March 16, 2009 by
Brian Butler
and
John Morelli
| Filed under: Moving from Eco-Marketing to Sustainable Consumption [4]
The objective of the workshop is to highlight the main issues and patterns connected to eco-marketing and to sustainable consumption and to discuss why is this shift between them necessary, how is it justifiable and how would it be feasible. The structure of the workshop is planned to be the following: Short description [...]
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by
Brian Butler
| Filed under: Using Your EMS to Move Toward Sustainability [4]
Responsible environmental management is becoming an essential order of business, and organizations are under increasing pressure to target sustainability as part of their environmental program. Many organizations turn to ISO 14001 to help them minimize their own environmental impacts. However, the usual implementation of ISO 14001 often falls short in bringing about significant results in [...]
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by
Brian Butler
| Filed under: Multiple-Bottom-Line Thinking [4]
The starting point of the Workshop will be the presentation of an innovative approach to corporate performance measurement based on a stakeholder framework. The underlying idea is that the capacity of a firm to continue operating over time and creating value depends on its relationships with critical stakeholders. That is, corporate sustainability depends on the [...]
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by
Brian Butler
,
John Morelli
,
,
and
maitamim
| Filed under: Integrating EHS Management into Organizational Excellence [4]
Organizations worldwide have improved process and operational efficiency through implementation of operational excellence and lean enterprise principles; however, while these strategies strive to eliminate “waste” in the organization, implementation generally is focused on manufacturing process efficiency, product quality, and cost reduction, and not on environmental inefficiencies. This workshop will explore whether the scope of operational excellence [...]
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by
Brian Butler
,
,
John Morelli
,
and
| Filed under: Sustainability Metrics [4]
Sustainability Metrics – Metrics have been used with varying success in EHS. As the profession has matured, there have been over 25 voluntary standards put into practice relating to sustainable performance with varying levels of measurement from extremely precise to more holistic. This workshop will explore what the current metrics are related to sustainable performance [...]
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by
John Morelli
,
Justin Morelli
,
Justin Morelli
,
Brian Butler
,
Justin Morelli
and
Justin Morelli
| Filed under: The EM Role in Greening Transportation
This workshop description was sent by Dr. James Winebrake, who will moderate the workshop. The breadth of concerns for environmental managers is quickly expanding. Firms interested in their sustainability profile are now looking beyond their own environmental performance and are considering the environmental attributes of their logistics supply and distribution chains. This workshop topic will [...]
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