Industry Self-Regulation and Voluntary Environmental Compliance

Consumer concern and pressure from the marketplace give a competitive advantage to companies that pursue self-regulatory initiatives such as ISO 14001. Bottom line, voluntary compliance saves your organization time and money. Written by a senior environmental manager at a Fortune 500 company, Industry Self-Regulation and Voluntary Environmental Com pliance examines environmental regulation through a review of complian ce and enforcement theory. Case studies of four leading programs illus trate the use of self-regulation as a compliance tool. The author iden tifies the key elements of a successful self-regulation program and hi ghlights the benefits.