Sustainability management strategies

Chemical, cultural, and mechanical weed control practices have been relatively successful ia reducing yield losses from weeds (448). However, herbicide-resistant weed populations, soil erosion, pesticide persistence ia the environment, and other problems associated with technologies used (ca 1993) to control weeds have raised concerns for the long-term efficacy and sustainability of herbicide-dependent crop production practices (449). These concerns, coupled with ever-increasing demands for food and fiber, contribute to the need for innovative weed management strategies (450). 

For all future activities, and in order to achieve sustainable management of water resources, including related soil and sediment compartments, the strategy to be followed should involve (i) the precautionary principle, (ii) polluter pays principle and (iii) application of the best available techniques (BATs) and best environmental practices, including where appropriate, clean technologies. 

An alternative or additional fatigue-management strategy (which the military has traditionally used) focuses on reducing the impact of sustained work by ensuring... 

Magdoff, F., and Weil, R. R. (2004). Soil organic matter management strategies. In Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture, Magdoff, F. R., and Weil, R. R., eds., CRC Press, New York, pp. 45-129. 

Managers are discovering also that the intangible indicators that gauge sustainability can also be indicators of efficacy - that is, how well a company is run. From the management of corporate liabilities to new market ventures, a sustainable business strategy can improve all segments of corporate activity (Funk, Section 8.3 also see Section 8.9 business case). 

Sustainable Chemistry and Inherently Safer Design 49 Table 1.9 Examples of process risk management strategies. Source adapted from Mannan [90]. 

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