1st Edition

Clean and Competitive Motivating Environmental Performance in Industry

By Rupert Howes, Jim Skea, Bob Whelan Copyright 1997
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Reconciling wealth creation and environmental care is one of the key challenges in the pursuit of sustainable development. Companies considering greener modes of operation are mindful of their formal responsibilities to advance shareholders' interests. The age of globalization and intensified competition has increased disincentives to be 'green' for its own sake. And yet, a surprisingly high... Read more
The Business-Environment Debate * Managing the Environment * Global Environmental Issues: Ozone Depletion and Climate Change * National Environmental Issues: Acid Rain; Air Quality and Road Transport; and Volatile Organic Compounds * Regional and Local Environmental Issues: Water Quality and Contaminated Land * Integrated Pollution Control * Waste Minimization: a Route to Profit and Cleaner Production * Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Management: End-of-Life Electrical and Electronic Equipments Recycling * Economic Instruments * Next Steps * Endnotes * Selected Bibliography * Index

Biography

Rupert Howes is Executive Director of the Sustainable Economy unit Forum for the Future, London, and was previously Research Fellow at SPRU Jim Skea is Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Global Environmental Change Programme and is Professorial Fellow at SPRU Bob Whelan was previously Chief Executive at CEST, and is now Senior Science Adviser at the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, Seville.