ADM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Greenwashing, Acid Rain, Sustainable Development
2 Dec 2016
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Acid rain, air pollution, ecosystems, energy production and consumption, nature and wildlife, ozone, pollution, waste management, water quality, climate change/global warming. 90 companies produced the fuels that generated 63% of industrial ghgs from 1751 to 2010. The impacts of climate change could cause private investors to lose . 2 trillion of the value of their holdings by 2100, even if the global average temperature increase is limited to 2 c. Token response (e. g. greenwashing where rm does not seriously address environmental issues but merely say it does) Comprehensive environmental management (gaining a competitive advantage. Environmental ethic: the set of values or principles that govern a corporation"s practices relating to the environment. Sustainable development: development ensuring that the use of resources and the impact on the environment today does not damage prospects for the use of resources or the environment by future generations.
