Resources for Environmental Management: EuGeos Articles and Publications

Website Articles on Various Aspects of Environmental Management and Sustainability

Environmental Reporting as a Business Tool
Introduction to Life-Cycle Assessment
Sustainable Supply-Chain
Successful Environmental Permit Application
Design-for-Environment

PUBLICATIONS

Authored Books

"Environmental Purchasing in Practice" (2002) - ISSN 1473-849X - published by the UK Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) in their "Practitioner" series and co-produced with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. Written by Barbara Morton (Manchester School of Management), Malcolm McInnes (Environmental Supply Chain Forum) and Chris Foster (EuGeos Limited).
A practical guide to good environmental purchasing practice, written for those with responsibilities for purchasing, supply-chain management or environmental management.
"Environmental Purchasing in Practice" is available on request from IEMA Publications: www.iema.net or telephone +44 (0)152 254 0069.

"Wood Plastics Composites in Europe (2006): Analysis - Technology - Market Opportunities" (2006) - ISBN 0-9545664-1-6
A Hackwell Group report, written by Chris Foster, Brian Hackwell and Prof Geoff Pritchard, combining a total of 125 years' experience in plastics, market analysis and environmental affairs.
The report explores this new material, its technical performance, environmental perspectives and its market potential.
"Wood Plastics Composites in Europe (2006): Analysis - Technology - Market Opportunities" is available on request by email from the Hackwell Group or from the Wood Plastic Composites website.

Book Chapters

"Transition to a more sustainable UK dairy industry"(Forthcoming), Dewick, P., Foster, C. & Webster S., in Tischner, U. et al. (ed.), Sustainable Consumption and Production of Food, Greenleaf Publishing: Sheffield.

"Transformations in Food Production & Consumption Systems: the Case of the Frozen Pea", Green, K. & Foster, C. ‘in Green, K. & Randles, S. (eds.) ‘Industrial Ecology & Spaces of Innovation’. 2006 Edward Elgar, Cheltenham

Journal Articles

"Environmental Impacts of Food Production and Consumption" (2006)
A research report completed for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Manchester Business School

This report presents the results of several months' research into available evidence relating to the environmental impacts that occur in the life cycle of a range of food products, particularly from studies applying Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) techniques. The project, managed by Chris Foster - EuGeos' Consultant and MBS researcher - reports evidence of this kind for a range of commonly consumed food products (basic carbohydrate foods, fruit and vegetables, dairy products, meat products, fish and other basic protein foods, drinks - alcoholic and non-alcoholic, mixed products, snacks and other items). The aim of the report was to inform government policy development to reduce the environmental impacts of food consumed in the UK and to help develop information on more sustainable food choices for the food industry, public procurers and consumers. The analysis draws out the relatively high environmental impacts associated with red meat and dairy products, and finds evidence that organic and/or local food systems do not offer complete resolution of all the environmental challenges posed by existing food production and consumption systems.
Available from DEFRA's website

“Life Cycle Assessment – Development and Clarification Initiatives” (2004) - ISSN 1358-6467
Croner Environmental Policy & Procedures - Special Report Issue 97, Autumn 2004
A short report specially commissioned by Croner, reviewing and summarising the latest development in life-cycle knowledge.
Available from Croner: www.croner.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)20 8247 1175

Published Articles

"SMEs and environmental communications: motivations and barriers to environmental reporting"
Catarina Guében, EuGeos & R. Glynn Skerratt, Faculty of Health and Sciences,Staffordshire University
Published in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2007

"Technological Change and the Environmnetal Impacts of Food Production and Consumption: the Case of the UK Yoghurt Industry"
  Dewick, P., Foster, C., Green, K. Journal of Industrial Ecology, Summer 2007, Vol 11, No3 133-146.

The following articles are available on request from :

"Assessing the Sustainability of Food Production & Consumption Systems"
  Foster, C., Green, K., Yakovleva, N., Flynn, A. Poster presentation at SETAC Global 2004.

"Give Peas a Chance: Transformations in Food Consumption and Production Systems"
  Green K & Foster C. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 72 (2005) 663-679.

"Environmental Innovation in Industry: the Importance of Environmentally-Driven Users"
  Foster, C. & Green, K.(2002), Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, Vol.2, No4, pp.303-314.

"Environmental Supply-Chain Management: One Size Doesn’t Fit All"
  Chris Foster & Barbara Morton, "The Environmentalist", IEMA, June 2001.

"LCA as an Aid to Practical Environmental Decision-Making"
  Foster, C. Paper for the Business and Environment Conference, Cardiff, November 2001.

"Improving Small Firm Environmental Performance through Supply-Chain Management – Analysis of Practical Experience"
  Foster, C. & Morton, B. Paper for the conference "Sustainability and the Small Firm", Erfurt, November 1999.

"Greening the Innovation Process"
  Foster, C. & Green, K. Business Strategy & the Environment, September-October 2000.

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