CSR and inter-organisational network management of corporate groups: Case study on environmental management of Sekisui House Corporation Group

The aim of this work is to identify the contributions of the Cleaner Production Program to the Environmental Management System certified to ISO 14000. The results of the research indicate that the procedure standardization demanded by normalization leads the company to adopt environmentally adequate procedures; besides, the implementation of the Cleaner Production Program acts as a complementary tool in the EMS, with a view to improving environmental performance.

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Fostering sustainable tribal economies in a time of climate change

10.26686/wgtn.12895199 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ema Maria Bargh ◽

SL Douglas ◽

Annie Te One

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Management ◽

New Zealand ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Geographical Society ◽

Local Resources ◽

Energy Needs ◽

Management Plans

In this article, we explore how Maori tribal organisations are responding to calls by other Indigenous peoples to become more sustainable in a time of climate change. From a close examination of tribal Environmental Management Plans, we move to a specific case study in the Bay of Plenty area, Ngati Kea/Ngati Tuara. Ultimately, we suggest that many tribal organisations are seeking to respond to climate change and transition to becoming producers of their own food and energy needs, and are often articulating these responses in relation to specific local resources and contexts. © 2014 New Zealand Geographical Society.

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Environmental health indicator for the evaluation of neighborhoods in urban areas: a case study in Caruaru (PE), Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais (Online) ◽

10.5327/z21769478750 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 166-179

Author(s):

Armando Dias Duarte ◽

Saulo de Tarso Marques Bezerra ◽

Elizabeth Amaral Pastich Gonçalves

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Environmental Health ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Public Policies ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Health Indicator ◽

Public Managers ◽

Negative Impacts

The environment, over the years, has been subjected to strong negative impacts caused by economic policies that have promoted an uncontrolled growth of urbanization in the cities and abusive exploration of the natural resources. In this context, developing socio-environmental indicators to subsidize the formulation of municipal public policies which consider, specifically, the environmental (in)salubrity of each neighborhood or locality of municipalities is imperative. The present paper presents the construction and application of an environmental health indicator for residential neighborhoods in two localities of Caruaru City, Pernambuco State. The data adopted in research were obtained from databases of City Hall institutions, from interviews with the population of the localities and water quality analyses. The results indicated that the neighborhoods analyzed presented characteristics of medium health; water supply, the disposal of solid waste, and socioeconomic aspects require attention and priority of public policies. In conclusion, the proposed indicator can be an instrument to assist in urban planning and environmental management of Brazilian municipalities, because it can guide the performance of public managers and the civil society to identify priority actions for improving the infrastructure of the most unhealthy neighborhoods. Keywords: healthiness; environmental health; environmental sanitation; environmental management; environmental health indicator.

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