A valuable comprehensive desk reference, suitable for both the novice and the professional, providing a background in the origin of international environmental concerns and controls. It describes the way in which these concerns manifested themselves in treaties, laws, and standards, how countries differ in current expectation, and, most importantly, the evolving consensus of using a universal quality assurance standard for environmental management. This handbook offers a structured method to improve environmental performance, as it contains many of the environmental tools and methodologies that environmental managers can use for short- and long-term business decision making in a global environment.