Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment : Business Imperatives

ISBN-13: 9781874719229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 416 str.

Opis

This book tackles a largely neglected topic: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their environmental impact. Over 90% of all firms are SMEs. Their importance to the health of national and international economies is recognised. But what of their environmental impact? Individually, this may be small but, collectively, they pose a huge and largely unregulated threat to national and indeed the global environment.

Spis treści

Foreword Chris Fay, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE), UK  Introduction Ruth Hillary, Network for Environmental Management and Auditing, London, UK   Section 1: Attitudes and perceptions of small firms to the environment1. Small firms and the environment: Factors that influence small and medium-sized enterprises' environmental behaviour Ann Smith, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK, Robert Kemp, London Transport, UK, and Charles Duff, The Groundwork Foundation, Birmingham, UK  2. Small firms environmental ethics: How deep do they go? Fiona Tilley, Foresight Research Centre, Durham University Business School, UK  3. Small and medium-sized enterprises and environmental compliance: Attitudes among management and non-management Judith Petts, Centre for Environmental Research and Training, University of Birmingham, UK  4. Small and medium-sized enterprises' perceptions of the environment: A study from Spain Manuel Ludevid Anglada, Echevarria & Asociados, Barcelona, Spain  5. Sustainable development and small to medium-sized enterprises: A long way to go Paul Gerrans, School of Finance and Business Economics, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, and Bill Hutchinson, School of Management Information Systems, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia  6. Small business, sustainability and trade Lynn Johannson, E2 Management Corporation (E2M), Ontario, Canada   Section 2: Environmental management in the smaller firm7. Environmental management tools: Some options for small and medium-sized enterprises Richard Starkey, Centre for Corporate Environmental Management, University of Huddersfield, UK  8. Size matters: Barriers and prospects for environmental management in small and medium-sized enterprises Agneta Gerstenfeld and Hewitt Roberts, Entropy International Environmental Consulting Ltd, UK  9. What are "appropriate" systems for assessing environmental risks and performance in small businesses? Simon Whalley, Source Environmental Management Ltd and Environmental Risk Rating Ltd  10. The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, ISO 14001 and the smaller firm Ruth Hillary, Network for Environmental Management and Auditing, London, UK  11. Promoting cleaner production in small and medium-sized enterprises Jonathan Hobbs, Business Council for Sustainable Development (North Sea Region)  12. An approach to sustainable product development relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises John Holmberg and Ulrika Lundqvist, Department of Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology and Goteborg University, Sweden, and Karl-Henrik Rob

O autorze

Ruth Hillary