We are all aware that to create a sustainable society model, it is necessary to include companies as agents with the capacity to respond to the needs of humanity and advance social projects. Today companies are the main drivers of the economy, the elements that feed the market and regulate the balance between supply and demand. However, companies are much more than that: we must not forget that in addition to the huge social, labor and economic impact they cause in society, they also produce it at the environmental level. Therefore, it is essential to draw a line of actions for the sustainability of the planet.
The power of companies is increasingly greater due to factors such as globalization, market flexibility or production outsourcing. The state laws of each country are increasingly insufficient and fall short when forceing large companies to reduce the environmental impact. Without the collaboration and express will of companies, government efforts are clearly ineffective. In this ecology article, we talk about the Environmental Social Responsibility of companies.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is the result of the commitment on the part of companies to respect the environment and promote sustainable development practices. Thanks to this commitment, small and large companies undertake to preserve environmental conditions and carry out their activity in a responsibility and sustained.
A decisive factor for taking initiatives by companies is social pressure, increasingly aware of the negative environmental impact. This makes it possible for companies to take unilateral and voluntary decisions such as the replacement of their polluting fleets, with hybrid vehicles to reduce CO2 emission. Society positively values these types of actions recognizing it with the consumption of its products.
The actions of this nature have a Double Address Tour:
- On the one hand they serve as “called effect” for other companies to adopt the same commitment.
- On the other hand, when trying to improve his reputation, the client rewards the effort for his environmental commitment.
CSR is a perfect instrument for promote social progresswhereby companies that really want to be competitive, must adopt excellence both in regards to their employees and with the environment and the environment.
Environmental commitment is an essential element for companies to innovate and modernize to achieve a more competitive and global economy, in addition to being a social vehicle for the promotion of dignity at work and sustainable development.
Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Already in 1972, the UN launched a first warning on the consequences of the environmental impact caused by human activity. In 1987, Norway Prime Minister Gro Brundtland officially defined what sustainable development meant qualifying it as: “the one that allows us to meet the needs of the present without harming the possibility that the coming generations can meet their own demands.” Brundtland also defined the RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMPANY CONCEPT:
- Be economically viable
- Be beneficial for society
- Be environmentally sustainable and respectful to the environment
A year later, in 1988, the world population was alerted to the real dangers of global warming. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization created a International Association on Climate Changethrough which the international community was asked to adopt the necessary measures to avoid or minimize the effects of overheating.
In 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, the reference draft of the Earth Charter for the debate and consultation that was widely seconded worldwide was written.
All these reminder data serve to demonstrate that in recent decades many companies and multinationals have joined the environmental support, incorporating respect and maintenance of the environment into their strategies. Since the end of the 90s there is a business network committed to sustainable development composed of more than 160 multinationals that consider CSR to be vital to move towards a sustainable future through a responsible mixture of economic growth, environmental balance and progress.
How climate change affects us
The effects of climate change and global warming already begin to be evident, although according to experts, the process can still be reversible if governments and companies take appropriate measures. Global warming does not affect everyone equally, since the poorest and poorest areas on the planet are and will be the most affected and vulnerable.
- Heating causes a obvious increase in temperatures. This is undoubtedly the first direct consequence of climate change. If the current trend continues, the temperature on the ground will have increased up to 4th in 2050.
- Melting of the poles. The thaw in the poles is increasingly evident and fast. This causes avalanches and instability on the surfaces. Sea level has increased significantly in recent years as a result of thawing.
- Increase in maritime level and temperature. This means that many locations located on the banks of the rivers or on the front line of the sea are seriously threatened.
- Increased virulence of atmospheric phenomenadanger of extinction of animal and plant species and devastating effects on agriculture and forests.
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