Lean and Green

Index

209

A

Accountability, importance of, 40, 174

Accounting methods, 63–65

Acquisitions, 89, 147, 154–55

Activists

becoming, 194

career benefits of being, 191–93

defined, 187

examples of, 187–88, 192–93

tactics used by, 188–91

Agilent Technologies, 4

activists at, 187

environmental management system of, 83–84

environmental policy of, 73

green buildings and, 26, 30, 159–60, 160–61, 164

profitability of environmental steps at, 36

recycling materials at, 141

reducing consumption at, 4, 36, 127, 197

regional culture and, 181

suppliers and, 148, 152, 153

Airbus, 104

Air pollution, 53, 88, 126, 127

Anderson, Amy, 175

Anderson, Ray C., 194

Annapolis, Maryland, 5

Apple Computer Corporation, 4

activists at, 187, 188

customers’ expectations and, 91 ...