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New edition: Essentials of environmental management

by Paul Hyde and Paul Reeve
£30 softback 312 pages
ISBN 978 0 901357 48 9


Essentials of environmental management provides a comprehensive introduction to the management of environmental issues. Clearly structured and illustrated, the book explains why and how organisations should manage their environmental interactions at both strategic and operational levels. Now in its third edition, Essentials focuses on:

  • the issues and principles underpinning environmental management
  • the principal methods to determine priorities for action
  • the key elements of an effective environmental system based on the ‘plan, do, check and act’ cycle (including ISO
    14001)
  • the main operational controls and approaches to continually improve performance
  • supply chain issues and environmental considerations
  • strategic environmental pressures and how to address them, including carbon management strategies
  • how environmental management contributes to wider business concerns, the process of sustainable development and
    the corporate social responsibility agenda


Essential reading for

  • health, safety and environmental professionals and managers responsible for environmental management
  • other professionals, managers and directors whose role includes company environmental performance
  • education and training professionals who provide courses with an environmental management content
  • students, professionals and managers taking an environmental management course


Contents preview

  • business and the environment
  • tools for environmental assessment and review
  • environmental management system processes
  • operational control
  • sustainable development and corporate social responsibility
  • glossary of environmental terms
  • list of ISO 14000 series and related standards
  • sources of further information


“... a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to the principles of environmental management and its contribution to wider business concerns”


Environment Information Bulletin


“Interesting reading for managers, practitioners and students ... should remain a relevant text on the subject for a long time ... effective diagrams ... useful glossary”


Safety and Health Practitioner

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