Annual Report
Author : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Civil defense
ISBN :
Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics
Author : National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 1999-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309173000
Book Description
Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics is a corporate-focused analysis that brings clarity and practicality to the complex issues of environmental metrics in industry. The book examines the metrics implications to businesses as their responsibilities expand beyond the factory gateâ€"upstream to suppliers and downstream to products and services. It examines implications that arise from greater demand for comparability of metrics among businesses by the investment community and environmental interest groups. The controversy over what sustainable development means for businesses is also addressed. Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics identifies the most useful metrics based on case studies from four industriesâ€"automotive, chemical, electronics, and pulp and paperâ€"and includes specific corporate examples. It contains goals and recommendations for public and private sector players interested in encouraging the broader use of metrics to improve industrial environmental performance and those interested in addressing the tough issues of prioritization, weighting of metrics for meaningful comparability, and the longer term metrics needs presented by sustainable development.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Switzerland 2017
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2017-11-27
Category :
ISBN : 9264279679
Book Description
This is the third Environmental Performance Review of Switzerland. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on water management and biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Belgium 2021
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2021-03-31
Category :
ISBN : 9264400346
Book Description
Belgium has made progress in decoupling several environmental pressures from economic growth, in improving wastewater treatment and in expanding protected areas. Regions have achieved high levels of recovery and recycling, and have pioneered circular economy policies. However, further efforts are needed to progress towards carbon neutrality, reduce air and water pollution, reverse biodiversity loss and consolidate results of circular economy initiatives.
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies for Improved Environmental Performance
Author : Richard Folkson
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 2022-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0323900283
Book Description
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies for Improved Environmental Performance: Towards Zero Carbon Transportation, Second Edition provides a comprehensive view of key developments in advanced fuels and vehicle technologies to improve the energy efficiency and environmental impact of the automotive sector. Sections consider the role of alternative fuels such as electricity, alcohol and hydrogen fuel cells, as well as advanced additives and oils in environmentally sustainable transport. Other topics explored include methods of revising engine and vehicle design to improve environmental performance and fuel economy and developments in electric and hybrid vehicle technologies. This reference will provide professionals, engineers and researchers of alternative fuels with an understanding of the latest clean technologies which will help them to advance the field. Those working in environmental and mechanical engineering will benefit from the detailed analysis of the technologies covered, as will fuel suppliers and energy producers seeking to improve the efficiency, sustainability and accessibility of their work. - Provides a fully updated reference with significant technological advances and developments in the sector - Presents analyses on the latest advances in electronic systems for emissions control, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and legislative requirements - Includes a strong focus on updated climate change predictions and consequences, helping the reader work towards ambitious 2050 climate change goals for the automotive industry
Shipping and the Environment
Author : Karin Andersson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662490455
Book Description
This book focuses on the interaction between shipping and the natural environment and how shipping can strive to become more sustainable. Readers are guided in marine environmental awareness, environmental regulations and abatement technologies to assist in decisions on strategy, policy and investments. You will get familiar with possible paths to improve environmental performance and, in the long term, to a sustainable shipping sector, based on an understanding of the sources and mechanisms of common impacts. You will also gain knowledge on emissions and discharges from ships, prevention measures, environmental regulations, and methods and tools for environmental assessment. In addition, the book includes a chapter on the background to regulating pollution from ships. It is intended as a source of information for professionals connected to maritime activities as well as policy makers and interested public. It is also intended as a textbook in higher education academic programmes.
Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition
Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1999-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309522331
Book Description
When Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969, no environmental measurements were necessary to know the seriousness of the problem. Incidents like the Cuyahoga fire raise an important question: Can catastrophes-in-the-making be detected early enough to be prevented? For those in industry, such disasters point to the need for measures that can improve the environmental performance of processes, products, business practices, and linked industrial systems. In Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition, experts share their insights on environmental metrics. The volume explores the most productive relationship between measures of environmental performance and measures of ecosystem conditions. It reviews current approaches, evaluates structures for business decisionmaking, and includes a matrix for determining the environmental performance of industrial facilities. Case studies include: Development and application of a water-quality rating scheme for streams and reservoirs in the Tennessee Valley. Three years of successful experience with waste metrics at 3M. The book covers the range of environmental performance and condition metrics, from the use of material flow data to monitor environmental performance at the national level to the use of bioassays to measure the toxicity of industrial effluents. This book offers something for everyone--policymakers, executives, engineers, managers, and advocates--with a stake in the measurement of environmental performance and ecological conditions.
Sustainable Supply Chains
Author : Yann Bouchery
Publisher : Springer
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319297910
Book Description
This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space, whether from the operations management and industrial engineering side or more from the industrial ecology and life-cycle assessment side. Finding efficient solutions towards a more sustainable supply chain is increasingly important for managers, but clearly this raise difficult questions, often without clear answers. This book aims to provide insights into these kinds of questions for students and practitioners, based on the latest academic research.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2007
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
Release : 2008-03-19
Category :
ISBN : 9264039619
Book Description
OECD's periodical review of Australia's environmental policies and programmes. This edition reviews progress since the last review in 1998 and in relation to the 2001 OECD Environmental Strategy.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Colombia
Author :
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9789264208285
Book Description
This report is the first OECD review of Colombia's environmental performance. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on waste and chemicals management and policies that promote more effective and efficient protection and sustainable use of biodiversity.
