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Corporate Environmentalism

AS CONCERN ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING GROWS, MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE IMPLEMENTING GREEN PRACTICES.  SUSTAINABILITY BECOMES BUSINESS AS USUAL ON THIS ENVIRONMINUTE.

TODAY, COMPANIES THAT REDUCE OR OFFSET THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE, WELL, IN GOOD COMPANY. TOM LYON, PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, EXPLAINS WHY A GROWING NUMBER OF CORPORATIONS ARE TURNING GREEN.

LYON "I THINK A LOT OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY IS DRIVEN BECAUSE COMPANIES SEE THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE REGULATIONS ON CLIMATE IN THIS COUNTRY PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS."

WHILE SOME ARE PREPARING FOR POTENTIAL REGULATIONS, OTHER COMPANIES HAVE FOUND BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENT OFFICES AND REDUCING WASTE NOT ONLY HELPS THE PLANET, BUT IMPROVES THE COMPANY’S IMAGE AND BOOSTS THE BOTTOM LINE WITH ENERGY SAVINGS.

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org