October 23, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: General

Codes of Practice
Abstract          Title
  click                Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Strategy: Why a Firm’s “Chief Environmental Officer” Should Be Its CEO

  click               Ethics, Economics, and Environmental Management
  click               Ethics: Essence For Sustainability
  click               Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals
  click               The Man–Nature Relationship and Environmental Ethics
  click               The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
  click               The Chartered Institution [...]

July 25, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: 2, 3-Manager vs. Scientist/Engineer

An alternate offering of this summary can be found HERE
Venue: Corvinus Symposium, June 23-24, 2008
Workshop Topic: The Environmental Management Skill Set:
A balance between engineering/science and management.
Workshop Moderator: Scott Wolcott
Summary:
It was proposed that the question, “What is the appropriate balance of skills?” be addressed by first identifying beneficial skill sets an engineer/scientist and business manager might [...]

by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1, 2-The EM and Corporate Social Responsibility

This summary is also available as a Word Document
Overview
The workshop was moderated by CUB graduate student and assistant professor Simon Milton and was attended by one practicing environmental management professional, a number of graduate students from environmental management programs and one member of department faculty.
Participants:
Moderator: Simon Milton: Simon.milton@uni-corvinus.hu
1) Anna Szechy Anna.szechy@uni-corvinus.hu
2) Szilvia Gartner sgartner@denso.hu
3) Laura Baritz laura@hcbc.hu
4) Prof. [...]

July 21, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: 2, 3-Effectiveness of Environmental Management Systems

Conclusions of the Workshop on Environmental Management Systems Environmental Management Systems have been around since the middle ofthe 1990’s and became mainstream tools of managing environmental issuesin the corporate sector since then. There have been much researchrelating to the motivation factors and barriers/benefits and costs ofmanagement systems. Motivation factors to implement an EMS include thepush [...]

July 15, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: HELP

a. Navigating to WordPress
Go to www.environmentalmanager.org; find the “login” link at the top right of the page, and login using your user name and password.
After logging in, you will be returned to the http://www.environmentalmanager.org home page (only now you will be signed in); once there, click on the “my profile” link at the top right [...]

by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-The Goal of the Environmental Manager

This workshop on the goals of the environmental manager focused on the concept of a unifying, or profession-wide goal for the environmental management profession.  At the previous Environmental Management Leadership symposium held at RIT in May, 2008, a hypothesis was proposed that stated that environmental sustainability is the ultimate goal of the environmental manager; after [...]

July 14, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness

Attached you will find the powerpoint containing the conclusions of the Eco-Efficiency workshop from the Corvinus Symposium. 
Click HERE

June 17, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-The Goal of the Environmental Manager, Overview

Hello all,
I will be leading a workshop entitled “The Goal of the Environmental Manager” at the Environmental Management Leadership Symposium being held at the Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. I’m looking forward to presenting some interesting views on the goals of the environmental management profession; some of the issues that we will be discussing [...]

May 28, 2008 by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1-The Impact of the Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard o, Overview

The Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard is but one of many metrics/scorecards/calculators used in regard to sustainable practices. The findings of this workshop were that there were conflicting interests at play that make the use of the scorecard challenging. Additionally, there was a consensus view that the scorecard could effect the supply chain in both directions (“up [...]

by Brian Butler | Filed under: 1-The EM as an Industrial Ecologist, Overview

Environmental managers are evolving to become sustainability managers.
Their analytic perspective needs to move from a risk/hazard mentality to resilience/sustainability mentality.
Current Strategies for Resilience
Business
• Contingency Planning
• Supply Chain Diversity
• Supply Chain Ownership
Environmental
• Source Reduction
• Personal Protection
• Remediation
What is needed is capability to change, adapt, and be flexible to market place, regulatory, and environmental conditions.
We need to [...]