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The manifold history of eco-auditing and the case of municipal eco-auditing in Norway

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Weight: 117 KB
Volume: 6
Category: Article
ISSN: 0968-9427
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0925(199912)6:4<151::aid-ema114>3.0.co;2-7

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✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this article is to discuss the historic and conceptual background for the concept of eco-auditing. Drawing the line back to the Roman Empire, we can identify three scientific approaches to eco-auditing: an ecological approach describing the state of and human impact on the environment; a technological approach describing resource streams and analysing opportunities of reducing the consumption of resources, emissions and wastes within defined systems and a management approach evaluating to what extent the organization complies with internal and/or external standards and goals.

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