder's Role in Value Creation and Sustainability	218	(8)
11.3 Leadership and Sustainability	226	(2)
11.4 Conclusion	228	(1)
Appendix A Information Sources	229	(6)
Appendix B Environmental Terms and Definitions	235	(4)
Appendix C Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms	239	(2)
Appendix D The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development	241	(6)
Notes	247	(2)
References	249	(4)
Index	253