In Moving Ahead with ISO 14000 more than 30 leading environmental management authorities answer these questions and many more with a keen eye on business performance relative to the global goal of sustainability. These experts offer timely insights, case studies of leading-edge companies, and essential guidance to help companies ensure that improvements in environmental performance are accompanied by enhanced trade opportunities. They look at the standards from a management perspective and focus on five major aspects of ISO 14000, including responding to the new standards from a global business perspective; integrating environmental factors and investment decisions; optimizing resources to make conformance cost-effective; leveraging current resources and systems to maximize return on the ISO 14000 investment; and crafting new tools for business and environmental decisionmaking. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.