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The Greening of U.S. Corporations
March 2008
This issue of eJournal USA delves into what those familiar with the history of the environmental movement in the United States might see as a surprising trend — the way U.S. corporations in recent years have embraced environmentally friendly ways of doing business. What prompts a corporation to “go green”?
Although their friendship may be relatively new, nongovernmental organizations and the business community are working together these days to forge partnerships that last.
In a free market, it is the end customer that makes or breaks a new product. Increasingly, many of these consumers are seeking to reduce their impact on the environment.
In 1980, 10 years after the first Earth Day, the U.S. Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which authorized the “Superfund,” the federal government’s program to clean up the nation’s uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
How can governments best encourage businesses to go green? Read the opposing views of Margo Thorning of the American Council for Capital Formation and Bob Willard of the University of Toronto in the March eJournal USA and send us your comments.
Developing green office buildings is just one of the ways that some U.S. corporations, as described in the March 2008 issue of eJournal USA, are embracing more environmentally friendly ways of doing business.
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