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Report on the Status of Environmental Management in Hungary

On Monday and Tuesday, 23 & 24 June, a second international Environmental Management Leadership Symposium will be held at Corvinus University in Budapest. In preparation for this event, a recent research report about the state of EM in Hungary is attached for your review (environmental-management-in-hungary.doc).  The findings, analysis and conclusions of the report are based upon [...]

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Comments and Suggestions from the RIT Symposium

Comments and suggestions from the RIT Symposium were collected and are presented below.
Consolidation and Overview of Symposium Suggestions/Critiques 
There seemed to be a general feeling among the moderators that most participants were quite receptive to the idea of environmental managers being more active players with their respective companies, however, the problem area tended to rest in [...]

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Effectiveness of Environmental Management Systems

Welcome to the discussion!
Researchers working on this important subtopic include:
Gyula Zilahy
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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 [...]

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Relevant Articles for the Symposium @ Corvinus U.

 These are some articles and websites I found about the status of environmental management in Hungary in order to help me put the workshop into their context. I thought they would be helpful for you all too:  

http://ezproxy.rit.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.rit.edu/pqdweb?did=1340887871&sid=2&Fmt=6&clientId=3589&RQT=309&VName=PQDGyorgy Malovics, Gabor Racz, Sascha Kraus. “The role of environmental management systems in Hungary - Theoretical and empirical [...]

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Symposium Results

I’ve attached the presentation prepared by Stefano Pogutz, Anna Miller and Lynn Daley based on the morning and afternoon session for ”From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness.”  The presentation summarizes the discussion and findings of participants:  Brian Butler, John Morrelli, Lisa Greenwood, Erin Sullivan, Richard Poduska and Joe Sarkis.
 from-eco-efficiency-to-eco-effectiveness.ppt

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM AT RIT

Monday morning at 8:00 approximately 60 environmental managers and professionals from other related disciplines will meet at the RIT Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS Building #78) for the first international Environmental Management Leadership Symposium!  Click here for the agenda! 

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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Potsdam

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 [...]

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More on EPIs.

Jean-François Henri, Alexandre Giasson. “Measuring environmental performance: a basic ingredient of environmental management. ” CMA Management 1 Aug. 2006: 28-32. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. RIT Lib., Rochester, NY.. 28 Apr. 2008
Again, I am looking into the use of environmental performance indicators for measuring environmental performance. I have had some experience with ISO [...]

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Examples of what must be done for the host community.

Anthony E Ladd, Bob Edwards. “Corporate swine and capitalist pigs: A decade of environmental injustice and protest in North Carolina. ” Social Justice 29.3 (2002): 26-46. Research Library. ProQuest. RIT Lib., Rochester, NY.. 28 Apr. 2008
This article provides many examples of what must be done by environmental managers to combat environmental [...]

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Environmental Managers Role in the Host Community–The Lorax

Robert F Blomquist. “Six Thinking Hats for the Lorax: Corporate Responsibility and the Environment. ” Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 18.4 (2006): 691-705. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. RIT Lib.
Firstly, I felt this was a great article because I thoroughly enjoyed The Lorax by Dr. Seuss as a kid. I felt that the most relevant [...]

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