Environmental cost management / Randi Taylor Mancuso, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mancuso, Randi Taylor.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental research advances series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last three decades environmental issues have had a direct impact on technology assessment and policy decisions. One of the difficulties with measuring environmental performance is a lack of consensus on evaluation of relevant aspects, including materials and energy use, air emissions, solid and hazardous waste and water pollution. Eco-efficiency refers to the paradigm that firms can achieve long-run economic gains as a consequence of strategically managing environmental efficiencies. Environmental cost strategies involve management of the cost of production while minimizing the impact on the environment. In an efficient cost management system, inefficient use of environmental inputs and/or outputs, including pollution and waste, are reduced or eliminated through process improvements and innovation. By incorporating the efficient use of the environment into the firm's strategic planning, management establishes a direct link between the firm's environmental goals and its profitability and firm value. This new and important book gathers information from around the globe in this field.

Contents:

Intro

ENVIRONMENTAL COST MANAGEMENT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTING PRACTICES INEUROPE: A HARBINGER OFFUTURE U.S. BEST PRACTICES?

ABSTRACT

ACRONYMS

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

Context

Research Objectives and Goals

APPROACH

Principles and General Methods

Tasks

RESEARCH FINDINGS

Legal and Cultural Environment

European Cultural Context

European Law and Regulation Addressing ESG Investing

EU Policies and Initiatives

EU Directives

Voluntary Standards and Codes of Conduct

Country-Level Legal Requirements and Trends

The United Kingdom

Fiduciary Duties and Voluntary Norms

Freshfields and Fiduciary Duty

Fiduciary Duty Update

Business Review

France

FRR Pension Scheme

Insurance

Mutual Funds

SRI/ESG Trends

Germany

Summary and Parallels to/Differences from U.S. Capital Markets

Nature and Scale of European Capital Markets

ESG Investing in the European Capital Markets

ESG Investing in Europe-Issues and Methods

General Investor Attitudes and Trends

Investment Industry Initiatives

Enhanced Analytics Initiative

Principles for Responsible Investment

Studies of European ESG Investing

Institutional/Corporate Investor Activity-Industry Posture and Trends

Pension Funds

Investment/Fund Managers

Individual Corporate Investor Activity

Summary and Trends

Major ESG Information Providers and their Products and Services

Vendor Types

Examples: Vendor Profiles

Summary

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

Conclusions

Summary and Implications

REFERENCES

Additional Information Resources

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2.1. Origin and Evolution of the EMS

2.2. The ISO 9001 and the ISO 14001 Standards.

2.3. Definition of the Environmental Management System.

2.4. The ISO 14001 Standard and the EMAS Regulation

2.5. Steps in Order to Implement an EMS

Environmental Aspects

Legal and other Requirements

Environmental Objectives, Targets and Programs

Resources, Roles, Responsibility and Authority

Competence, Training and Awareness

Communication

Documentation

Control of Documents

Operational Control

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Monitoring and Measurement

Evaluation of Compliance

Non-Conformity, Corrective action and Preventive Action

Control of Records

Internal Audit

3. THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM THE EMS

4. THE COSTS AND DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMS

5. PROBLEMS TO VALUE ECONOMIC COSTS ANDECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

6. CONCLUSION

ANNEX I.

7. REFERENCES

ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2. PEOPLE, POWER AND POLLUTION

2.1. Energy and Population Growth

2.2. Energy and Environmental Problems

2.3. Environmental Transformations

3. SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT

3.1. Environmental Aspects

3.2. Wastes

4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ASPECTSOF COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY

4.1. Sulphur in Fuels and its Environmental Consequences

4.2. Control of SO2 Emissions

4.3. The Control of NOx Release by Combustion Processes

5. GREEN HEAT

6. EFFECTS OF URBAN DENSITY

6.1. Energy Efficiency and Architectural Expression

6.2. Energy Efficiency

6.3. Policy Recommendations for a Sustainable Energy Future

7. CONCLUSIONS

A GAME-THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTALBEHAVIOUR AT THE CORPORATEAND GLOBAL LEVEL

2. GAME THEORY AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

2.1. Literature Review

2.1.1. "Green" Behaviour and Product Differentiation.

2.1.2. Other Corporate Environmental Incentives

2.2. Game-theoretic Models of Corporate Sector's Environmental Behaviour

2.2.1. Our Benchmark Monopoly Model

2.2.1.1. Optimal Price

2.2.1.2. Optimal Emissions Level

2.2.1.3. Sensitivity Analysis

2.2.2. A Duopoly Model32

2.2.3. Higher Level Competition33

Under Bertrand Competition

Under Cournot Competition

Comparison of Bertrand and Cournot

2.2.4. Summary

3. GAME THEORY AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

3.1. Non-cooperative Game Theoretic Approach

3.2. Behavioural Game-theoretic Approaches to Global EnvironmentalGames

4. THE MODEL

4.1. Governmental Abatement Efforts (Date 2)

4.2. Governmental Cooperation/defection Decision (Date 1)

5. CONCLUSION, POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: CHALLENGES OFIMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

2. ENERGY SITUATION

3. MAJOR ENERGY CONSUMING SECTORS

3.1. Agriculture Sector

3.2. Industrial Sector

3.3. Domestic Use

3.4. Transport Sector

3.5. Energy Sector

3.6. Household Sector

4. HYDROPOWER

5. SOLAR ENERGY

6. WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL

7. BIOGAS

8. SUGAR CANE BIOMASS

9. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

10. ACHIEVEMENTS

11. PRIVATISATION AND PRICE LIBERALISATIONIN ENERGY SOURCE SUPPLIES

12. ENVIRONMENT ASPECTS

13. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVES

14. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY POLLUTION ANDGREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS IN SUDAN

15. CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING ANDTHE ENHANCED GREENHOUSE EFFECT

16. MITIGATION MEASURES

17. POLICY DEVELOPMENT

18. THE FUTURE

19. RECOMMENDATIONS

20. CONCLUSIONS

MARKET VALUATION OF THE LONG-RUN EFFECTSOF ADOPTION OF EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTALCOST STRATEGIES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT.

III. METHODOLOGY

Sample Selection

External Recognition Indicators

Monitoring and Public Reporting Indicators

Value Indicators

Research Model

IV. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

V. SUMMARY

BIOPHYSICAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS

INTRODUCTION

TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION

LANDCOVER MODELLING

TERRAIN SEGMENTATION FROM MULTI-TEMPORAL LST DATA

SEA SEGMENTATION FROM MULTI-TEMPORAL SST DATA

CONCLUSION

ORGANIZING EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERYWHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED:SPECIAL FOCUS ON DIABETES

METHODS (EXPERIENCES)

RESULTS

Diabetic Associations and Role

REFERENCE

QUANTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTALPERFORMANCE BY EXERGY-BASED INDICATORS

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

EXERGY CONCEPT FOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

DEVELOPMENT OF EXERGY-BASED INDICATORS

Cumulative Exergy Consumption (CExC)

Thermo-Ecological Cost (TEC)

Extended Exergy Accounting (EEA)

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-407-6

OCLC:

665731643