BIOPOLITICS BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT I

Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis
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BIOPOLITICS

BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT

Hellenic-American Symposium Athens, December 14, 1993


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Published by BIOPOLITICS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
B.I.O. 1995

Contents

Preface-Sponsors

Biopolitics: A Shift from Anthropocentric to Biocentric Values in Business
Prof.Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis
President and Founder of the Biopolitics International Organisation

Business Strategy for the Protection of the Bio-Environment
The Honorable George Papandreou
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Policy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Bradley Smith
Director of Environmental Education,
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Structural Economic Change and the Bio-Environment
Professor Udo E. Simonis
Research Professorship,
Environmental Policy Science Center, Berlin

European Environmental Policy – Legislative and Economic Framework
Scott W. Blackmer
Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering

Cleaner Production – Preventing Pollution at Source
Professor Donald Huisingh
Reassume Center for Environmental Studies
Consultant to Governments and Corporations

Prevention – Green Chain of Production
Professor Constantinos Yapijakis
Cooper Union School of Engineering, New York

Business Strategy for the Bio-Environment
Iason Stratos
President of the Union of Greek Industries

Bio-Environment and Business Adaptation
Dimitris Maniatakis
Managing Director, ICAP Hellas S.A.

Investing in Survival
Asimakis Fotilas
Director of Investments Promotion, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Bio-Environment – Governmental and and Entrepreneurial Planning
Nikos Skoulas
Consultant to the Food Industry, Former Minister of Tourism

Reality and Prospects in Greek Industry
Dr. Alexis Paraskevopoulos
Environmental Consultant

Environmental Dimensions of Economic Education
Dr. Stephen Buckles
President, Economics America, National Council on Economic Education

Environmental Leadership – The Management of Change
Karl Kummer
Environmental Director, Rank Xerox Ltd

Dow – Responsible Care for the Environment
Dr. Constantinos Masmanidis
General Manager, Dow Hellas S.A.

Business and Environmental Protection
Dr. Christos Tsiliyannis
Technical Manager, Waste Management Greece S.A.

Manufacturers and Prevention Policy
Jared O. Blum,
President, Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers’ Association

S.C. Johnson and the Bio-Environment
Michael Pagidas
General Manager, S.C. Johnson and Son Hellas Ltd.

Prevention of Pollution at Source – Environment and the Consumer
Polychronis Polychroniadis
General Manager, PERAN Environment and Development S.A.
and ELAN Hellenic Developments S.A.

Resource Conservation and Recovery – Action Against Over-Consumerism, Pollution and Poverty
J. Patrick Nicholson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, N-Viro Energy Systems Ltd. and United States Representative in the Rio Conference

Proposal on a New Dimension of Profit
John Boutaris,
President, I. Boutaris and Son S.A.

 


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