1st Edition
Regulating from the Inside Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals
By Cary Coglianese
Copyright 2001
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of private firms have adopted or are considering adopting these internally managed systems for improving environmental performance. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has... Read more
Foreword
Donald F. Kettl
1. Environmental Management Systems and the New Policy Agenda
Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash
Part 1: Motivations and Impacts
2. Environmental Management Systems: History, Theory, and Implementation Research
Richard N.L. Andrews, Nicole Darnall, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Suellen Terrill Keiner, Eric Feldman, Matthew L. Mitchell, Deborah Amaral, and Jessica Jacoby
3. Factors that Shape EMS Outcomes in Firms
Jennifer Nash and John R. Ehrenfeld
4. Whay Do Firms Adopt Advanced Environmental Practices (And Do They Make a Difference?)
Richard Florida and Derek Davison
5. Environmental Management Systems and the Global Economy
Theodore Panayotou
Part 2: Implications for Public Policy
6. Expanding the Concept of Environmental Management Systems to Meet Multiple Social Goals
William R. Moomaw
7. Information, Environmental Performance, and Environmental Management Systems
Shelley H. Metzenbaum
8. Policies to Promote Systematic Environmental Management
Cary Coglianese
9. EMSs and Tiered Regulation: Getting the Deal Right
Jerry Speir
Conclusion
10. Toward a Management-Based Environmental Policy
Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash
Index
Biography
Cary Coglianese is an associate professor of public policy at Harvard University. He is chair of the Regulatory Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Center for Business and Government. Jennifer Nash is director of the Regulatory Policy Program at the Kennedy School's Center for Business and Government. She specializes in emerging trends in environmental policy and industry self-regulation.
'This highly readable book offers the most thoughtful analysis to date of the role of environmental management systems in environmental protection. It is a valuable resource for professionals in business, government, and the non-profit sector.' Robert Stephens, Chair, Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Management Systems 'The finest collection of thought on environmental management systems ever assembled. It brings together significant research and reflection, and should be widely read and discussed.' Matthew Arnold, Chief Operating Officer, World Resources Institute
