Inside ISO 14000

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John T. Willig

Many of the best and most successful companies are no longer content to do the minimum required to achieve compliance with environmental regulations. Instead, a new standard of environmental excellence has arisen. A high-quality environmental system is now seen both as a means to regulatory compliance and as a very cost-effective way of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of operations in general. In this way, the environmental audit often serves as a significant driver for improvement within the overall management system. Auditing for Environmental Quality Leadership details these new techniques and practices in environmental auditing and shows how their place in a Total Quality Environmental Management System can help companies achieve environmental excellence and a competitive advantage.

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Beth Beloff, Marianne Lines, Dicksen Tanzil

Addressing some of the most challenging issues of the industrial world today including, risk and security, green building design, design for green chemistry, globalization, and corporate responsibility, this book provides managers with a practical framework to identify and assess options for improving the sustainability of their firm.

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Michael Tobin

"Radical, creative, often extreme, and incredibly successful management techniques from a leading global entrepreneurWritten from the point of view of someone achieving business success in today's turbulent economy The Non-Strategy Book offers you a fresh way of thinking about successfully managing any sort of business, under any conditions. Controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining, it delivers TelecityGroup founder and CEO, Mike Tobin's unconventional approach to management and shares the lessons he's learned on his path to building one of the world's largest data center provider companies. Radical, creative, often extreme, the techniques it describes are the same ones Mike uses every day at TelecityGroup, and with which he has achieved nothing short of awe-inspiring results. Inspiration and practical tips for managers or business leaders who are stuck in a rut and in search of new ways to motivate their teams, make bolder decisions and handle change with more agility Makes managers at all levels rethink and reassess the way they plan, manage, and deliver vision in their organizations Identifies eleven fundamental rules that any manager or leader can adopt at any level in any organization Identifies the core characteristics that underpin Mike Tobin's controversial management philosophy and illustrates how they have been applied with fascinating, often hilarious stories and vignettes "--

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John Michael Greer

John Michael Greer rethinks economics, focusing on ecological rather than political concepts, and discussing how an economy centered around the raw materials that support human life can help the world achieve a more sustainable way of life and address concerns over resource depletion and pollution.