Download PDF Sustainability Engineering March 1, 1999 Volume 29 Issue 1 Articles In This Issue By-Product Synergy Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorGordon Forward and Andrew Mangan By taking "wastes" from one company and using them as raw materials for another, industry can turn a negative into a positive - for the environment and shareholders. At first glance, it's hard to imagine how anyone could get excited about slag, a by-product of the steel-making ... Getting the Most Out of Environmental Metrics Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorRobert J. Eaton Environmental performance metrics must support innovation and growth, if industry is fully to benefit from their potential to improve product design and boost the bottom line. Environmental metrics were not much of an issue when I started as a young engineer at General Motors 36 years ago. The ... Harnessing Ingenuity for Sustainable Outcomes Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorDeanna J. Richards Reconciling economic growth with the needs of the environment and society will require human creativity and technological innovation. Will technological innovations save us from an unsustainable future? Or will the major social and environmental challenges facing the planet -- poverty ... Sustainability Engineering (editorial) Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorRobert A. Frosch In the last 30 years, the thinking about environmental concerns has evolved considerably, from simply diluting pollution in air, water, or the ground, to controlling it at the end of the pipe to, most recently, managing ecoefficiently (maximizing both economic gain and environment performance). ... Creating Corporate Environmental Change Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorEdgar S. Woolard DuPont's drive toward sustainable practices follows on a decade of corporate leadership that challenged the company and its employees to think and act in new ways. I would like to share my experiences in working to bring about a change in environmental attitude, policies, and performance at ...
By-Product Synergy Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorGordon Forward and Andrew Mangan By taking "wastes" from one company and using them as raw materials for another, industry can turn a negative into a positive - for the environment and shareholders. At first glance, it's hard to imagine how anyone could get excited about slag, a by-product of the steel-making ...
Getting the Most Out of Environmental Metrics Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorRobert J. Eaton Environmental performance metrics must support innovation and growth, if industry is fully to benefit from their potential to improve product design and boost the bottom line. Environmental metrics were not much of an issue when I started as a young engineer at General Motors 36 years ago. The ...
Harnessing Ingenuity for Sustainable Outcomes Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorDeanna J. Richards Reconciling economic growth with the needs of the environment and society will require human creativity and technological innovation. Will technological innovations save us from an unsustainable future? Or will the major social and environmental challenges facing the planet -- poverty ...
Sustainability Engineering (editorial) Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorRobert A. Frosch In the last 30 years, the thinking about environmental concerns has evolved considerably, from simply diluting pollution in air, water, or the ground, to controlling it at the end of the pipe to, most recently, managing ecoefficiently (maximizing both economic gain and environment performance). ...
Creating Corporate Environmental Change Monday, March 1, 1999 AuthorEdgar S. Woolard DuPont's drive toward sustainable practices follows on a decade of corporate leadership that challenged the company and its employees to think and act in new ways. I would like to share my experiences in working to bring about a change in environmental attitude, policies, and performance at ...