Environmental Issues: Company’s Perspective and Government Policies

Environmental issues: company’s perspective and government policies

Comparison of the methods for controlling the environmental impact of companies’ activities

Introduction

The awareness of the importance of environmental conservation has recently taken the centre stage of companies’ corporate and social responsibility decisions. The realization that the companies, especially the manufacturing companies, are playing the greatest part in environmental pollution has resulted to the adoption of policies aimed at reducing these negative environmental impacts. The increased global campaign to reduce the global warming, resulting from the emission of greenhouse gases, has mounted more pressure to the firms to adopt serious environmental protection methods. The methods taken by these companies differ due to the nature of the operations undertaken by an entity. The purpose of this essay is to highlight some of the methods taken by the companies to control the environmental impact resulting from its activities as well as their similarities and the differences.

Development of efficient fuel consumption engines is one of the methods that have been used by the companies to reduce the environmental pollution. The engines have been developed to burn as much fuel as possible in order to minimize the carbon emission. Rajput (2005, p. 612) alludes that internal combustion contributes to most of the atmospheric pollution through emission of carbon. The engines have features like the idling stop-start system which switches off the engine when a machine is idle. Other measures applied in the fuel combustion appliances include: development of direct-injection systems...

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