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CHAPTER 12 Managing Environmental Issues McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved.

Ch. 12: Key Learning Objectives  Knowing the main features of environmental laws in the United States and other nations  Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different regulatory approaches  Assessing the costs and benefits of environmental regulation  Defining an ecologically sustainable organization and the stages through which firms progress as they become more sustainable  Understanding how businesses can best manage environmental issues  Analyzing how effective environmental management makes firms more competitive

Role of Government  In many nations government regulates business activity in order to protect the environment  By setting common standards, governments can take cost of pollution control out of competition  Governments can also provide economic incentives and offer systems for resolving disputes

U.S. Environmental Regulation  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), main agency charged with pollution control, was established in 1970  Major areas of regulation  Air pollution  Water pollution  Land pollution

Leading U.S. Environmental Protection Laws Figure 12.1

Major Areas of Environmental Regulation  Air pollution  Occurs when more pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere than can safely be absorbed and diluted by natural processes Special issue: Acid Rain (see Exhibit 12.A)  Water pollution  Occurs when more wastes are dumped into waterways than can be naturally diluted and carried away

Moving Mountains to Fight Acid Rain  As part of its efforts to control acid rain, the U.S. government in 1990 initiated stricter new restrictions on the emission of sulfur dioxide by utilities. Many electric companies complied with the law by switching from high ‑ sulfur coal, which produces more sulfur dioxide when burned, to low ‑ sulfur coal, which produces less. This action had the beneficial effect of reducing acid rain.  But the law had some environmentally destructive results that had been unintended by regulators. Much of the highest ‑ quality low ‑ sulfur coal in the United States lies in horizontal layers near the tops of rugged mountains in Appalachia. Exhibit 12.A Excerpts

Moving Mountains to Fight Acid Rain  Some coal companies discovered that the cheapest way to extract this coal was through what came to be known as mountaintop removal. Explosives were used to blast away up to 500 feet of mountaintop. By the mid-2000s, 400,000 acres had been ravaged in this manner by surface mining.  Although coal operators were required to reclaim the land afterwards, many environmentalists believed the damage caused by mountaintop removal was severe. Many rivers and creeks were contaminated and habitat destroyed. Aquifers dried up, and the entire region became vulnerable to devastating floods.  Many felt it was deeply ironic that a law that had benefited the environment in one way had indirectly harmed it in another. Exhibit 12.A (cont.)

Major Areas of Environmental Regulation  Land pollution  The contamination of land by both solid and hazardous waste  Movement for environmental justice – efforts to prevent overexposure to hazardous risks in disadvantaged communities  Superfund or CERCLA legislation passed in 198 Established fund to clean up the most dangerous toxic waste sites in the U.S. Of 1,200 sites put on National Priority List, by 2006 only 309 of them had been cleaned As many of 10,000 other sites might need clean-up Program is regarded as public policy failure

Alternative Policy Approaches  Environmental standards  Standard allowable levels of various pollutants are established by legislation or regulatory action  Also called command-and-control  Can be environmental-quality standard or emission standard  Market-based mechanisms  Based on the idea that the market is a better control than extensive standards that specify precisely what companies must do  Tradable permits - allows businesses to buy and sell the right to pollute  Emissions charges or fees  Government incentives

Alternative Policy Approaches  Information disclosure  The government encourages companies to pollute less by publishing information about the amount of pollutants individual companies emit each year  Also called regulation by publicity or regulation by embarrassment  Civil and criminal enforcement  The threat of fines or even prison can be an effective deterrent to corporate outlaws who would otherwise degrade the environment  European regulators have actively pursued environmental criminals  U.S. Sentencing Commission has established guidelines for sentencing environmental wrongdoers

Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Policy Approaches to Reducing Pollution Figure 12.2

Costs and Benefits of Environmental Regulation Figure 12.3

Greening of Management  Environmental regulations establish minimum standards for environmental performance  Many firms are now voluntarily moving beyond compliance to improve environmental performance in all operational areas  This is referred to as the greening of management  Figure on next slide shows stages in greening  Three reasons companies take this path  Gain competitive advantage  Gain legitimacy  Moral commitment to ecological responsibility

Stages of Corporate Environmental Responsibility Clean technology Businesses develop innovative, new technologies that support sustainability Product stewardship Managers focus on all environmental impacts associated with the full life-cycle of a product Pollution prevention Focuses on minimizing or eliminating waste before it is created

Ecologically Sustainable Organization  Companies that operate consistently with principles of sustainable development  Is an “ideal,” absolute standard against which real organizations can be measured  Some visionary companies are trying to achieve this  Supportive government policies and widespread movement among many businesses and other social institutions will be needed for ESO’s

Environmental Management in Practice  Organizational elements of many proactive green companies  Top management involvement in sustainability  Line manager involvement  Codes of environmental conduct  Cross-functional teams  Rewards and incentives  Track performance through environmental audits  Publish combined “sustainability reports” integrating social, economic and environmental performance

Environmental Management as a Competitive Advantage  Cost savings  Companies that reduce pollution and hazardous waste, reuse or recycle materials, and operate with greater energy efficiency can reap significant cost savings  Product differentiation  Companies that develop a reputation for environmental excellence and that produce and deliver products and services with concern for their sustainability can attract environmentally aware customers

Environmental Management as a Competitive Advantage  Technological innovation  Technological innovation can lead to imaginative new methods for reducing pollution and increasing efficiency  Strategic planning  Companies that cultivate a vision of sustainability must adopt sophisticated strategic planning techniques