Green productivity : in pursuit of better quality of life.
- Tokyo, Japan : Asian Productivity Organization, 1997.
- xvii, 553 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Plenary session presentation 1 -- Sustainable development -- ISO 14000 -- Plenary session II -- Global cooperation in technology transfer -- International funding and cooperation -- Human resources development, small and medium enterprises, and the environment -- Ecobusiness -- Plenary session III: Presentations on the APO's demonstration factory/farm program -- Presentation on the APO's demonstration factory/farm projects -- Industrial waste minimization in the printing industry: Shen's Art Printing Co., Ltd., -- Kwan Kee Electroly Dyeing Fty. Ltd.: green productivity in a small metal coating factory in Hong Kong -- Dintex Dyechem Ltd.: Textile Dyes and Dye Intermediates -- Green productivity audit approach for small-scale electroplating industries: APO demonstration factory project -- Plenary session IV: Panel discussion on mutual cooperation on green productivity -- Role of Academia in environmental issues -- Role of business, industry, and nongovernmental organizations in environmental issues -- Role of management in environmental issues -- Sustainability through trade union action at the workplace -- Role of mass media in environmental issues -- Mutual cooperation in green productivity -- Summary of panel discussions on mutual cooperation on green productivity -- Concurrent session presentations -- Concurrent session 1: Green productivity -- Green productivity -- Green productivity through cultural and physical improvements -- Cement industry -- Productive design: a new designing attitude -- Approaches for development of greener products -- Cleaner production in Asia: examples of results and their methodological and strategic implications -- Concurrent session 2: Sustainable industrial development -- Trade implications of international standards for environmental management systems -- Industrial development policy and the environment: the window of opportunity -- Induced sustainable development policy and international cooperation: the case of greener technologies -- Use of tradeable emission permits in developing countries -- Strategies and activities for industrial cleaner production in China -- Concurrent sessions 3 and 7: Sustainable agricultural development -- Appropriate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for sustainable agricultural development -- Integrated watershed management in the Sikkim Himalayas -- Fudo engineering for sustainable agricultural and rural development -- Environmental-friendly farming system -- Community-based approach to restoration of mangrove forests in the Philippines (Honorato G. Palis) -- Productivity dynamics of agricultural terraces in the hills of Far Western Nepal -- Sustainable animal waste management -- Concurrent session 4: Cooperation on human resources development, technology transfer and information sharing -- Achieving productivity increase in tandem with sustainability: technology management, capacity building, and information challenges -- Promoting international and regional cooperation in cleaner production -- Information centers for clean production and green productivity: strategy and design -- Getting Hong Kong industry ready for ISO 14001: training needs, -- The transfer and development of environmentally sound technology -- Concurrent session 5: Small and medium enterprises and green productivity -- Toward a better environment for transfer of environmentally sound technologies to small and medium enterprises in Asia and the Pacific: experience of the APCTT -- The role of national productivity organizations in promoting green productivity in small and medium enterprises -- Green productivity in small and medium enterprises through environmental management systems -- Industrial waste minimization implementation in small and medium enterprises in Taiwan -- How local government promotes green productivity through cooperation with small and medium enterprises in Japan: the Kanazawa Industrial Complex, Yokohama -- Small and medium enterprises and green productivity in Scotland: challenging the myths by putting theory into practice -- Concurrent session 6: Ecobusiness opportunities -- Present trends and future potentials in ecobusiness: the case of green labeling in Thailand -- Solid waste management microenterprises: Asian perspectives -- Ecobusiness opportunities in Asia and how government, nongovernmental organizations, and industry can participate -- Ecoefficient leadership: the road to new business opportunities -- Recycling in Japan as an environmental industry and future prospects -- Green is not only the color of money -- Marine green productivity: fisheries ecoauditing and certification consulting -- Highlights of concurrent sessions -- Discussion highlights of concurrent sessions -- Integration of the highlights of concurrent sessions