For senior management, boards of directors, investors, academics, and those in environmental management, Darabaris explains how to develop, implement, and assess a corporate environmental management program. He details an assessment model and analytical framework and discusses internal, benchmark, and external surveys, corporate commitment, communication, measurement systems, natural resource damage assessment, risk assessment issues, emergency response analysis, corporate health and safety, environmental risk management at banking institutions, global warming, and assessment of international trends. Darabaris is an environmental management professional, professional engineer, and a non-practicing certified public accountant. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)