Environment: Value to Business
December 19, 2007 by amathew , Brian Butler , John Morelli , amathew | Filed under: Literature Review,The EM as an Environmental Sales person/Educator
Global Environmental Management Initiatives, Environment: Value to Business. 1998. Online. 20 Oct 2007.
The article gives a guide on how to integrating and communicating environmental programs and initiatives. The paper is separated in four chapters that make up the Plan-Do-Check-Advance (PDCA) cycle; plan to add value, do what adds value, check the added value, and advance and communicate value. Throughout this guide there are tips and examples how this guide has been implemented. Using these tools, environmental managers can better realize and communicate environment’s value to business. While environmental education should be implemented along with the business case, this guide gives you the tools to help make the case. There are references to creating a greater sense of environmental awareness in the workplace, such as creating green teams and training. It shows the effective steps to gaining ground in industry. For example in the appendix, there is a list of financial tools that are useful in planning, and analyzing and communicating the economic value of projects. It shows the tool and the advantages and disadvantages of each.