Environmental Health & Safety

Biography

Biography: Ali Emami Meibodi

Abstract

For most of the twenty century, growing reliance on fossil fuels was almost universally celebrated as a good, a symbol of society progress. But nowadays, with the rise of the environmental concerns, efforts are mounting around the world to curtail and manage the consumption of all fossil fuels, due to air pollution, land pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and the climate changes.

Following two important meetings held in 1972 and 1992 that were deemed as milestones in the environmental context, society’s progress measurement indexes have been changed. These indicators have been raised basically since 1992, after holding the earth summit in Rio.

It is necessary to mention, that during 1920 to 1960, merely, the economic indicators were used for measuring and comparing the progress of different countries.

During the 1960 to 1992, social indexes, such as, Gross National Happiness (GNH), Index of Social Health (ISH) was considered as well. After 1992, in the Global stage, economic, social and environmental indexes are considered, altogether, for comparing societies’ progress.

For instance, since 1992, environmental outcomes of manufacturing enterprises have been under considerations. So, words such as environmental efficiency and green productivity are raised.

In this paper, the major society progress indexes, such as sustainable development, environmental efficiency, green productivity, Environmental Impact Assessment, Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting), are introduced, reviewed and analyzed.

The aim of this paper is to analyze, the environmental protections (international, regional co-operation and national policies) to improve energy management and Environmental Performance Indexes. In other words, the Impacts of Energy Management and Environmental Health on the Indexes of Societies’ Progress and Sustainable Development are discussed.