General principles of environmental management [[electronic resource] ] : study book / / Rasa Vais̊kũnitė

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786314003321
• Autore: Vais̊kũnitė Rasa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Vilnius, [Lithuania], : Technika, 2009
• ISBN: 9955-28-960-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Soggetti: Environmental management; Environmental sciences - Information resources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Managing the Environment""; ""1.1. What is Environmental Management?""; ""1.2. The History of the International EM Organization""; ""1.3. The Role of Stakeholders in the Process of Implementing Environmental Management""; ""1.4. The Role of Documents on Environmental Managementin the World""; ""2. Environmental Management Systems""; ""2.1. What is an Environmental Management System?""; ""2.2. General Environmental Rule""; ""2.3. General Environmental Rule in Lithuania""; ""2.4. General Guidelines on Principles, Systems and Supporting Techniques""; ""2.5. Other International Rules for EM""""2.6. The Components of EMS under International Rules for Environmental Management""; ""3. Environmental Auditing""; ""3.1. The General Structure of International Rules for Environmental Auditing""; ""3.2. International Documents on Environmental Auditing""; ""3.3. The Process of Auditing EMS""; ""3.4. Criteria for EMS Audit""; ""4. The Series of Documents on Environmental Labelling""; ""4.1. What is Environmental Labelling?""; ""4.2. Environmental Labelling Scheme""; ""4.3. Objectives of Ecolabelling""; ""4.4. The EU Flower Mark""; ""4.5. General Parameters for any Type of Environmental Labelling""""4.6. Type I Labelling""; ""4.7. Type II Labelling""; ""4.8. Type III Labelling""; ""4.9. Global Ecolabelling Network""; ""5. Environmental Performance Evaluation""; ""5.1. What is Environmental Performance Evaluation?""; ""5.2. Principles on Implementing EPE by an ; Organization""; ""5.3. Evaluation of Environmental Performance""; ""5.4. Overview of Guidance on the Design and Use of EPE""; ""5.5. Environmental Performance Indicators""; ""6. Life-Cycle Assessment""; ""6.1. What is Life-Cycle Assessment?""; ""6.2. International EM Rules for LCA""""6.3. Reasons for Carrying out LCA""; ""6.4. Methodological Stages of LCA""; ""6.5. Relationship between Tools for Organizations and Products""; ""7. More Tools for Environmental Management""; ""7.1. Environmental Policy""; ""7.1.1. What is Environmental Policy?""; ""7.1.2. Developing and Implementing Environmental Policy""; ""7.2. Ecobalances""; ""7.2.1. What are Ecobalances?""; ""7.2.2. Types of Ecobalances""; ""7.3. An Environmental Report""; ""7.3.1. What is Environmental Reporting?""; ""7.3.2. Drivers for an Environmental Report""; ""7.3.3. Producing an Environmental Report""""7.3.4. Determining the Contents of an Environmental Report""; ""7.3.5. Formatting an Environmental Report""; ""7.4. Environmental Charters""; ""7.4.1. What is an Environmental Charter?""; ""Abbreviations""; ""References""