Measuring environmental business performance: a comprehensive guide
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1995
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| Schriftenreihe: | Business and the environment-practitioner series
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| Beschreibung: | IV, 110 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0748720634 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES ii
LIST OF TABLES ii
LIST OF BOXES iii
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 The boundary problem 6
1.2 Information its use(r)s 10
1.3 The structure of this guide 11
2. HOW TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE 12
2.1 The environmental policy 13
2.2 The setting of targets 17
2.3 The use of scales in targets 19
2.4 Ways of gathering data 19
3 WHAT IS GOOD PERFORMANCE? 23
3.1 Qualitative targets 24
3.2 Quantitative targets 25
3.3 Internal targets 29
3.4 External standards and targets 38
4 WHAT TO MEASURE? 60
4.1 The environmental audit 60
4.2 The environmental inventory 64
4.3 The environmental policy 68
4.4 Management capacity (risk and compliance) 70
4.5 Resource use/recyclability 74
4.6 Energy consumption/energy efficiency 75
4.7 Waste 79
4.8 Air, water and soil pollution 82
4.9 Specific business and environmental areas 87
5 PUTTING THE EMS TOGETHER 97
5.1 Compiling an overall environmental indicator 97
5.2 Managing an environmental performance system 101
5.3 Managing environmental performance 104
APPENDDC1 SOME REFERENCES 108
APPENDIX 2 SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES 110
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: The policy cycle and the improvement wheel 3
Figure 2: The three E s of policy evaluation 4
Figure 3: Environmental performance and the improvement wheel 5
Figure 4: Solving the boundary problem 9
Figure 5: The traditional process of measurement and review 12
Figure 6: The measurement and review process in the improvement wheel 13
Figure 7: The hierarchy of policy making 14
Figure 8: Examples of quantitative environmental data and standards 26
Figure 9: Phased emissions reductions in a paper mill 36
Figure 10: Measurement outside the black box 39
Figure 11: Implementation stages of BS7750 45
Figure 12: Number of products with the Blue Angel eco label 47
Figure 13: Eco labels and the standard normal distribution 49
Figure 14: Benchmarking steps at AT T 57
Figure 15: The environmental audit methodology (A.D. Little) 64
Figure 16: Waste minimisation flowchart 76
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: The boundaries of SO2 emissions from a boiler house 6
Table 2: Environmental assessment matrix 8
Table 3: Information needs of stakeholder 10
Table 4: Three policy levels of aims, objectives and targets 17
Table 5: Types of measurement scales 21
Table 6: Data gathering methods an overview 22
Table 7: Quantitative and qualitative measurements 25
Table 9: Advantages and disadvantages of historical data 36
Table 10: Advantages and disadvantages of legal standards 41
Table 11: Advantages and disadvantages of benchmarking 58
Table 12: Characteristics of environmental media 84
Table 13: Scoring packaging alternatives according to customer
preferences (Xerox Corporation) 100
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LIST OF BOXES
Box 1: Engineering Services Branch s environmental policy 15
Box 2: BT s environmental policy 16
Box 3: Examples of qualitative issues 24
Box 4: Examples of aggregate standards 27
Box 5: How to calculate an index 28
Box 6: Bridging the measurement gap with surrogate standards 28
Box 7: Achievement standards of the Engineering Services Branch s
environmental review (extract) 31
Box 8: Energy efficiency targets in the three E s 33
Box 9: Policy targets of the Body Shop (selection) 34
Box 10: Examples of historical data standards 37
Box 11: Using legal standards to derive internal targets for performance
measurement 40
Box 12: Elements of BS7750 (part 1) 43
Box 13: Elements of BS7750 (part 2) 44
Box 14: The experience with BS7750 so far 46
Box 15: The eco labelling scheme for photocopying paper 48
Box 16: The Valdez principles 51
Box 17: The ICC charter for sustainable development 53
Box 18: Evaluating environmental policy and practice using the Valdez
principles 55
Box 19: Calculating the scores for Box 18 56
Box 20: Examples of environmental benchmarking 59
Box 21: Types of audits 61
Box 22: Material safety information sheet for an industrial cleaner 66
Box 23: Data control for the environmental inventory and material
data sheets (Example) 67
Box 24: BS7750 criteria to identify required level of detail (BSI) 68
Box 25: Performance indicators for the environmental policy 69
Box 26: Performance indicators for risk management 71
Box 27: Examples of scenario planning questions 72
Box 28: Performance indicators for management capacity (II): compliance 73
Box 29: The six R s of waste management 74
Box 30: Criteria for materials use and recycling evaluation 77
Box 31: Criteria for energy use 78
Box 32: Energy conservation addresses 80
Box 33: Performance indicators for waste management 81
Box 34: A scoring system for minimising waste 83
Box 35: Performance indicators for water emissions and management 85
Box 36: Performance indicators for air emissions and management 85
Box 37: Performance indicators for soil emissions and management 86
Box 38: Performance Indicators for noise emissions and management 86
Box 39: Performance indicators for packaging 90
Box 40: Performance indicators for transport policy 91
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Box 41: Performance indicators for visual impact and landscape design 93
Box 42: Performance indicators for radiation 94
Box 43: Some performance indicators for specific environmental issues 96
Box 44: Examples of simple environmental scores 99
Box 45: Direct and indirect costs and benefits of an environmental
management system 103
Box 46: Advantages and disadvantages of going public 104
Box 47: Reasons for the failure of environmental management systems 105
Box 48: Examples of environmental management criteria in contracts 107
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