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Corporate Environmental Management: Systems & Strategies (v. 1)

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Corporate Environmental Management 1: Systems and Strategies Second Edition, 1998 Edited by Richard Welford Earthscan Publications Ltd, London ISBN 1-85383-559-5, 288 pages, paperback, £16.95

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces the general issues and context, and examines in detail all the key tools of corporate environmental management systems and standards.

Written in a clear and informative style, it's `how to' focus makes it essential reading-not only for students and researchers, but for managers faced with the challenge of introducing environmental management strategies into their own organizations.

Richard Welford is Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Director of the Centre for Corporate Environmental Management at the Huddersfield University Business School. He is also Professor of Sustainable Management at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo and a Director of ERP Environment. He is co-editor of The Earthscan Reader in Business and the Environment (1996), editor of Corporate Environmental Management 2 (1997) and author of Hijacking Environmentalism (1997), and editor of the journal, Business Strategy and the Environment.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly a research officer with the Malaysian Timber Council's London office and Business Development Manager with KPMG's Kuala Lumpur office, Azlan is currently managing partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management and may be contacted at azlan@azlan.org.