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RECORD NUMBER: 421 OF 1395

Main Title Environmental management systems : do they improve performance? /
Publisher [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill],
Year Published 2003
OCLC Number 54458145
Subjects Environmental management ; Environmental policy
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://ndems.cas.unc.edu/
Holdings
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Modified
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Status
EJBM  GE300E58 2003 v.1-2 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 11/24/2014
ESAM  GE300E58 2003 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 02/20/2004
Collation 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
At head of title: National Database on Environmental Management Systems." Prepared "with assistance from Environmental Law Institute ..." "30 January 2003." EPA Assistance Agreement number CX827292-01-0. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Project final report: volume I. Executive summary / Background: Why study EMSs? -- Literature review -- NDEMS history and study design -- Facility demographics and baseline performance -- EMS design data: facility demographics and performance / EMSs: the Lessons of Variability -- Motivations for EMS adoption: government and other influences -- Similarites and differences among environmental management systems -- A typology of EMSs -- Case studies of EMS Development / Project final report: volume II. Acknowledgements -- Environmental performance and compliance changes -- The costs of EMS adoption: do organizations differ? -- Benefits of EMS adoption -- EMSs in government facilities -- Lessons from attrition -- Further research needs -- Conclusions -- Appendices.