Moving Beyond Environmental Compliance: Handbook for Integrating Pollution Prevention with ISO 14000

by Tom Welch - 1998 Hardcover 256 pp.

This book shows businesses how to implement effective environmental management systems, as described under ISO 14000 and apply pollution prevention methodologies to reduce their compliance burden. It explains how to properly conduct and apply the three basic steps of starting and maintaining an effective pollution prevention program: the vulnerability assessment, baseline assessment, and opportunity assessment. It also tells readers how to minimize waste generating processes. CONTENTS An Idea Whose Time Has Come. An Overview of ISO 14000 and Other Environmental Standards. Leadership Implementation of the EMS. An Overview of the Pollution Prevention Cycle. The Vulnerability Assessment. The Baseline Assessment. The Opportunity Assessment. Implementing Your Opportunities. Your EMS Manual and P2 Plan. Checking Your Environmental Pulse. The Pre-Visit Questionnaire. Continually Improving Your EMS. Glossary. Index.