April 29, 2008 by AROMAKE AFIEGBE | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-In the industry and in the workplace, General, Literature Review, THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Environmental Strategy: Emerging market for consultancy services

As corporations have come of age in their sensitivities to environmental concerns, this article beacons on the environmental manager to seize the opportunities present to accept a leadership role in guiding corporations to meeting their desire to becoming more environmentally responsible. It also challenges the environmental manager to look beyond their roles as compliance promoters in the industry to helping companies incorporate environmental concerns into their corporate strategy and decision making albeit in conformity to the peculiar situation of the company.

Andrew J Hoffman. “Environmental strategy: Emerging market for consulting services. ” Consulting to Management  13.4 (2002): 15-24. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest.  RIT Lib.,  Rochester,  NY.. 29 Apr. 2008 <http://www.proquest.com/>

by AYOUB MOHAMED | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-The Goal of the Environmental Manager, Collaboratory, General, Literature Review

Don’t waste your waste, Pointers for settingup a solid wasterecyclingprogram at your facility by Lori D. Pfeil
This article is a complementary to the”Renewable Refuse” article in Environmental Protection magazine, May 2007 that was in my previous post.

Abstract

After reading the “Renewable Refuse”, this article is discussing the questions: where do we start? what should be involved? [...]

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by AROMAKE AFIEGBE | Filed under: 1-Environmental Valuation and Accounting, General, Literature Review

Measuring environmentally sustainable development
Gross National Product, while a tool for measurement of a countries well being does not always appropriately capture the full picture specifically to include inequality and poverty, true measure of human resource, environmental impact of various activities and the spiritual, social, political aspects of welfare. Many of these aspects cannot be measured in any quantitative [...]

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April 28, 2008 by AROMAKE AFIEGBE | Filed under: 1-Environmental Valuation and Accounting, General, Literature Review

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A history of the extension of traditional cost accounting systems to account for environmental impacts and their costs goes back toward the end of the 1970’s in Germany where rules were promulgated to calculate the business costs of environmental protection.  This article looks at the flow- and decision-oriented perspective of environmental cost accounting as a supplement for [...]

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April 20, 2008 by AROMAKE AFIEGBE | Filed under: 1-Environmental Valuation and Accounting, Collaboratory, General, Literature Review, TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

http://www.regionalpartnerships.umn.edu/public/Valuation%20of%20Ecosystems.pdf.
Putting a price tag on an environmental resource or entity seems presumptuous at best, but a necessary step to begin the process of appreciating the holistic dynamics and thorough dependance we have on the environment as a whole. This requires an understanding of the ecosystems and how various ecological entites and services are interwoven so that the effect [...]

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April 19, 2008 by AROMAKE AFIEGBE | Filed under: 1-Environmental Valuation and Accounting, Collaboratory, General, Literature Review, TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Yonghong Bao, Wenliang Wu, Mingxin Wang, Wenna Liu. “Disadvantages and future research directions in valuation of ecosystem services in China. ” International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.4 (2007): 372-381. Research Library. ProQuest. RIT Lib., Rochester, NY.. 19 Apr. 2008
The term service provider solicits an immediate attention to the business community in defining [...]

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January 15, 2008 by John Morelli | Filed under: Literature Review

Welcome to the discussion!
Researchers working on this important subtopic include:
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Listed below are the various postings from the research team. Some will be abstracts of and links to relevant literature. Others will be original work posted here for comments, criticisms, suggestions, questions, etc. from professional environmental managers who visit this site.
If you are interested in participating [...]

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