May 4, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1-The Impact of the Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard o

This is a case study I found that describes the environmental impact of a new wal-mart “super center” proposed for Potsdam, New York.  I thought this was a very through look at every aspect of how the building of a store along affects a community, without taking into account the products they sell and how [...]

April 28, 2008 by NEIL MILLER and Justin Morelli | Filed under: 1, 2-The EM and Corporate Social Responsibility

Although short, I think this article gives some good information on the benefits of CSR for businesses and how it can give them the competitive advantage. Also, it touches on economic viability.

“Progress: Improving Performances in the Board Room”. ECO Volume 27, pg 137. Issue: June-July 2007. CSIRO Publishing. April 25th, 2008.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=EC137p26.pdf
Process: [...]

April 21, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1, 2-The EM and Corporate Social Responsibility

This article is, in my opinion, a very good example of how companies are affected by the way they implement CSR. I chose to post this because it shows clear cut industry examples, including cause&affect, and also because it talks about the Starbucks company (which Ayoub posted about last week). I hope this will help evlove our discussions on weather an inherent [...]

April 20, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1, 2-The EM and Corporate Social Responsibility

 Here is a paper first published in 2004 by the UK Government to show their current status in CSR and their future goals. It is a really good article, showing how the government wants to get the message across to the citizens that they are working toward civilian values. 
 “Corporate Social Responsibility A Government Update”. [...]

by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1, 2-The EM and Corporate Social Responsibility, General

Hello, my name is Neil Miller and I would like to contribute to this EM discussion topic and will be attending the Environmental Management Workshop. I would like to move forward in the discussion and start off with the quote by Professor Peter Pruzan of Copenhagen Business School:
“I would argue that corporate social responsibility [...]

April 14, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1-The EM as an Industrial Ecologist

Jelinski, L. W.; Gradel, T. E.; Laudise, R. A.; McCall, D. W.; and Patel, C. K. L. Industrial ecology: Concepts and approaches. Introduction to colloquium, entitled, “Industrial Ecology”, National Academy of Sciences, May 1991.  
This was an introduction to a Colloquium on the subject of Industrial Ecology (attached) and the need to educate people to become leaders [...]

by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1-The EM as an Industrial Ecologist

I have mentioned this paper in a previous post, but I believe it is a great resource for the discussion topic.
Here are some selected definitions of Industrial Ecology, which should be able to give someone a good idea of what this topic is all about. The main paper describes the background of industrial ecology, defines [...]

April 4, 2008 by NEIL MILLER , John Morelli and Frances | Filed under: 1-The EM as an Industrial Ecologist

Hello, my name is Neil Miller and I would like to contribute to this EM discussion topic and will be attending the Environmental Management Workshop. I would like to move forward in the discussion and talk about the two paradigms that are associated between the merger of both the environmental and ecological sciences.  
“With the [...]

April 3, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1-Life-Cycle-Analysis (LCA)

Hello, my name is Neil Miller and I would like to contribute to this EM discussion topic and will be attending the Environmental Management Workshop. I am new to the subject of Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) but I really like the idea of “cradle-to-the-grave” and individuals/companies being responsible for evaluating, and hopefully minimizing, their environmental consequences.
 Here is [...]

March 25, 2008 by NEIL MILLER | Filed under: General

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