Answer:
Sustainability management practices : More conservation, Less pollution etc
Three stages of corporate economic responsibility : Pollution Prevention, Pollution Stewardship, Clean Technology
Effective Environment Management : Environment policy , personnel , organisation , responsibility & accountability, pollution control, evaluation , awareness etc
Explanation:
Effective Sustainable environment management is an important part of Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is the responsibility of firms towards societies, as they get all resources & business from them.
There are three stages of corporate environmental responsibility
- Pollution Prevention : Focuses just on pollutants emissions during production
- Pollution Stewardship : Focuses on environment impacts of full life cycle of product - production, use, disposal
- Clean Technology : Focus on inventing new technology, reducing environment ill effects in long run
Key Elements of Effective environmental management [as per US EPA model] are :
Environmental policy organisation & personnel, oversight of EMS; Accountability & responsibility; Environmental requirements; Assessment, prevention & control; Environmental incident & noncompliance investigations; Environmental training, awareness & competence ; Environmental planning & organisational decision-making; Maintenance of records & documentation; Pollution prevention; program evaluation & improvement; Public involvement and community outreach.
Some sustainability management practices of a business firm : Water & Electricity conservation , Harmful chemicals management, less pollutant emissions, better waste management , 3R's - Reduce, Reuse , Recycle
