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Tools for environmental management
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A constructive approach to environmental problems
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Tools for managing, reducing and preventing impacts
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Tracking progress by performance indicators
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Monitoring and measuring
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Monitoring environmental impact – an overview
Choosing the least damaging alternative
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The origin of Environmental Impact Assessment
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The "no development" option
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The steps involved in an EIA
Greening production processes
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Environmental problems and industry
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Pollution as a symptom of inefficiency in production
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Review Box 24.1 Managing emissions of pollutants
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Environmental strategies in organizations
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Looking at the product from the perspective of production
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Industrial symbiosis
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Case Box 24.2 Industrial Symbiosis at Kalundborg, Denmark
Design for the environment
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Eco-design
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Green labeling
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Life-cycle assessment
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The functional unit – a product or service
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Case Box 24.3 About a life cycle assessment of diapers
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Overlapping product systems
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How to compare products
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Drawbacks and lack of product system dynamics
Environmental management systems
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How environmental concerns get inside the company
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Standards for environmental management
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Implementing environmental programs
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Environmental management – an overview
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The future
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