Business and the Environment

by Michael D. Rogers (Editor)

Overview

This book focuses on the interaction between business, the environment, government regulators and technology, describing the greening of industry in the US, Japan and the EU and the way in which environmental management is being applied.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333633496
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/25/1995
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES - The Greening of American Industry; R.D.Shelton - The Greening of Japanese Industry; H.Nishimura - The Greening of European Industry; R.Bryssinck - PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Environmental Management: Issues and Approaches for an Organisation; A.Krol - Environmental Management In an Industrial Group; J.L.Mata - PART 3: TECHNOLOGY - Best Available Technology; A.Fulton - The Technology of Industrial Waste Management; D.Blane - PART 4: A CASE STUDY: FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION - The Ispra Flue Gas Desulphurisation Process: Research, Development and Marketing Aspects; D.van Velzen - The Chiyoda Flue Gas Desulphurisation Process (Thoroughbred): Research, Development and Commercialisation; H.Yanagioka - PART 5: TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY - Profit from Cleaner Production; N.Johnston - High Tech Methodology for Residual Water; E.Hermana - The Environment and the Automobile Industry: The Clean Car for Tomorrow; A.Guimier - Industry and Ecology In the Context of Sustainable Development; H.Furstenwerth - PART 6: THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - The Role of Financial Institutions: Encouraging Improved Environmental Performance; H.J.Thompson - The Role of Financial Institutions: Specific Actions Developed by BEX; J.Ibarrola - PART 7: THE ROLE OF THE REGULATORS - Market Based Instruments; H.Landis Gabel - The Emerging Regulatory Pattern; H.Jankowski - The Greening of Industry: Changing Attitudes: The Industrial Policy Point of View; I.Baschab - Index