Business & Society Chapter 12
ISO 14000
A collection of the best practices for managing an organization's impact on the environment.
cap-and-trade program
A government strategy for reducing harmful emissions or discharges by placing a limit on their total amounts and then allowing firms to buy and sell the rights to emit or discharge specific amounts within the total limits.
climate change
Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades
recycling
Convert waste into reusable material.
affordable clean energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
dead zone
In a body of water, an area with extremely low oxygen concentration and very little life
greenhouse effect
Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases
acid rain
Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.
ozone
a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms. layer of the atmosphere
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
a governmental agency with environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority
Coalition for environ
a union of businesses, consumer groups, environmentalists, and other stakeholders, who have established a set of goals for environmental performance
U.S. global climate change initiative
a voluntary protocol or reporting greenhouse gases
sustainable business practices
actions a company takes to reduce their environmental impact and that may lower costs and improve competitive advantage, stakeholder relationships, and the company's reputation and branding
Single use plastics
also known as disposable plastics, these materials are used only once before they are discarded or recycled
kyoto protocol
controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
green washing
disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
green marketing
marketing efforts to produce, promote, and reclaim environmentally sensitive products
bioenergy
renewable energy produced by living organisms
particulate matter
the mix of both solid and liquid particles in the air
Sustainability
the potential for long term well-being of the natural environment, including all biological entities, as wall as the interaction among nature and individuals, organizations, and business strategies
biodiversity
the variety of living organisms found in a given area on Earth or on Earth as a whole and the ecological systems in which they live