Summary: Environmental Management And Industry
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1 Lecture 1: Intro
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What are the three categories of industrial impacts on the environment
- Pollution
- Depletion of resources
- Use of space
- Pollution
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What are examples of environmental regulations of industry?
- Emission standards or reduction targets for pollution
- Prescriptions for prevention of contamination
- Requirements for safety, packaging and product information
- Emission standards or reduction targets for pollution
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Key Concepts of Environmental Management
- Environmental
Care - Environmental protection and control
- Environmental
Management - All management efforts
Environmental Management System (EMS )Organizational andadministrative framework to realizeenvironmental measures in aconsistent ,complete andcontinuous way
- Environmental
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What were the motivations and initiatives according to Bansal & Roth (2000)
- Competitiveness
- Process intensification
- Green marketing
- Green products
- Legitimation
- Regulatory compliance
- Networking with environmental interest groups
- Impression management
- Environmental Responsibility
- Donations to environmental causes
- Unpublicized initiatives
- Life cycle analysis
- Competitiveness
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Why do companies engage in environmental management?
- Range of motivations
- Governmental regulation often the dominant driver
- Context matters -
What is the 4-stage model?
Aspects that you can analyse which will help identify a corporate sustainability strategy.
Aspects:ambition ,knowledge andinformation ,technology ,organization ,budget ,environmental risks andopportunities
Strategies:crisis oriented ,process-oriented ,chain-oriented ,full sustainaibility oriented -
What are the 4 stages of environmental strategy?
- Crisis-oriented
- Control of most urgent issues
- Process oriented
- Address problems systematically
- Chain oriented
- Whole product chain rather than limited to the scale of the firm
- Full Environmental Strategy
- Green company and clear communication to stakeholders
- Crisis-oriented
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2 Lecture 2: Pollution Prevention
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What does waste and emission prevention help a company to do?
Reduce environmental impacts andrisks Reduce costs Benefit public andworkforce health and safetyImprove compliance tocurrent andfuture regulations
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What is waste and emission prevention
Avoidance or minimization of the creation of waste exports and emissions by reduction at source.
Can be done through:
- On-site recycling
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What is the pollution prevention hierarchy
- Changes in
products - Changes in
process inputs - Changes in
process technology - Changes in
process operation On-site reuse
- Changes in
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