Small and medium-sized enterprises and the environment : business imperatives /: business imperatives. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: SMEs and the environment
• Further Information: Note: [contributing editor, Ruth Hillary].
• Other Names: Hillary, Ruth
• Contents: Foreword / Chris Fay -- Introduction / Ruth Hillary -- Sect. 1. Attitudes and Perceptions of Small Firms to the Environment and Sustainability. 1. Small firms and the environment: factors that influence small and medium-sized enterprises' environmental behaviour / Ann Smith, Robert Kemp and Charles Duff. 2. Small firms' environmental ethics: How deep do they go? / Fiona Tilley. 3. Small and medium-sized enterprises and environmental compliance: attitudes among management and non-management / Judith Petts. 4. Small and medium-sized enterprises' perceptions of the environment: a study from Spain / Manuel Ludevid Anglada. 5. Sustainable development and small to medium-sized enterprises: a long way to go / Paul Gerrans and Bill Hutchinson. 6. Small business, sustainability and trade / Lynn Johannson -- Sect. 2. Environmental Management in the Smaller Firm. 7. Environmental management tools: some options for small and medium-sized enterprises / Richard Starkey. 8. Size matters: barriers and prospects for environmental management in small and medium-sized enterprises / Agneta Gerstenfeld and Hewitt Roberts. 9. What are 'appropriate' systems for assessing environmental risks and performance in small businesses? / Simon Whalley. 10. The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, ISO 14001 and the smaller firm / Ruth Hillary. 11. Promoting cleaner production in small and medium-sized enterprises / Jonathan Hobbs. 12. An approach to sustainable product development relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises / John Holmberg, Ulrika Lundqvist and Karl-Henrik Robert. 13. Environmental innovation and small and medium-sized enterprises / Sandra Meredith -- Sect. 3. Practical Strategies for Reaching Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. 14. Developing better systems for communications: environmental best practice in small business / Garrette Clark. 15. Environment, information and networks: how does information reach small and medium-sized enterprises? / Jane Hunt. 16. Local authorities in dialogue with small and medium-sized enterprises / Charlotte Pedersen. 17. The mentoring of small and medium-sized enterprises: insights from experiences in the United States / Walter W. Tunnessen III. 18. Greening the supply chain: are formal environmental management systems appropriate for the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises? / Alan Powell. 19. The interrelationship between environmental regulators, small and medium-sized enterprises and environmental help organisations / Tim Fanshawe. 20. Time to reassess the small business environmental advisory system in the UK / Erik Bichard. 21. Driving small and medium-sized enterprises towards environmental management: policy implementation in networks / Theo de Bruijn and Kris Lulofs -- Sect. 4. Case Studies from around the World. 22. Small-scale enterprises and the environment in developing countries / Andrew Scott. 23. Small plants, industrial pollution and poverty: evidence from Brazil and Mexico / Susmita Dasgupta, Robert E.B. Lucas and David Wheeler. 24. Integration of environmental management systems and cleaner production: an Indonesian case study / Liana Bratasida. 25. Implementation of ISO 14001 in small and medium-sized enterprises: the Japanese experience / Keikou Terui. 26. Helping small and medium-sized enterprises improve environmental management: lessons from proactive small and micro firms / Jason Palmer. 27. The environmental champion: making a start. Westfield: an SME success story / Liz Walley.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 658.022; Social responsibility of business; Small business -- Environmental aspects; Environnement; Petites et moyennes entreprises; Small business -- Environmental aspects; Social responsibility of business; Midden- en kleinbedrijf; Milieuvraagstuk; Milieueffecten; Sociale verantwoordelijkheid; Bedrijfsinterne milieuzorg; Empresas (aspectos sociais); Pequenas e médias empresas (aspectos sociais); Petites et moyennes entreprises -- Aspect environnemental; Responsabilité environnementale
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351282826; 1351282824
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.