Measuring environmental performance: Theory and practice at ontario hydro

When an organization embarks on the path of environmental leadership, how does it track and quantify its efforts? This article describes a system for identifying, tracking, and communicating environmental efforts.

1 Anita Wolfe wishes to recognize Richard P. Wells'S article, “Point of View: Environmental Management in Mexico,” TQEM, Vol. 2, No. 3, as an invaluable source in helping to develop this system.

In addition, it examines the experience of Ontario Hydro, Canada'S largest public utility, within a similar framework.