A Guide to Writing an Environmental Policy for Your Business

Ecological considerations are a significant and growing concern for business. That is why writing an environmental policy for your business is so important today. An environmental policy outlines a business' aims and principles in relation to managing the environmental impacts of its operations. An environmental policy also forms the foundation of environmental improvements made in your business. It sets out key aims and principles and specifically refers to an organization's commitment to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues and sustainability.

Building Support for Action on Climate Change Before We Reach Tipping Points

We need to take aim at those who are environmentally indifferent and hit them with an effective call to action. If climate advocacy is to succeed, we must do more than regurgitate the same tired rhetoric, we must work on a targeted message that encourages action. While a growing number of people accept the facts about our environment, inaction threatens the survival of our species. Time is running out, and unless we can find a way to get through to those who refuse to act, we will not make the needed changes in the time we have available.

It is easy to understand why many laugh at the Luddites who ignore climate change. However, this group is no laughing matter; they are in fact a serious threat to planetary health. Deniers are in the way of efforts to enact progressive national and state policies on energy and the environment.