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Case study: Improving environmental management at Rhodia's Paulínia, Brazil chemical facility
Author(s) -
Kruglianskas Isak
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310060308
Subject(s) - adipic acid , chemical company , business , environmental quality , management , chemical plant , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , engineering management , engineering , environmental pollution , operations management , environmental planning , environmental protection , political science , environmental science , environmental engineering , economics , philosophy , materials science , epistemology , law , composite material
At the end of 1995, Lisě Monteiro, the engineer responsible for Industrial Security and the Environment at Rhodia, was seeking possible improvements that could be introduced into the company's environmental practices. He had noticed that one of the company's industrial units, the Adipic Acid Department at the Paulínia Chemical Plant complex, was getting good results in its efforts to control environmental pollution. An outside consultant was brought in to examine the department in greater depth to see what lessons might be learned from their experience that would help Rhodia improve its managerial procedures. This article details how this plant improved its environmental performance with many quality initiatives.