Ian Thomas provides an understanding of the systems and processes that are used to guide the more technical elements of environmental management. He uses uncomplicated examples of environmental issues, organisations, and policies to show how to bring about broad environmental improvement by managing organisations' activities.
The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 introduces environmental management and discusses the ways in which both the international context and policy issues impact upon modern environmental management. Part 2 describes environmental management processes and systems. Part 3 focusses on how environmental improvements actually occur and the changes needed to introduce environmental management systems. It also outlines some key issues for the future directions of environmental management.
Table of Contents
Preface
Table of Acronyms
PART I: SETTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Environmental Management - An Introduction
International Context for Environmental Management and Policy
Public Directions for Environmental Management - Environmental Policy within Government
Private Directions for Corporate Environmental Management - Corporate Environmental Management
Broad Frameworks for Environmental Management
PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
Foundations of Environmental Management Processes - Risk and Life Cycle Analysis
Tools for Environmental Management - Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Auditing
Environmental Reporting
PART III: MOVING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FORWARD
Organisational Change
Directions in Environmental Management
APPENDIX - Interviews: Experiences with Environmental Management Systems