ISO 14001: A Missed Opportunity for Sustainable Global Industrial Development

by Riva Krut, Harris Gleckman

Overview

ISO 14001 is the new international standard for environmental management systems. But what difference will it make to the environmental performance of companies that receive it? Will it do anything to further sustainable industrial development? This edition seeks to argue that it will not and further that it does not have a legitimate practice in discussions of sustainable industrial development.;The authors point to a massive democratic deficit in the process of establishing the standard in which small and medium-size enterprises, developing country officals, public opinion and environmental groups may have trouble participating. They aim to argue that this has put up barriers to the full participation of these parties. Moreover, they seek to describe how the standard reverses the trend for firms to innovate to meet the challenge of sustainability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853835070
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Edition description:	1
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Riva Krut, Harris Gleckman

Table of Contents

A history of the issues * how representative is the ISO process? * do ISO 14001 standards enhance environmental performance? * what is the status of ISO under GATT? * can ISO 14001 be integrated into public law and policy? * what are the economic consequences of ISO 14001?