Environmental Benchmarking
Nelson Thornes Ltd (Publisher)
Published in November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
142 pages
978-0-7487-1848-1 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on environmental benchmarking, this is one of a series intended for busy managers, and based on a belief that most managers do not have the time - or possibly the inclination - to read heavyweight tomes. The reports aim to be concise, authoritative, and to the point.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 209 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-1848-1 (9780748718481)
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Content
Part 1 The environmental imperative. Part 2 The world responds to the environmental movement: the landmark events of the environmental movement; the business world responds to the environmental challenge; strengths and weaknesses of the business world's response. Part 3 Benchmarking environmental performance: the art and practice of benchmarking; linking benchmarking to environmental improvement; where should a company benchmark?; using benchmarking to improve environmental performance; the 13 steps of the environmental-benchmarking process; an integrative example at Sulzer Technology Corporation. Part 4 Phase 1 - discovery - what are the company's environmental challenges?: the environmental business-transformation diagnostic; developing the environmental strategy; matching infrastructure with strategy; diagnostic facilitation; the discovery phase at Sulzer. Part 5 Phase 2 - assessment - how to select processes and environmental-benchmarking partners?: selecting the team; business-process re-engineering; deciding where to benchmark; doing homework is necessary; preparing for the visits; poor performance in benchmarking; Sulzer's assessment journey. Part 6 Phase 3 - action - conducting visits and developing implementation plans: making the visit; identifying the gaps; developing the implementation plan; communicating the results; Sulzer's implementation plan. Part 7 Phase 4 - continuous improvement: benchmarking within a continuous improvement context; applying benchmarking concepts more widely. Part 8 Environmental standards and management tools: regional environmental-management standards; national and international environmental-management standards and schemes; life-cycle assessment as a measurement tool; sustainable-development business charters; environmental-benchmarking networks. Part 9 Shaping the environmental agenda: revisiting the proactive approach; environmental agendas at the international level; environmental agendas at the national-government level; the agendas of environmental pressure groups; the agendas of other environmental stakeholders. Part 10 Summary and conclusion. Appendices: 50 reporting ingredients according to UNEP; documents supporting Bristol-Myers Squibb's environmental mission.