ISO 14001 AND BEYOND:
Environmental Management Systems in the Real World
Edited by Christopher Sheldon
Paperback 410pp. £16.95/US$30.OO ISBN 1 874719 01 2
Hardback 410pp. £29.50/US$52.OO ISBN 1 874719 06 3
Available February 28th 1997
ON SEPTEMBER 1ST 1996, ISO 14001 was published, worldwide.
Written over five years in consultation with international
industrial experts, non-governmental organisations and
regulators, this environmental management systems standard will
help organisations manage their impacts on the environment, no
matter what their size, nature or location. The implications for
the future are enormous.
But what does the standard mean in the real world? What changes do managers have to make to accomodate its principles? What decisions need to be faced and when? Is it really going to make a difference or is it just another case of global greenwash? Will it be another missed opportunity for you, your organisation, or your market? At the start of what promises to be a worldwide explosion of interest in standardised EMSs, ISO 14001 and Beyond looks at their creation, their use, and their limitations, attempting to discover the essential truth about this important management tool and where it will take industry.
ISO 14001 and Beyond assembles the leading thinkers and
practitioners in the field to record their thoughts and
experiences on the new standard, its advantages and
disadvantages. The book is designed to provide the reader with
enough information with which to form an opinion on the future,
and how that will influence subsequent actions. It also provides
reassurance that,
although the problems are real, so are the solutions. ISO 14001
and Beyond gives you the opportunity to read what some of the
best minds have made of the standard so far and what they think
lies ahead. There are reports covering a global spectrum of
concern: from the US, Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany, the UK, and
more; from multinationals, small- and medium-sized enterprises,
local government, universities and professional bodies.
ISO 14001 and Beyond provides a unique overview of progress to
date and gives the reader an informed look into the future
John Elkington
Chairman, SustainAbility, UK
This is a timely and interesting work both for environmental
management professionals and for all those interested in the
business and environment debate
Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future, UK
ISO 14001 and Beyond ... reminds us that any standard is a
benchmark for excellence and a catalyst for improvement and
success. The case histories and the strategic reviews alone are a
source of inspiration and competitive advantage.
Claude Fussler, Vice President, Dow Europe
ISO 14001 and Beyond is an essential book for the forward-looking
( and -thinking) in the late 1990's.
Oswald A. Dodds, Chairman, ISO/TC207/SC1 (EMS), Chairman BSI
Committee REsponsible for
BS 7750
Table of Contents
Foreword
John Elkington, SustainAbility, UK
Introduction
Christopher Sheldon, Green Inck, UK
Section 1: Laying Down the Law: How Self-Regulation Came of Age
1. Beyond 14001: An Introduction to the ISO 14000 series
Dick Hortensius, Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut, The
Netherlands and Mark Barthel, British Standards Institute, UK
2. Neither International nor Standard: The Limits of ISO 14001 as
an Instrument of Global Corporate Environmental Management
Harris Gleckman and Riva Krut, Benchmark Environmental
Consulting, USA
3. The ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard: One
American's View
Christopher Bell, Sidley and Austin, USA
4. Squaring the Circle: Fundamental Barriers to Effective
Environmental Product Labelling
Mark Smith, The Open University, UK
5. Trade, Competitiveness and the Environment
Donal O¹Laoire, Environmental Management and Auditing Services,
Ireland
6. Environmental Management Standards and Certification: Do they
Add Value?
Tim Sunderland, Arthur D. Little, UK
Section 2: Coping Strategies: Important Trends in Corporate EMS
Development
7. Environmental Management Systems: Challenges for Russian
Manufacturing Industry
Jim Hutchison, Anatoly Pichugin and Ann Smith, University of
Hertfordshire, UK
8. Attitudes and Experiences of the Japanese Business Community
vis-à-vis EMS Standards
Tomoko Kurasaka, Environmental Auditing Research Group, Japan
9. Environmental Management Systems: ISO 14001 Issues for
Developing Countries
Aidan Davy, The World Bank, USA
10. Training and Environmental Management Systems
Andy Wells, EMSi, UK
11. Environmental Management Standards: Who Cares?
Andrew Blaza and Nicky Chambers, PULSAR International, UK
12. Targeting Sustainability: The Positive Application of ISO
14001
Philip Sutton, Green Innovations, Australia
13. From EMAS to SMAS: Charting the Course from Environmental
Management to
Sustainability
Andrea Spencer-Cooke, SustainAbility Ltd, UK
Section 3: Tactical Responses: Managers at the Greenface
14. Beyond ISO 14001: Ontario Hydro¹s Environmental Management
System
Phil Stoesser, Ontario Hydro, Canada
15. EMAS Implementation at Hipp in Germany
Matthias Gelber, Staffordshire University, UK
and Bernhard Hanf and Sven Hüther, Hipp, Germany
16. Training: Preparations for Maintaining Effective
Environmental Management Systems
Gabriele Crognale, MCG & Associates, USA
17. Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for UK Local Authorities
(LA-EMAS): Three Years On
Nigel Riglar, Local Government Management Board, UK
18. Environmental Management Standards: What do SMEs Think?
Ruth Hillary, Imperial College, UK
19. Towards Innovative, More Eco-Efficient Product Design
Strategies
Jacqueline Cramer, Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, The
Netherlands
20. Establishing Workable Environmental Objectives
Alison Bird, Institute for Environmental Management, UK
21. Environment Risk: Assessment, Management and Prevention of
Loss
David Shillito, David Shillito Associates, UK
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