Business activities impact the environment, no matter the sector or country a company is operating in. Due to increasing governmental, supply-chain or stakeholder pressure, the environmental impact of a company will increasingly affect the (financial) performance of the business.

To get a deeper understanding on how these trends might affect a business, download the presentation (ca. 1 MB pdf-file) on current and future trends in the area of environmental management. Thus regardless the size of a company, its location or annual financial return, the integration of environmental considerations into the daily decision making will be more and more important.

The Environmental Management Navigator addresses these needs. It is developed for the specific demands of small- and medium sized enterprises in developing countries and countries in transition. It serves as a guide and decision support concept for corporate decision-makers to cope with the growing demand and expectations in the field of environmental management. The Navigator aims to

  • empower corporations with an understanding of the beneficial impact environmental management tools do have on the bottom line;
  • present the basic knowledge about those tools in a comprehensive and understandable fashion;
  • enables corporate decision-makers for an appropriate application of tools.

Eight of the most important environmental management tools available today are presented in a systematic fashion along the eight steps of the "Knowledge Wheel". Each of the steps will help to apply the tools specifically to a company´s business environment.
Our toolbox provides more information about every single tool.