Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics : Challenges and Opportunities.

Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics is a corporate-focused analysis that brings clarity and practicality to the complex issues of environmental metrics in industry. The book examines the metrics implications to businesses as their responsibilities expand beyond the factory gate -- upstream...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Temas:
Environmental policy > United States.
Industries > Environmental aspects.
Industrial ecology > United States > Measurement.
Production management > Environmental aspects.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Production > Gestion > Aspect de l'environnement.
Environmental policy
Industries > Environmental aspects
Production management > Environmental aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Why Study Environmental Metrics?
  • 2 What Are Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics?
  • 3 Guide to the Industry Studies
  • 4 The Automotive Industry
  • 5 The Chemical Industry
  • 6 The Electronics Industry
  • 7 The Pulp and Paper Industry
  • 8 Summary of Metrics Used by the Four Industry Sectors
  • 9 Observations, Trends, and Challenges
  • 10 A Hypothetical Model for Improving Aggregation and Presentation of Environmental Performance Metrics
  • 11 The Sustainable Enterprise Paradigm Shift
  • 12 A Framework for ActionAPPENDIX A Current Reporting and Use of Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics: Global Scale
  • APPENDIX B Current Reporting of Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics by U.S. Semiconductor Companies
  • APPENDIX C Current Reporting and Use of Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics: Company Scale1
  • Biographical Data
  • Index

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