| The Step-by-step Sustainability Scheme Dr. Georg Winter Any company manager who can operate successfully in today's competitive environment deserves our respect. And any company manager who also demonstrates a sense of responsibility for the maintenance of the biosphere deserves our admiration. The first pioneering activities in environmental management by companies date back to the seventies. Before that, environmental protection in companies was regarded almost exclusively as a matter for the technical people. I remember the incredulous or even amused reactions produced by the idea of making environmental protection a matter for top management, and systematically involving all areas of the company, from materials management through human resources to marketing. |
| Environmental Performance Indicators and Benchmarking Heinz-Werner Engel The link between lean environmental information systems and greening of supply chains |
| Cost Reduction -- A Benefit of Environmental Management Professor Dr. Maximilian Gege The practical examples presented here are taken from the book, Reducing Costs through Environmental Management (Kosten senken durch Umweltmanagement), and show how to achieve not only environmental benefits but also economic success. The book is edited by Dr. Maximilian Gege and prepared in cooperation with the German Environmental Management Association (B.A.U.M.) team, giving more than 1000 examples of cost reductions achieved through environmental management. |