Measuring environmental performance

Author

Wells, Richard ; Calkins, Patricia ; Balikov, Henry

Author_Institution

Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-4 May 1994

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Measuring environmental performance is a key challenge facing corporate environmental managers. This article describes issues in Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE). It illustrates the approach to these issues taken by J.M. Huber Corporation to develop a multidimensional, readily implemented environmental performance index that is used by senior management to track performance and to report to the Board of Directors. It then describes how the same approach can be used to evaluate life cycle impacts in the electronics industry

Keywords

electronics industry; performance index; Environmental Performance Evaluation; J.M. Huber Corporation; corporate environmental managers; electronics industry; environmental performance index; environmental performance measurement; life cycle impacts; Area measurement; Board of Directors; Continuous improvement; Electronics industry; Environmental management; Performance analysis; Pollution measurement; Public relations; Quality management; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1994. ISEE 1994., Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1769-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1994.337284

Filename

337284