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Environmental cost management / Randi Taylor Mancuso, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental research advances seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617284076
  • 1617284076
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental cost managementDDC classification:
  • 333.7 22
  • 337 22
LOC classification:
  • GE300
Online resources:
Contents:
ENVIRONMENTAL COST MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTING PRACTICES INEUROPE: A HARBINGER OFFUTURE U.S. BEST PRACTICES?; ABSTRACT; ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE; Context; Research Objectives and Goals; APPROACH; Principles and General Methods; Tasks; RESEARCH FINDINGS; Legal and Cultural Environment; European Cultural Context; European Law and Regulation Addressing ESG Investing; EU Policies and Initiatives; EU Directives; Voluntary Standards and Codes of Conduct; Country-Level Legal Requirements and Trends; The United Kingdom; Fiduciary Duties and Voluntary Norms.
Freshfields and Fiduciary DutyFiduciary Duty Update; Business Review; France; FRR Pension Scheme; Insurance; Mutual Funds; SRI/ESG Trends; Germany; Summary and Parallels to/Differences from U.S. Capital Markets; Nature and Scale of European Capital Markets; ESG Investing in the European Capital Markets; ESG Investing in Europe-Issues and Methods; General Investor Attitudes and Trends; Investment Industry Initiatives; Enhanced Analytics Initiative; Principles for Responsible Investment; Studies of European ESG Investing; Institutional/Corporate Investor Activity-Industry Posture and Trends.
Pension FundsInvestment/Fund Managers; Individual Corporate Investor Activity; Summary and Trends; Major ESG Information Providers and their Products and Services; Vendor Types; Examples: Vendor Profiles; Summary; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Conclusions; Summary and Implications; REFERENCES; Additional Information Resources; THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; 2.1. Origin and Evolution of the EMS; 2.2. The ISO 9001 and the ISO 14001 Standards; 2.3. Definition of the Environmental Management System.
2.4. The ISO 14001 Standard and the EMAS Regulation2.5. Steps in Order to Implement an EMS; Environmental Aspects; Legal and other Requirements; Environmental Objectives, Targets and Programs; Resources, Roles, Responsibility and Authority; Competence, Training and Awareness; Communication; Documentation; Control of Documents; Operational Control; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Monitoring and Measurement; Evaluation of Compliance; Non-Conformity, Corrective action and Preventive Action; Control of Records; Internal Audit; 3. THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM THE EMS.
4. THE COSTS AND DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMS5. PROBLEMS TO VALUE ECONOMIC COSTS ANDECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; 6. CONCLUSION; ANNEX I.; 7. REFERENCES; ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PEOPLE, POWER AND POLLUTION; 2.1. Energy and Population Growth; 2.2. Energy and Environmental Problems; 2.3. Environmental Transformations; 3. SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT; 3.1. Environmental Aspects; 3.2. Wastes; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ASPECTSOF COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; 4.1. Sulphur in Fuels and its Environmental Consequences.
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ENVIRONMENTAL COST MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTING PRACTICES INEUROPE: A HARBINGER OFFUTURE U.S. BEST PRACTICES?; ABSTRACT; ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE; Context; Research Objectives and Goals; APPROACH; Principles and General Methods; Tasks; RESEARCH FINDINGS; Legal and Cultural Environment; European Cultural Context; European Law and Regulation Addressing ESG Investing; EU Policies and Initiatives; EU Directives; Voluntary Standards and Codes of Conduct; Country-Level Legal Requirements and Trends; The United Kingdom; Fiduciary Duties and Voluntary Norms.

Freshfields and Fiduciary DutyFiduciary Duty Update; Business Review; France; FRR Pension Scheme; Insurance; Mutual Funds; SRI/ESG Trends; Germany; Summary and Parallels to/Differences from U.S. Capital Markets; Nature and Scale of European Capital Markets; ESG Investing in the European Capital Markets; ESG Investing in Europe-Issues and Methods; General Investor Attitudes and Trends; Investment Industry Initiatives; Enhanced Analytics Initiative; Principles for Responsible Investment; Studies of European ESG Investing; Institutional/Corporate Investor Activity-Industry Posture and Trends.

Pension FundsInvestment/Fund Managers; Individual Corporate Investor Activity; Summary and Trends; Major ESG Information Providers and their Products and Services; Vendor Types; Examples: Vendor Profiles; Summary; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Conclusions; Summary and Implications; REFERENCES; Additional Information Resources; THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; 2.1. Origin and Evolution of the EMS; 2.2. The ISO 9001 and the ISO 14001 Standards; 2.3. Definition of the Environmental Management System.

2.4. The ISO 14001 Standard and the EMAS Regulation2.5. Steps in Order to Implement an EMS; Environmental Aspects; Legal and other Requirements; Environmental Objectives, Targets and Programs; Resources, Roles, Responsibility and Authority; Competence, Training and Awareness; Communication; Documentation; Control of Documents; Operational Control; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Monitoring and Measurement; Evaluation of Compliance; Non-Conformity, Corrective action and Preventive Action; Control of Records; Internal Audit; 3. THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM THE EMS.

4. THE COSTS AND DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMS5. PROBLEMS TO VALUE ECONOMIC COSTS ANDECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; 6. CONCLUSION; ANNEX I.; 7. REFERENCES; ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PEOPLE, POWER AND POLLUTION; 2.1. Energy and Population Growth; 2.2. Energy and Environmental Problems; 2.3. Environmental Transformations; 3. SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT; 3.1. Environmental Aspects; 3.2. Wastes; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ASPECTSOF COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; 4.1. Sulphur in Fuels and its Environmental Consequences.

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