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  2. Sustainable business - Wikipedia

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    A sustainable business, or a green business, is an enterprise which has (or aims to have) a minimal negative impact or potentially a positive effect on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy—a business that attempts to meet the triple bottom line.

  3. Social responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Social responsibility is an individual responsibility that involves a balance between the economy and the ecosystem one lives within, [3] and possible trade-offs between economic development, and the welfare of society and the environment. [4]

  4. Corporate environmental responsibility - Wikipedia

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    The environmental aspect of corporate social responsibility has been debated over the past few decades, as stakeholders increasingly require organizations to become more environmentally aware and socially responsible. [2] In the traditional business model, environmental protection was considered only in relation to the "public interest ...

  5. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development, like sustainability, is regarded to have three dimensions: the environment, economy and society. The idea is that a good balance between the three dimensions should be achieved. Instead of calling them dimensions, other terms commonly used are pillars, domains, aspects, spheres

  6. Environmental regulation of small and medium enterprises

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    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been identified as a problem area in the field of environmental regulation. [1] [2] Small and medium-sized enterprises are defined by the European Commission as having fewer than 250 employees, independent (with no shareholder having over a 25% stake in the business) and with an annual turnover of no more than €50 million or annual balance sheet ...

  7. Environmental, social, and governance - Wikipedia

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    Attention has been focused in recent years on the balance of power between the CEO and the board of directors and specifically the differences between the European model and the US model—in the US studies have found that 80% of companies have a CEO who is also the chairman of the board, in the UK and the European model it was found that 90% ...

  8. Environmental economics - Wikipedia

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    The main difference an environmental economist would argue exists between the two methods, however, is the total cost of the regulation. "Command and control" regulation often applies uniform emissions limits on polluters, even though each firm has different costs for emissions reductions, i.e., some firms, in this system, can abate pollution ...

  9. Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    Trade-offs between different dimensions of sustainability are a common topic for debate. Balancing the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability is difficult. This is because there is often disagreement about the relative importance of each. To resolve this, there is a need to integrate, balance, and reconcile the ...