Environmental Compliance: The Business Benefits

This book takes the reader through a process of recognition of areas of environmental legislation relevant to industrialists, with an idea of how this information can be used to operational and commercial benefit. This is not a book which stresses the liabilities resulting from abuses of legislation but addresses the positive aspects.

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Changing scope of environmental issues facing business; What is environmental compliance?; Developing benefits from environmental compliance; Making compliance a positive.

STATUTORY COMPLIANCE

Introduction; The policy and legal framework; European legislation; Waste duty of care; Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (1997); Local air quality regulations; Statutory nuisance; Contaminated land; Water pollution; Gaining benefits from complying with future legislation; Summary.

NON-STATUTORY ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Introduction; Environmental risk and insurance; Organisational issues in risk and insurance; Retrospective environmental liability; Environmental reporting; Selling the message; Environmentally sound investments; Benchmarking; Economic instruments or green taxation; Other new initiatives; Summary.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: COMPLIANCE ISSUES

Introduction; Environmental management systems in the regulatory context; Environmental management systems as a part of existing legislation; The legal implications of the environmental policy statement; Organisation and personnel responsibility; Environmental aspects and impacts register; Managing on-site contractors within an environmental management system; Environmental impact assessment; Audits and reviews; Reporting; Summary.

TAKING EFFECTIVE ACTION

Information sources; Priniciples of the process of compliance; Integration of environmental compliance into business improvement; Establishing realistic goals and expectations.

APPENDIX: Further reading

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