Book & CD. This volume offers refineries a practical guide to implementing environmental management systems (EMS). The author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East, provides a detailed explanation of what an EMS is and how it can benefit refinery operations in complying with environmental laws and improving the overall efficiency of their operations. The author"s approach, which does not focus, like most programs, only on compliance, has been internationally recognised as an integrated model that captures improved compliance and financial savings by reducing operating costs through dedicated pollution prevention programs.