An introduction to green process management / Sam Windsor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Windsor, Samuel E., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green products.

Green marketing.

Green movement.

Sustainable living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : ASQ Quality Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intent of this book is to give interested parties an overview of green and its impact on business, without spending countless hours researching the subject. It provides information in a manner that can be used to help businesses determine the role green will play in their futures. The book is not intended as a detailed implementation guide, but as an aid in understanding the current thinking on what green really is and what an organization can do.The book is presented in three major sections. The first section is intended to give an overall understanding of what is meant by green, a brief history of the environmental movement as it relates to business, trends in carbon measuring and reporting, and definitions of green. The second section discusses standards, certifications, and measurements that relate to green and environmental management. The final section presents methods that may be used to implement and manage green processes within an organization, along with tools and a road map that may be used by those companies seeking to become green. The road map utilizes process improvement tools that will be familiar to many organizations.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

CIP Data

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Section 1-Understanding Green

A Look at the Green Revolution

Significant Events in Carbon Reporting and Reduction

How Does Green Relate to Your Business?

What Green Really Means

Greenwashing

Measuring, Offsetting, and Trading Carbon

The Guilty Gases

Carbon Reporting Organizations

Section 2-Standards, Certifications, and References

Standards and Directives

Setting the Standard: Green Labels, Seals, and Certification

Section 3-Implementing and Managing Green

The Relationship Between Green and Quality

Green Is Free

Process Improvement Tools and Green

Calculating Carbon on a Product Basis

ISO Green-Is This the Method?

Road Map to a Green Organization

Problems and Challenges

Green Examples-What Companies Are Doing

Project Ideas

Recycling-How Much Impact?

Conclusions

Glossary

Appendix: Carbon Emissions Survey Form

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780873891134

0873891139

9786000049126

6000049129

9781621982128

1621982122

OCLC:

893680989