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Case study: Sonoco's materials reclamation improves environmental performance through quality‐based management
Authors: Rondinelli Dennis A. , Berry Michael A. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractMultinational corporations are facing increasing pressures and finding stronger incentives to integrate environmental management into their overall business strategies. National and local environmental regulations are becoming more stringent in Europe, Japan, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and many developing countries, and international voluntary standards of environmental management are being endorsed by a growing number of governments. Multinational firms are embracing these standards not only to assure the public of their concern for environmental protection, but also to enhance their competitiveness in international markets. The British Standard 7750, the European Eco‐Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and the ISO 14000 series are setting new guidelines for effective corporate environmental management. Beyond complying with local and national laws, corporations now have wider latitude in how they adapt their business practices to these emerging environmental management standards.In order to capitalize on that creative latitude, companies must have corporate cultures and internal management systems that allow them to respond quickly and effectively to changing environmental requirements. Exemplary corporate environmental performance is usually related to strong and progressive leadership, a culture that recognizes the importance of environmental protection, and the willingness to operate by quality‐based management principles.This article describes how one international corporation, Sonoco, in responding successfully to changing environmental pressures to reclaim and recycle its products in the wake of the solid waste crisis in the United States and more stringent environmental regulations in Europe, used its management competencies and corporate culture to turn what could have been serious barriers to expansion of its core businesses into new opportunities. By adopting a bold materials reclamation program, Sonoco was able to overcome potential limitations on its operations in the United States and abroad and to develop new business segments that benefited the company and the environment.
NSF's New ems implementation guide for small and medium‐sized organizations
Authors: Cooney Anita M. , Stapleton Philip J. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractNSF International has recently developed and published Environmental Management Systems: An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium‐Sized Organizations, which was created to help smaller organizations develop and implement environmental management systems (EMSs). The development of the guide was funded through a grant from the U.S. EPA. Using the international EMS series standards—14001—as a model, this manual provides over 150 pages of descriptive explanations, illustrations, examples of EMS elements (e.g., policies), and sample worksheets, forms, and procedures to assist organizations with implementation. The following is an introductory excerpt this valuable guide intended for MES implementors of small and medium‐sized companies leading their EMS development efforts.
MEB's university‐community partnerships foster new environmental leaders for business
Authors: Venugopal Kala 
Published: February 2007

AbstractAs our society's environmental concerns have grown over the past 20 years, U.S. firms have struggled to find effective and inexpensive ways to meet their mushrooming environmental obligations. Many firms, recognizing the competitive advantages to be won through adroit environmental management, have begun to seek managers trained to deal with these issues. The corporate response has been hobbled by business schools'general failure to train managers to deal with crossfunctional issues, and by a specific failure to address environmental management in their curricula. In this article, the Management Institute for Environment and Business, a program of the World Resources Institute (WRI), describes its innovative University‐Community Partnerships (UCP) project to address these shortcomings. Bringing new approaches and new thinking to management curricula, MEB and several like‐minded organizations are breathing new life into the old MBA programs.
Benchmarking compliance performance: A new petroleum industry report
Authors: Levinson Jonathan 
Published: February 2007

AbstractEnvironmental Information Services, Inc. (EIS) publishes detailed reports and offers custom research related to the full spectrum of environmental issues facing corporations. In this new article, EIS reports on the compliance performance of the largest companies in the petroleum industry focusing on five key environmental concerns: toxic waste management, air pollution, water pollution, spills, and Superfund. It is important to note that the following article does not contain normalized data and graphs which would adjust findings to various size features (e.g., worldwide revenues per company). This as well as detailed environmental policy and program data on each company can be obtained from EIS. EIS reports help companies of all sizes benchmark their environmental performance and quality improvement efforts.
Challenges of meeting ISO 14000 auditing guidelines: Audit program gaps
Authors: Cahill Lawrence B. , Woollard Thomas 
Published: February 2007

AbstractAt long last, the ISO 14000 environmental auditing guidelines have been issued in final form and have been accepted in the United States and elsewhere as official national standards. The auditing guidelines consist of:Guidelines for environmental auditing—General principles (ISO 14010: 1996(E))Guidelines for environmental auditing—Audit procedures—Auditing of environmental management systems (ISO 14011: 1996(E))Guidelines for environmental auditing—Qualification criteria for environmental auditors (ISO 14012: 1996(E))Unlike the environmental management system (EMS) standard (ISO 14001), the auditing guidelines are just that, guidelines. The ISO 14000 auditing guidelines are not long documents: ISO 14010 is three pages, ISO 14011 is five pages and ISO 14012 is three pages.
Case studies of ISO 14001: A new business guide for global environmental protection
Authors: Van der Veldt Danja 
Published: February 2007

AbstractThe intention of this article is to clarify the current status of ISO 14001, the internationally accepted voluntary environmental management system (EMS) standard, which is an effective means to generate continuous environmental performance improvement in an organization as well as significant financial benefits such as operational efficiency improvements (e.g., energy and water savings), reduction in environmental risks and liability expenses, protection of corporate asset value, and public image improvements.The number of “ISO 14001” companies in Europe and the Pacific Rim is steadily increasing with customer and governmental pressure as the driving forces. In the United States, ISO 14001 implementation has lagged behind due to the fact that, so far, the EPA has not supported ISO 14001 as being sufficient for guaranteeing a reliable environmental performance record. Most ISO 14001 certified companies in the United States have been driven by overseas demand, particularly in the microelectronics industry because customers in this industry, especially those in Europe, will simply not do business in the future with companies that are not registered to ISO 14001. It is expected that European demand will continue to push ISO 14001 certification in the United States. Six ISO 14001 case studies in the U.S. chemical, electronics, and plastics industries, along with EPA's attitude toward ISO 14001 are described in this article. The case studies contain the reasons, steps taken, costs, benefits, problems, and future trends of ISO 14001 implementation and certification.
Elements of effective DFE program management and product stewardship
Authors: Veroutis Agis D. , Fava James A. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractDesign for the Environment (DFE) is a systems‐oriented approach for designing more ecologically and economically sustainable product systems. It couples the product development cycle used in business with the physical life‐cycle of a product.DFE integrates environmental requirements into the earliest stages of design so total impacts caused by product systems can be reduced. With DFE practices, environmental, performance, cost, cultural, and legal requirements are balanced. Concepts such as concurrent design, total quality management, cross‐disciplinary teams, and multiattribute decision making are essential elements of DFE.1In this article, the authors show how these DFE initiatives can provide the design and product development teams with the training, information, decision support tools, and procedures that ensure improved product development decisions and environmental performance.
Introducing design for the environment at boeing defense and space group through the application of abridged life‐cycle analysis
Authors: Weinberg Laurence , Eagan Patrick 
Published: February 2007

AbstractThe streamlined, matrix approach to environmental Life‐Cycle Analysis (LCA) developed originally at AT&T by Graedel and Allenby can be adapted to manufacturing processes to produce a useful tool for Design for the Environment (DFE). Pollution prevention in manufacturing has typically focused on the environmental impact of processes at a manufacturer's site. However, it is important to recognize that a process has a “life cycle,” albeit not precisely like the life cycle associated with a product. Modification of processes can also have upstream and downstream effects. In this article, the authors show how, by using a streamlined LCA matrix, it is possible to evaluate the environmental impact associated with a process over the process's life cycle. This approach also allows managers to allocate resources to improve processes that have greater environmental impact and to assess process improvements.
Strategic environmental product planning within Philips sound & vision
Authors: Cramer J. M. , Stevels A. L. N. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractUntil now no structured methodology existed for attuning environmental considerations to the business strategy of companies. The Environmental Competence Centre of Philips Sound & Vision in The Netherlands has developed and tested a methodology for this purpose. This methodology, called Selection of STRrategic Environmen Tal CHallenges (STRETCH), has proven to lead to promising results and should therefore be actively promoted.In this article, the authors show how the application of STRETCH provides the possibility of meeting three main objectives: First, focusing on the incorporation of environmental aspects into the company's business strategy can elicit innovations that may enhance the competitive position of the company by cost reduction and/or higher market shares. Second, the environmental opportunities and threats to be expected in the future can be anticipated in an earlier phase. Through this proactive approach a company can avoid external criticism and take the lead in environmental priority setting. Third, by applying the STRETCH methodology even higher eco‐efficiencies are expected to be reached than through incremental, step‐by‐step environmental improvements.
The challenge of implementing ISO 14001 for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises—surviving in the new global jungle
Authors: Johannson Lynn 
Published: February 2007

AbstractConceptually, the five key elements in ISO 14001—policy, planning, implementation and operation, checking and corrective action, and management review—were designed to be simple enough for any business owner or manager to understand. Environmental Management Systems, aligned to ISO 14000, were originally set up toprovide a harmonized approach for organizations regardless of size, sector, or geographical situation. This article details the many challenges SMEs must confront in implementing the new standards.
The data game: Measurement, uncertainty, and the challenge of quality
Authors: Frankel Carl 
Published: February 2007

Abstract“Measurement, Uncertainty, and the Challenge of Quality,” by Carl Frankel, argues that corporations expect too much of science and measurement, in parallel with a culture that is similarly disposed. While science and measurement are essential to environmental progress, they are also limited in important and often overlooked ways. For instance, risk assessment provides only grossly approximate answers, and subjective quality—a central component of sustainable development—is rarely measured at all. New strategies for measuring the qualitative aspects of experience are urgently required.
Designing effective community relations programs
Authors: Forrest Carol J. , Mays Renee Hix 
Published: February 2007

Abstract
Cleanup of a contaminated site is halted as community residents launch a legal challenge against the method that those responsible for the site have selected for remediation.
Parents and teachers at a public school call for an investigation to determine if substances in the building are making students and staff sick. Midway into the investigation, they also become concerned as to whether the right tests are being performed to detect contamination that may be present, and how they will know what the test results mean.
Industrial neighbors of a facility oppose its air permit application out of concern for the effects the facility's emissions might have on their own workers.
Virtually no business enterprise or government entity is immune from the potential for public interest in or concern about environmental issues. Within the public arena, environmental issues are rarely viewed only in terms of their scientific, technical, or regulatory merits. Instead, they are invariably intertwined with other issues and perceptions regarding health and safety, property values, social justice, and overall quality of life. As such, environmental issues have the potential to create significant controversy, concern, and opposition among community residents.Fortunately, in many cases, much, if not all, of the anger and fear that community residents feel can be relieved through a substantive dialogue that either corrects misinformation or provides a platform for discussing actions that could, should, or are taking place to remedy a situation. Promoting and sustaining such dialogues is the goal of community relations. This article covers the process of designing and implementing a community relations program plan to address serious or long‐term environmental issues surrounding facilities, sites, or projects.
A strategy for integrating NEPA with EMS and ISO 14000
Authors: Eccleston Charles H. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractIt is vital that federal managers consider new approaches for enhancing environmental protection while reducing redundancies and cost. Faced with increasing environmental issues, compliance requirements, competing resources, and tightened budget constraints, agencies must seek innovative approaches for doing more with less. The diverse array of confusing and sometimes inappropriate or conflicting regulatory requirements compounds compliance complexities and increases the need to seek resourceful solutions.At a time when NEPA is coming under closer congressional scrutiny, an integrated NEPA/EMS paradigm provides a key for increasing the effectiveness and uniformity of implementing NEPA at the early planning stage, while reducing cost, delays, and redundancies. Effectively integrated, NEPA satisfies one of the five, and perhaps most important, principles of an EMS‐environmental planning. NEPA's regulatory requirements not only are consistent with the objective of an EMS, but actually enhance the effectiveness of an EMS. An integrated approach provides the added benefit of increased environmental coordination and heightened communications that translates into further cost reduction and fewer delays. The strategy described in this article is designed to balance the rigors of an international standard with the need to efficiently implement an integrated NEPA/EMS system, given a diverse set of challenging circumstances and constraints.
EcoMetrics: Integrating direct and indirect environmental costs and benefits into management information systems
Authors: Friend Gil 
Published: February 2007

AbstractThis article suggests a set of metrics that may impact both profitability and environmental quality, capture and quantify eco‐efficiency costs and benefits, and help managers understand and focus on tangible, yet difficult‐to‐quantify benefits (such as improved morale, innovation, etc.). In order to do this, it will frame the issues pertinent to developing eco‐efficiency metrics; identify criteria for effective metrics to enable companies/consultants/etc. to discuss, evaluate, and select program metrics; outline the universe of possible metrics; suggest key metrics for a typical company; identify data quality, availability and other constraints; and suggest a methodology for incorporating environmental metrics into operating metrics.[Note: This article is not intended to provide a definitive overview of environmental metrics; rather, it proposes an operational framework for considering, selecting, and implementing metrics that are meaningful in both environmental and business terms. For an overview, see for example, Environmental Policy Performance Indicators;1 Company Environmental Reporting;2 The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems;3 Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance4].The flow and embodiment of materials and energy in production and consumption activities of the economy underlie both economic growth and environmental perturbations… [Yet] existing accounting systems can prevent modern firms from internalizing environmental costs and considerations, and can compound difficulties encountered in effecting environmentally preferable changes5.
Implementing ecological opportunity assessments: NJTAP's ECŌ·PA program for process safety and risk management
Authors: Wolgast Eileen M. , Roesler Arthur C. , Healey Marcus J. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractChemical mishaps, in some cases leading to fires and explosions, may pose a threat to workers in the manufacturing industry, the general public, and to the environment in general. In response to this concern, the New Jersey Technical Assistance Program (NJTAP) for Industrial Pollution Prevention, in conjunction with the Chemical Industry Council and the Responsible Care® Initiative, has launched a new program called ECO¯·PA, an Ecological Opportunity Assessment for Process Safety and Risk Management. Environmental and safety regulations have become more complex, and since small businesses typically have fewer resources available to interpret these regulations, they may have trouble complying despite their good faith efforts. ECO¯·PA addresses this need for compliance. Now that the program is available, how does one contact and provide this assistance to appropriate clients? NJTAP has created an algorithm for targeting clients which may be useful for other nonprofit organizations.
Using envirodaemon to search the internet for environmental information and building custom search engines
Authors: Healey Marcus J. , Lewis Jeffrey T. , Samtani Gunjan 
Published: February 2007

AbstractThe Internet holds vast stores of information pertaining to pollution prevention and environmental issues, and with each day more is added. Yet, as this storehouse grows, the difficulty of finding specific information increases. This article details how EnviroDaemon was built to ease the task of finding this information and knowledge base. It automatically builds and updates a catalog of objects at pre‐selected Internet sites that are related to pollution prevention. Users search for information by submitting keywords. Searches can be restricted to small subsets of the indexed sites by choosing one of five search criteria, or the entire catalog can be searched. The results are returned rapidly and are embedded in several lines of text to provide context. If the text looks promising, the user can click on a hyperlink to access the full article.Since its release in March, EnviroDaemon has seen increasing use, especially following its demonstration at the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable Conference. The authors also discuss the process of building this search engine to show interested readers how to create other environmental custom search engines.
Case study: Building an ISO 14001‐compatible EMS at Mead Coated Board, Mahrt Mill
Authors: Weisse Carrie , Edgley Gerald , Cooper Laura 
Published: February 2007

AbstractMany companies are using ISO 14001 as a guide in formalizing their environmental management system (EMS). This article presents Mead Coated Board, Mahrt Mill's experiences in this process, which involved undertaking a gap analysis and developing the key elements and specific procedures that comprise the EMS. Specific issues addressed include the various techniques and approaches used for developing procedures based on the type and level of procedure required; the interaction between the consultants and the mill personnel; the methods for capitalizing on the experience and expertise of the consultant and the internal personnel to achieve the desired results and lessons learned in the process.
Integrating total cost assessment with new management practices and mandates
Authors: Kennedy Mitchell L. 
Published: February 2007

AbstractToday's environmental manager cannot afford to operate in a vaccum, but continually adjusts to the latest management initiatives, whether it is Activity Based Costing, ISO 14000, or Total Quality Management. These paradigms offer an excellent structure to view process improvements and implement changes, however, they all tend to miss the mark in one critical area—quantifying and tracking the true cost of environmental management. The recent upsurge of interest in Total Cost Assessment (TCA) is proof positive that, although many excellent management programs exist, something is still missing. In this article, the author shows how using TCA in conjunction with these practices enhances their effectiveness and shows the total picture of environmental management costs.
Ecometrics' stakeholder subjectivity: Values, issues, and effects
Authors: Allenby Braden , Yasui Itaru , Lehni Markus , Züst Ranier , Hunkeler David 
Published: February 2007

AbstractStakeholder groups, defined according to their transcendent values, have different concepts of sustainability. Their prioritizations of individual, family, collective, and local and global environmental issues also differs. Given this, the metrics required for a given sustainable development path are subjective. Therefore, the questions of who should define ecometrics, their transparency, number, state of aggregation, standardization, and benchmarking are questions that require an enfranchised multi‐stakeholder debate. At present, corporations have been asked to bear the burden of environmental reporting and eco‐indicators have been established to account for material intensity, energy consumption and waste or toxic releases, among other factors. However, the links among these local‐, product‐, or service‐based microecometrics and global states such as temperatures or atmospheric concentrations have yet to be established. The relationship of macroecometrics to individual definitions of sustainable development also has not been addressed. This article summarizes four plenary lectures given at ECOMETRICS '98 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The workshop involved forty participants from industry, academic and government organizations representing seven countries and three continents.