This is an exploratory research study that aims at serving as a primer on key concepts related to the development, status, practices and other constructs of green supply chain management (GSCM). It involves adopting an environmentally-conscious mindset in conducting company level, strategic, tactical and operational processes and is closely related to the broader concept of sustainability. Sinc...

The assessment and management of uncertain risks is an essential component of science, engineering, medicine, business, law and other modern disciplines. I. Good argues that risk science based on the evaluation of probabilistic events has been useful in saving and improving lives throughout history, “since the assessment of uncertainty incorporates the idea of learning from experience which mos...

This paper provides a review and assessment of the debate over environmental federalism—the issue of the roles of different levels of government in environmental management. The paper begins with the presentation of three benchmark cases that provide a framework for thinking about the issue. It then offers a review, first of the theoretical literature and second of some new, provocative empiric...

Supply chain management used to be widely understood as an integrated one-way manufacturing process, in which the raw material is converted to the finished product and then delivered to the customer. It merely centered around the procurement of raw material to make the final product. With increasing concern towards environmental protection, organizations have become more and more responsible fo...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Engineering Issue papers are a series of documents that summarize the available information on specific contaminants, selected treatment and site remediation technologies, and related issues. This Engineering Issue paper is intended to provide remedial project managers (RPMs), on-scene coordinators (OSCs), contractors, and other state or private re...

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act required the EPA to institute new pollution control technology requirements for industrial sources of air pollution. In part because agreement could not be reached on the best way for the EPA to determine whether any significant risks to human health will remain after the technology controls are in place, the amendments also created a Commission on Risk ...

The life cycle design framework was applied to photovoltaic (PV) module design. The primary objective of this project was to develop and evaluate design metrics for assessing and guiding the improvement of PV product systems. Two metrics were used to assess life cycle energy performance of a PV module: energy payback time and electricity production efficiency. These metrics are based on materia...

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a tropical atmospheric phenomenon first recognised in the early 1970s. The MJO, also commonly known as the 40-day wave, develops over the Indian Ocean and then travels east across the tropics at 5-10 m/s. With a timescale ranging from 30 to 60 days, the MJO has a frequency of 6-12 events per year. In its active stage, the MJO is associated with increased c...

1 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, Zona Universitaria. 78210 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí México. [email protected] 2 Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Cologne University of Applied Sciences. 3 Agenda Ambiental, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. exploring mexican adolescen...

the supply chain represents the critical link between the development of new product and the market in pharmaceutical industry. over the years, improvements made in supply chain operations have focused largely on ways to reduce cost and gain efficiencies in scale. in addition, powerful regulatory and market forces have provided new incentives for pharmaceutical firms to basically rethink the wa...