Corporate Contributions to Environmental Sustainability
How can corporations contribute to operating in an environmentally responsible way, especially from an international point of view? Can we justify purchasing products from or outsourcing portions of the manufacturing process to countries such as China, India, and Mexico simply because the products are cheaper?
Discuss two or three different aspects of corporate activities, for which you, as the environmental manager, can contribute most significantly to the sustainability of our global environment? Also, discuss the value of recycling resources at corporate facilities.
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Environmental management is an international call where everyone is expected to be a stakeholder in providing a habitable and healthy environment. Corporations have the mandate to practice safe and environmentally friendly forms of waste disposal and operation. They have adopted different kinds of waste disposal techniques that are suitable for the type of waste they deal with (Schuler, Rasche, Etzion & Newton, 2017). They also have to integrate different environmental pacts stipulations and standards within their operating mechanism to guarantee an appropriate use of resources in friendly…
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