International Environmental Management Benchmarks

A Requirements and Framework for the Sustainable Company.- 1 Steps Towards the Sustainable Company - Requirements and Strategic Starting Points.- 2 Goals for the Sustainable Company.- 3 The Influence of Environmental Regulation on Company Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature and Some Case Study Evidence.- 4 Environment and Competitiveness of Companies.- 5 From Environmental Management Towards Sustainable Entrepreneurship.- 6 Mandatory Environmental Reporting: Chance or Risk for Companies?.- 7 Environmental Performance Evaluation - The Link Between Management Systems and Reality.- 8 Eco-efficiency in Banking - From Assessing the Risks to Expanding the Opportunities.- B Best Practice Approaches in Environmental Management.- 1 New Concepts in Environmental Auditing - The Application of Auditing Techniques to Environmental Management Systems.- 2 Waste Is Good Material at the Wrong Place - Perspectives of a Recycling Economy.- 3 Japanese Approaches to Environmental Management.- 4 Reducing Environmental Harm from Products: More than Selling "Green Goods".- 5 Environmental Benefits Through Company Application of LCA.- 6 Competitive Advantages Through Voluntary Environmental Reporting.- 7 Mandatory Public Reporting - A Manufacturing Site's Perspective.- 8 Environmental Benchmarking in Italy.- 9 Full Cost Accounting as a Tool for Decision-Making at Ontario Hydro.- 10 From an Individual Company's Environmental Management to Substance Chain Management.- 11 Sustainable Development - From Guiding Principle to Industrial Tool at the Hoechst Company.- C International Organizations and Networks on Environmental Management.- 1 Asian Productivity Organization.- 2 Environmental Auditing Research Group.- 3 European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future - e5.- 4 European Environmental Reporting Scheme.- 5 European Partners for the Environment.- 6 European Roundtable on Cleaner Production.- 7 Global Environment Management Initiative - GEMI.- 8 Green Cross

Experts from ten countries share their know-how on how to achieve excellency in environmental performance and present concrete steps towards a sustainable company. The book also introduces international networks, business organizations and governmental agencies that promote the greening of industry.