Elton R. Smith Endowment in Food and Agricultural Policy
  Michigan State University Dept of Agricultureal Economics
Corporate Environmental Management
Articles and Presentations

Business-led Initiatives in Environmental Management: The Next Generation of Policy? edited by Sandra S. Batie, David E. Ervin and Mary A. Schulz.
Can the lessons from the business environmental management be applied to agro-environmental problems?

Will business-led environmental initiatives grow in agriculture? by Sandra S. Batie and David E. Ervin. Choices. (4th Qtr) 1998:4-10.
Many businesses are searching for pollution prevention management strategies. These businesses are motivated by a variety of factors such as liability concerns, public image, cost-savings, consumer demands,  pressure group demands, and the desire to reduce uncertainty to examine their whole production and distribution system with environmental audits.

"Agriculture and the Environment:A New Strategic Vision" by David E. Ervin, D.F. Runge, W. Anthony, Sandra S. Batie, P. Faeth, E.A. Graffy, T. Penny and T. Warmar. Environment. Washington; July/Aug. 1998.
Copyright Heldref Publications July/Aug 1998.
Ervin et al try to define a new vision for environmental management of the US's agriculture.

Environmental Issues, Policy, and the Food Industry (1997) Sandra S. Batie.
Chapter prepared for Goverment and the Food Industry. Bill Schroder and Tim Wallace (eds). (1997). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Food businesses around the world are influenced by public perceptions about the linkages between their businesses and environmental quality.

 
Viewpoints and Links*

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Economy and Environment
EPA National Environmental Publications Information
EPA Design For The Environment


Programs for Environmentally Responsible Business
EU Ecolabeling Program

Industrial Ecology
Journal of Industrial Ecology
NPPC Industrial Ecology Resource List

Michigan and the Great Lakes
Pollution Prevention in the Great Lakes


Business and the Environment
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD: Making Consumption and Production More Sustainable

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