COMM 103 Lecture 4: Chapter 4

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 103
• Professor: Gregory Libitz

Document Summary

Explain the process of responding to environmental degradation. Chapter 4: the environment and sustainable business practices. Thursday, january 14, 2016 4d9670950f29bc2de983dd647b4dbe - page 1 of 1. Industrial revolution made technology and science mechanisms for economic development. Dramatic destruction of environment in trying to meet new demand. Business began to implement eco-management initiatives to avoid costs beginning to be enforced by government. Unabated degradation- the deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resource and the destruction of ecosystems, must integrate environment initiatives into business practices. Must redesign business processes that allows for increased wealth while also incorporating principles of mankind and resource protection: rising global temperatures will reduce corn crop yields, need to reduce carbon emissions in five ways to stop.