Message-ID: <36C4128A.F6C927F2@tu-harburg.de> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:37:46 +0100 From: "Prof. Walter Leal Filho" <mailto:leal@tu-harburg.de> Subject: Latest Management Research: Environmental Management To: mailto:INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu
I thought this information might be of interest for colleagues interested in environmental management, its politics, development and bussines side. Walter Leal FilhoThe January edition of the FREE e-jounal 'Latest Management Research + Practice' is now online. It has the theme of Environmental Management, and consists of an editorial and 4 articles. Please find below this month's editorial and brief citations of the articles. The full text of these articles is available at the e-journals web site - http://www.mcb.co.uk/lmrp/issues/lmrp99-1.htm
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Volume 1999 Issue 1 - Environmental Management
--Editorial--
Murray Duffin, CEO of SGS Thomson Microelectronics in France, says that "ecology is free...almost all our investments in environmental responsibility pay back in less than two years" (Duffin, 1997). Consuming less costs less. Think of it as "loss prevention" - just as you would protect your organization from thieves or fraud; protect it from wasteful use of often costly resources such as power and paper. If you want it to
happen - manage it. Put someone in charge.
Many years ago Lord Leverhulme (Lever Brothers, later Unilever) wittily said - "I waste half the money I spend on advertising. The trouble is, I
don't know which half." Wasting resources which could be better used to serve customers, educate workers or go into health care or pension schemes is not really much of a joke. The money you make should be judiciously consumed, just like other resources.
Don't be in the position of having to explain to your children or grandchildren that you didn't know any better about the environment - that you were just "obeying orders". Put your policies on the line with environmental protection groups, student lobby groups - anyone who can give them a good workover and really test their robustness. Ron Hickson of TransAlta Power in Alberta, Canada, takes his staff and policies to vocal and radical green groups to expose them to the latest thinking in challenges by the environmentally aware.
Environmental management isn't just about saving whales and recycling paper. It starts in your local community. Community care is good PR. Depending on how powerful and influential you are in your community, you
may be able to contribute to safer streets, after school care, local amenity funding and management, help to schools and community businesses
- it will be good for your staff and good for the work environment. And that can reasonably be said to positively correlate to productivity and continuity. Business publisher MCB University Press in Bradford, England
has its offices near to some of the most socially-deprived districts in the whole of Britain. MCB tries to address some of the challenges of staying within and participating in their community by encouraging their
senior managers to join with and lend expertise to community regeneration groups. You can do likewise and encourage your staff to harness some of the creative power of your staff towards community contribution (encouragement meaning funding, time off and resources; not just the occasional circular or notice on the noticeboard).
If you are interested in taking a positive lead in environmental management you can start by gathering a little more information. We have collected four fine articles this month on environmental management covering entrepreneurial, ethical and marketing angles. As always, we would value
comments and discussions.
John Peters Editor, LMRP January 1999
-- Articles --
Pollution prevention as corporate entrepreneurship Douglas J. Lober Journal of Organizational Change Management; 11: 1 1998; pp. 26-37 ISSN: 0953-4814 Keywords: Business , Entrepreneurship , Environment , Environmental management , Pollution Article Type: Theoretical with application in practice Quality Indicators: Research Implication- **, Practice Implication- ** ,
Originality- *, Readability- **
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Integrating environmental education and environmental management Walter Leal Filho Environmental Management and Health; 08: 4 1997; pp. 133-135 ISSN: 0956-6163 Keywords: Environmental audit , Environmental impact , Environmental management strategy , Sustainable development Article Type: Theoretical with application in practice Quality Indicators: Research Implication- *, Practice Implication- ** , Originality- *, Readability- *
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Managing God's estate: current environmental policies and the Biblical tradition Michael Szenberg International Journal of Social Economics; 24: 6 1997; pp. 628-642 ISSN: 0306-8293 Keywords: Beliefs , Ecology , Environmental management strategy , Religion , Social economics Article Type: Case study Quality Indicators: Research Implication- **, Practice Implication- ** ,
Originality- **, Readability- **
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The green initiative: improving quality and competitiveness for European
SMEs Kate Greenan , Paul Humphreys , Ronan McIvor European Business Review; 97: 5 1997; pp. 208-214 ISSN: 0955-534X Keywords: Competitiveness , Environmental management strategy , Europe ,
Quality , Small to medium-sized enterprises Article Type: Theoretical with worked e×ample, Literature review Quality Indicators: Research Implication- **, Practice Implication- *** , Originality- **, Readability- ***
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-- Prof. Walter Leal Filho TU-TECH / Technical University Hamburg-Harburg Arbeitsbereich Umweltschutztechnik / Environmental Technology Eissendorfer Strasse 40, D-21073, Hamburg, Germany tel: +49-40-7718-3327 fax: +49-40-77182155 e-mail: mailto:leal@tu-harburg.de