As economies and industries grow, environment pollution is likely to worsen. A lot of waste water, gas and residue are discharged into rivers or seas and atmosphere. They influence climate, water quality and natural resource, etc. Thousands people die or ill very year by environment pollution. A clear environment policy for company is of the utmost urgency. The most important thing is reduce environmental pollution and protect people health. For the sake of this, every company must have environment protection consciousness and establish their environment policy. What is more, a clear environmental policy can help company to build a good reputation and receive support from government and customers, and it also can be a good way for promote sales. In addition, use recycling technology can reduce wasting materials and outgoings. That is mean company which used recycling technology can get benefit from both of them. For example, use recycling paper in the office can save paper and money at the same time.
What can companies do to reduce their impact on the environment?
Firstly, focus on working environment’s improvement, Ford Motor Company has been successful. They measured health and safety performance according to several standard indicators including lost time injuries and severity rates for employees, and staffs were given health care from Ford particularly free doctor fee.
Secondly, for natural environment, there are a number of ways to reduce impact on the environment. First of all, company should control the waste of products from the production progress by separate all waste for collection, using recycled materials and environmentally sound technology friendly packaging. Encourage stuff to use recycled paper, envelops and so on. Using public transport is another way for reduce air pollution. On the industry, every factory should have a strict regulation to reduce noise, chemicals, waste water, gas and other pollution from inside and outside. Moreover, decreasing energy consumption is also an essential part of the process, such as, using low-energy lighting, water power and solar energy, etc. Most of successful companies have implemented their policies, among others; Ford Motor Company has shown their outstanding works. They offer a lot of attractive fuel vehicle which operates on compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethanol, and electricity. It decrease energy consumption and reduce impact on the environment. Furthermore, Ford Motor Company has entered the automotive recycling business with the expectation of developing a significant environmental enterprise for the company. In this program, they will continue to disassemble cars and trucks for parts, and in the future, will serve to gather parts from Ford plants for recycling. These parts will be made available for resale principally to body shops, to insurance companies, and to retail customers.
How can companies balance the interests of customers and shareholders with a commitment to the environment?
Come up to see from the surface, shareholders lost their money from environment’s improvement; in fact, that is wrong. If companies have an efficient environment policy, it will save money and materials for shareholders. In addition, not only such as this, shareholders can get profits which are can not estimate, for example, government support, good reputation, attraction of customer and protect environment. Because of these reason, it is not difficult to find out that the solution of balance the interests of customers and shareholders with a commitment to the environment, is have an efficient, clear environment policy.
To sum up, business has a closed relationship with environment. It is necessary for a company to have a clear environment policy, because both of customers and shareholders can get benefit from it. If every company can obey this principle, the biggest benefit receiver will be the environment.
Bibliography:
Ford (2003) “Vehicle Recycling” Ford, Europe, available at
Ford (2003) “Technology” Ford, Europe, available at
