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  2. 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 ...

  3. Environmental protection - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. All US states have their own state-level departments of environmental protection, [66] which may issue regulations more stringent than the federal ones.

  4. Best practicable environmental option - Wikipedia

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    Environmental auditing was originally developed as a business management tool to address concerns about compliance with legislation and regulations. [5] Further, “environmental auditing provides environmental performance[s]” and has the capability to identify “any negative environmental impacts” and evaluate “the opportunities to ...

  5. Environmentally friendly - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, environmental marketing claims require caution. Ambiguous titles such as environmentally friendly can be confusing without a specific definition; some regulators are providing guidance. [17] The United States Environmental Protection Agency has deemed some ecolabels misleading in determining whether a product is truly ...

  6. Sustainable business - Wikipedia

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    For a business to be truly sustainable, it must sustain not only the necessary environmental resources, but also social resources—including employees, customers (the community), and its reputation. [43] A term that is directly relates to the social aspect of sustainability is Environmental justice. Sustainability and social justice are ...

  7. Sustainable management - Wikipedia

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    Environmental management as an opportunity (1993–present) In 1995 Harvard professor Michael Porter wrote in the Harvard Business Review that environmental protection was not a threat to the corporate enterprise but rather an opportunity, one that could increase competitive advantage in the marketplace. [1]

  8. Greenwashing - Wikipedia

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    Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.

  9. Environmental governance - Wikipedia

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    Environmental governance (EG) consists of a system of laws, norms, rules, policies and practices that dictate how the board members of an environment related regulatory body should manage and oversee the affairs of any environment related regulatory body [1] which is responsible for ensuring sustainability (sustainable development) and manage all human activities—political, social and ...