Environmental Protection

By: Ankit Kumar Verma

Importance of Environment
In the world of business, industry and commerce,

environment factors play a significant role. When global ecological systems are disturbed by certain abnormal activities of human beings and industrial organizations, it can lead to unfavorable consequences. It is therefore necessary for business and industry to be sensitive to the dominance of ecosystem on the physical environment.

 It is not sufficient for business to be profit oriented

alone, it should also take into consideration that growth and development does not impair the health and welfare of the people. Business is morally bound to serve its customers not only by delivering quality products and services but also ensure appropriate considerations towards their welfare . There should be no compromise or conflict between economic cause of business and social welfare.

Why environmental protection

For management morale

To cut waste
Benefits arising from pollution prevention Advantages of taking a proactive stance towards environmental regulation

Green design of products

Production of environment-friendly products, packages and processes Eco-labelling Savings through pollution prevention measures

Increased fear of environmental damage

Coordination with environmental advocacy groups and government regulators

Waste management and pollution control

Environmental damage through industrial activity can be of two types:

1.Depletion of Natural Resources

2.Degradation of the Natural Resources

Key strategies for industrial pollution prevention

1. Systematic waste reduction audit 2. Material balance 3. Economic balance 4. Identifying Waste Reduction 5. Use of Newer, Cleaner Technologies 6. Life-cycle assessment

Managing environmental issues

Reinhardt suggests five different approaches to managing environmental issues 1. Investing in environment friendly processes or products.

2. Managing environmental regulations.

3. Investing in environmental performance improvement, without increasing costs. 4. Combining all the three methods mentioned above to change the basis for competition 5. Looking at environmental issues from a risk management perspective.

Charter for voluntary pollution control The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the countrys industrial sector have entered into a partnership on voluntary pollution control by releasing a Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection in New Delhi on March 13, 2003. The Charter marks a shift from regulatory enforcement of pollution control norms to voluntary compliance by the industry to significantly enhance the quality of environment.

Indias environmental policy

The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 takes into account the following: 1. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 2. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 3. The Factories Amendment Act, 1987 4. The National Environmental Policy 2004

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