June 11, 2008 by
John Morelli
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| Filed under: Collaboratory, General
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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June 10, 2008 by
John Morelli
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| Filed under: Collaboratory, General
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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John Morelli
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| Filed under: 2, 3-Effectiveness of Environmental Management Systems
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 [...]
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June 9, 2008 by
Frances
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John Morelli
| Filed under: 1, 2, 3-In the industry and in the workplace
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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May 7, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
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Mason Baziw
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
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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May 4, 2008 by
John Morelli
| Filed under: General
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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April 28, 2008 by
Mason Baziw
| Filed under: 1, 3-What Should Be Measured and Why?, General
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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Mason Baziw
| Filed under: 1-In 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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Mason Baziw
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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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