Presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces the general issues and context, and then gives a detailed, critical examination of all the key tools of corporate environmental management, including environmental management systems and standards; environmental policies, guidelines and charters; environmental auditing; life-cycle assessment; the measurement of environmental performance; and environmental reporting. The book emphasises systems-based environmental management, and also considers how such an approach might be integrated within local authorities and small and medium-sized companies. It then extends the systems approach to cover continuous environmental improvement, building a corporate environmental profile and moving towards sustainability. Written in a clear and informative style, with checklists, explanatory notes and references for further reading, the book draws on the existing environmental strategies of a number of leading firms. Each chapter is written by contributors involved in ongoing research and consultancy in their specialist area. This is the most authoritative guide available to contemporary approaches to corporate environmental management. Its 'how to' focus makes it essential reading - not only for students and researchers, but for managers faced with the challenge of introducing environmental management strategies into their own organizations. RICHARD WELFORD is Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Director of the Centre for Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Huddersfield. He is also Professor of Sustainable Management at the Norwegian School of Management and a Director of ERP Environment. He is co-author of The Eartl15can Reader in Business and the Environment (1996), author of Corporate Environmentalll.1anagement 2 (1997) and Hijacking Environmentalism (1997) and editor of the journal Business Strategy and the Environment. Originally published in 1998

Preface to the Second EditionAbout the ContributorsPart 1: The Context of Corporate Environmental Management1. Environmental Issues and Corporate Environmental ManagementRichard Welford2. Corporate Strategy, Competitiveness and the EnvironmentRichard WelfordPart 2: The Tools of Corporate Environmental Management3. Environmental Management SystemsAlan Netherwood4. The Standardization of Environmental Management Systems: IS014001, IS014004 and EMASRichard Starkey5. Environmental PoliciesMichael Brophy6. Environmental Guidelines and ChartersMichael Brophy7. Environmental AuditingRichard Welford8. Life Cycle AssessmentRichard Welford9. Measuring Environmental PerformanceC William Young10. Environmental ReportingMichael Brophy and Richard StarkeyPart 3: Wider Applications of the Systems Based Approach11. The EMS in the SMEDonal O'Laoir-e and Richard Welford12. Local Economic Development and Environmental Management: A Systems ApproachRichard Welford13. The Role of Environmental Management Systems in Local GovernmentAlan Netherwood and Mark Shayler14. Beyond Environmentalism and Towards the Sustainable OrganizationRichard Welford and David JonesAppendixList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsIndex