April 29, 2008 by AROMAKE AFIEGBE , Justin Morelli , Justin Morelli and Justin Morelli | Filed under: General,In the industry and in the workplace [1, 2, 3],Literature Review,RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

As corporations have come of age in their sensitivities to environmental concerns, this article beacons on the environmental manager to seize the opportunities present to accept a leadership role in guiding corporations to meeting their desire to becoming more environmentally responsible. It also challenges the environmental manager to look beyond their roles as compliance promoters [...]

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by AYOUB MOHAMED and Justin Morelli | Filed under: Collaboratory,General,Literature Review,The Goal of the Environmental Manager [1, 2, 3, 4]

This article is a complementary to the”Renewable Refuse” article in Environmental Protection magazine, May 2007 that was in my previous post. Abstract After reading the “Renewable Refuse”, this article is discussing the questions: where do we start? what should be involved? how do yo implement recycling? and other questions that need to be addressed. Step [...]

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by AYOUB MOHAMED | Filed under: Collaboratory,RESEARCH CATEGORY: TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY,The Goal of the Environmental Manager [1, 2, 3, 4]

Click here for the article Renewable Refuse  Renewable Refuse is an article I read yesterday in the Environmental Protection magazine, May 2007 in RIT, Wallace Library. I was interested in how trash was described as a commodity. Abstract 7.6 billion tons of industrial solid waste are generated every year in the US. Trash is low in the totem [...]

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by AROMAKE AFIEGBE , Justin Morelli and | Filed under: Environmental Valuation and Accounting [1],General,Literature Review

Gross National Product, while a tool for measurement of a countries well being does not always appropriately capture the full picture specifically to include inequality and poverty, true measure of human resource, environmental impact of various activities and the spiritual, social, political aspects of welfare. Many of these aspects cannot be measured in any quantitative sense, of course, [...]

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April 28, 2008 by Mason Baziw | Filed under: General,What Should Be Measured and Why? [1,3]

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 14001 and find [...]

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by Mason Baziw | Filed under: In the host community [1, 4]

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 issues in the [...]

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by Mason Baziw | Filed under: General,In the host community [1, 4]

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 part [...]

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by NICOLAS HERNANDEZ and amathew | Filed under: Collaboratory,In the host community [1, 4],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Corporate Awakening Abstract: This is an extreme case related to the role of the environmental manager in the host community, but it shows that the environmental manager has to deal at the local, national and international level with all kind of governmental and non-government organizations. This paper discusses the TOTAL S.A. attempts to make a [...]

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by NICOLAS HERNANDEZ and amathew | Filed under: Collaboratory,In the host community [1, 4],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Quantifying Economic and Environmental Benefits of Co-Located Firms This paper is really about industrial symbiosis. A win-win strategy that engages separate industries to work together and engage in physical exchanges of material, water, energy and by products. I see this approach as an opportunity for the environmental manager in the host community to minimize or [...]

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by NICOLAS HERNANDEZ and amathew | Filed under: Collaboratory,Job Crafting in Action [1],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

An ecological basis for integrated environmental management  This paper addresses resolving environmental issues using an approach based on ecology and environmental values. This relates to job crafting as another approach environmental managers could use to successfully solve environmental problems. The paper indicates that for the environmental manager to effectively manage the environment requires understanding of [...]

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