The green evolution

摘要

As community and cultural values overtake regulation as major drivers for more effective management, a new influence is making its presence felt: it has a distinctly green hue and is known as environmental management. Once seen as at best, an optional extra, and at worst, a tick-box sweetener for the regulators, environmental management now forms an integral part of daily operational and risk management for a significant portion of industry. Far from being' optional', the value of effective environmental management is now accepted among even hard core 'heavy' industries - once at odds with the environmental movement -as a must for doing business.