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This timely publication considers recent developments in
environmental risk management as they relate to commercial
organizations, including risk transfer through insurance. It starts
by looking at characterization of risks based on the
hazard-pathway-receptor principles, emphasizing the importance of
site specific factors. Environmental risks are increasingly
considered as a part of strategic control assessment. Checklists
and case studies are presented to assist in review and assessment
of environmental risks. Further guidance is offered for decision
making under uncertainty, showing the potential of tools such as
Monte Carlo analysis and fuzzy logic, and leading to a review of
risk assessment and management frameworks. Environmental Risk
Management is an accessible and valuable reference to those from a
range of backgrounds - including occupational hygiene, safety,
quality personnel and operational managers - who are dealing with
environmental issues within their organization.
Sustainability will play an increasingly key role in the innovation
process within businesses. Leading companies are already
integrating these agendas, and preparing their sustainability
executives to take the lead. This book: * demonstrates why
sustainability requires innovation * explains how this opportunity
can be grasped by sustainability executives * outlines the skills
they will need to learn to lead on sustainable innovation *
outlines key trends in sustainable innovation and in managing
innovation Coad and Pritchard provide an overview of mainstream
innovation, and draw out common characteristics of successful
programmes, such as a corporate culture whose systems promote
innovation. They highlight developments such as mobile technology,
social media and collaborative consumption which transform the way
consumers interact with companies. Viewed alongside emerging ideas
on sustainability, such as the circular economy, this points to a
clear need for a new set of innovation skills. Companies will face
challenges in realizing these opportunities, in particular the
development requirements for sustainability executives and broader
organisational learning. This book is for companies who want to
take advantage, and the sustainability executives who will be
leading the way.
'All I wanted to do was go to sleep. And I was certain that if I
did drift off, it would be for the last time.' In 1998, Paul
Pritchard was struck on the head by a falling rock as he climbed a
sea stack in Tasmania called the Totem Pole. Close to death,
waiting for hours for rescue, Pritchard kept himself going with a
promise that given the chance, he would 'at least attempt to live'.
Left hemiplegic by his injury, Pritchard has spent the last two
decades attempting to live, taking on adventures that seemed
impossible for someone so badly injured while plumbing the depths
of a mind almost snuffed out by his passion for climbing. Not
content to simply survive, Pritchard finds ways to return to his
old life, cycling across Tibet and expanding his mind on gruelling
meditation courses, revisiting the past and understanding his
compulsion for risk. Finally, he returns to climb the Totem Pole,
the place where his life was almost extinguished. The Mountain Path
is an adventure book like no other, an exploration of a healing
brain, a journey into philosophy and psychology, a test of will and
a triumph of hope.
This timely publication considers recent developments in
environmental risk management as they relate to commercial
organizations, including risk transfer through insurance. It starts
by looking at characterization of risks based on the
hazard-pathway-receptor principles, emphasizing the importance of
site specific factors. Environmental risks are increasingly
considered as a part of strategic control assessment. Checklists
and case studies are presented to assist in review and assessment
of environmental risks. Further guidance is offered for decision
making under uncertainty, showing the potential of tools such as
Monte Carlo analysis and fuzzy logic, and leading to a review of
risk assessment and management frameworks. Environmental Risk
Management is an accessible and valuable reference to those from a
range of backgrounds - including occupational hygiene, safety,
quality personnel and operational managers - who are dealing with
environmental issues within their organization.
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.
'As I sat cradling the man's head, with his blood and brains
sticking to my hands, I heard a voice - my own voice. It was asking
me something. Asking how I had ended up like this, desperate and
lost among people who thought nothing of caving in a man's head and
then standing back to watch him die.' Nick Bullock was a prison
officer working in a maximum-security jail with some of Britain's
most notorious criminals. Trapped in a world of aggression and
fear, he felt frustrated and alone. Then he discovered the
mountains. Making up for lost time, Bullock soon became one of
Britain's best climbers, learning his trade in the mountains of
Scotland and Wales, and travelling from Pakistan to Peru in his
search for new routes and a new way of seeing the world - and
ultimately an escape route from his life inside. Told that no one
ever leaves the service - the security, the stability, the 'job for
life' - Bullock focused his existence on a single goal: to walk
free, with no shackles, into a mountain life. Echoes is a powerful
and compelling exploration of freedom, and what it means to live
life on your own terms.
WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 1997 Paul
Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary
reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the
world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. Pritchard started
climbing in Lancashire before moving to join the vibrant Llanberis
scene of the mid-1980s, at a time when the adventurous development
of the Dinorwig slate quarries was in full swing. Many of the new
slate routes were notable for their fierce technical difficulty and
sparse protection, and Pritchard took a full part in this arcane
sub-culture of climbing and at the same time deployed his skills on
the Anglesey sea cliffs to produce a clutch of equally demanding
wall climbs. Born with an adventurous soul, it was not long before
Pritchard and his friends were planning exotic trips. In 1987,
paired with Johnny Dawes, Pritchard made an epoch-making visit to
Scotland's Sron Ulladale to free its famous aid route, The Scoop.
Pritchard and Dawes, with no previous high altitude experience,
then attempted the Catalan Pillar of Bhagirathi III in the Garhwal
Himalaya in India, a precocious first expedition prematurely
curtailed when Pritchard was hit by stonefall at the foot of the
face. In 1992, Pritchard and Noel Craine teamed up with the
alpinists Sean Smith and Simon Yates to climb a big wall route on
the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia. Pritchard
followed this with an equally fine first ascent of the West Face of
Mount Asgard on Baffin Island. Other trips - to Yosemite, Pakistan
and Nepal as well as returns to Patagonia - resulted in a clutch of
notable repeats, first ascents and some failures. The failure list
also included two life-threatening falls (one on Gogarth, the other
on Creag Meaghaidh), which prompted the author into
thought-provoking personal re-assessments, in advance of his later
near-terminal accident on The Totem Pole in Tasmania. A penetrating
view of the adventures and preoccupations of a contemporary player,
Deep Play stands alone as a unique first-hand account of what many
consider to be the last great era in British climbing.
‘All I wanted to do was go to sleep. And I was certain that if I
did drift off, it would be for the last time.’ In 1998, Paul
Pritchard was struck on the head by a falling rock as he climbed a
sea stack in Tasmania called the Totem Pole. Close to death,
waiting for hours for rescue, Pritchard kept himself going with a
promise that given the chance, he would ‘at least attempt to
live’. Left hemiplegic by his injury, Pritchard has spent the
last two decades attempting to live, taking on adventures that
seemed impossible for someone so badly injured while plumbing the
depths of a mind almost snuffed out by his passion for climbing.
Not content to simply survive, Pritchard finds ways to return to
his old life, cycling across Tibet and expanding his mind on
gruelling meditation courses, revisiting the past and understanding
his compulsion for risk. Finally, he returns to climb the Totem
Pole, the place where his life was almost extinguished. The
Mountain Path is an adventure book like no other, an exploration of
a healing brain, a journey into philosophy and psychology, a test
of will and a triumph of hope.
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