Industrial Initiatives for Environmental Conservation (Financial Times)
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"This book examines what is happening at the forefront of corporate environmental action, and demonstrates the potential for productivity gains and improved profits across a range of sectors and countries. It brings together a wealth of valuable material for all managers looking to participate in the environmental revolution." "Industrial Initiatives for Environmental Conservation is a wide-ranging discussion of the closely connected issues of environmental management, economic development show more and business strategy in the 1990s and beyond. It highlights the central role of industry in the crucial transition to an environmentally sustainable global economy; provides case studies of specific initiatives taken by particular corporations including MAZDA, ICI, Pacific Gas and Procter and Gamble; surveys the attitudes and efforts of business towards environmental conservation; examines the successful approach adopted by Japanese companies; examines the relationship between the marketplace, government intervention and the environment; looks at the next steps governments and international organizations must take; highlights that 'green management' confers competitive advantage on the corporation that implements it successfully; and explores the business sector's responses to the challenges of sustainable development."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessMembers
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- 658.408 — Applied science & technology Management & public relations General management Executive Social responsability of executive management
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- HD30.255 .I53 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Management. Industrial management
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