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Global Environmental Management Initiative

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Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate citizenship; Environmental sustainability; Global environmental; Health and safety (EHS); Sustainable development; Sustainable leadership; Total quality environmental management; Total quality management

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On the site of GEMI (www.gemi.org), there is a very suggestive definition of organization: “GEMI is a global leader in developing insights and creating environmental sustainability solutions for business. For 20+ years, GEMI has captured the vision and experience of global corporate ESH and sustainability leaders from diverse business sectors through the development of a wide range of more than 30 publicly available, solutions-based tools designed to help companies improve the environment, their operations and add business values.”

Therefore, GEMI is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1990, and its main objective was to promote, implement, and develop global environmental, health, and safety (ESH) excellence in the member companies through the...

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References and Readings

  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (1993). Total quality environmental management. The primer. Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (1994a). Environmental self-assessment program (1st ed.). Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (1994b). Environmental reporting in total quality management framework. A primer. Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (1994d). Finding cost-effective pollution prevention initiatives: Incorporating environmental costs into business decisions making. A primer. Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (2004). Forging new links: Enhancing supply chain value trough environmental excellence. Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (2007). GEMI Solution Tool Matrix TM http://www.gemi.org/gemihome.aspx. Accessed 10 July 2011.

  • Global Environmental Management Initiative. (2008). GEMI SD Planner™ & SD gateway. A sustainable development planning tool. Washington, DC: GEMI.

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  • Hellem, S. (2010). GEMI tools for environmental sustainability. The Department of Commerce. Forum on Industrial Water Use, September 23, 2010. http://www.gemi.org. Accessed 20 Aug 2011.

  • http://www.gemi.org. Accessed 1 July 2011–1 Nov 2011.

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  1. University of Craiova, 13, Street A.I. Cuza, 200585, Craiova, Dolj, Romania

    Prof. Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea Ph.D.

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  1. Prof. Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea Ph.D. .

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  1. London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan University, Moorgate, London, UK

    Samuel O. Idowu

  2. Loyala University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Nicholas Capaldi

  3. International Labor Organization, International Training Center, Viale Maestri del Lavoro, Turin, Italy

    Liangrong Zu

  4. Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore, India

    Ananda Das Gupta

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Schiopoiu Burlea, A. (2013). Global Environmental Management Initiative. In: Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Gupta, A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8_390

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