BOOKS. Environmental Management Systems in Southeast Asia

Citation

(2001), "BOOKS. Environmental Management Systems in Southeast Asia", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 2 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2001.24902dae.006

BOOKS. Environmental Management Systems in Southeast Asia

BOOKS

Environmental Management Systems in Southeast Asia

Dr Purba RaoThe AIM LibraryUS$35.00 plus handling chargesE-mail: library@aim.edu.ph

Keywords: ASEAN, Environmental management strategy

This book shows practicing managers that environmental management makes business sense. It examines seven case studies, all from Southeast Asian companies and contexts, documenting their efforts in implementing environmental management systems, with each achieving satisfying levels of success even in the initial stages.

Trends in environmental laws and regulations, including private sector initiatives in five ASEAN countries, provide a starting-point and a useful perspective for understanding the context of the issues and cases presented in the book.

Business management students will find the book appealing in its use of framework analysis, rigorous statistics, and case studies. Business and management practitioners will find the examples and cases useful and relevant to their more down-to-earth concerns – questions such as what obstacles to anticipate in implementing an EMS, how those obstacles can be overcome, and what concrete benefits can be obtained, how soon and how significantly.

Students in development management, including public sector managers and regulators, will also find this book an interesting source of new ideas on changing paradigms in environmental management – especially as they apply to the urban and industry sector.