Environmental Benchmarking

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.