Corporate greening in a large developing economy: pollution prevention strategies

Sanghita Basu (), Mousumi Roy and Parimal Pal
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Sanghita Basu: National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Mousumi Roy: National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Parimal Pal: National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2019, vol. 21, issue 4, No 4, 1603-1633

Abstract: Abstract In the backdrop of rapid and continuous deterioration in the quality of air, water and land, pollution prevention strategies have become a critical business issue to the industrial sector throughout the world. The present study aims to explore pollution prevention initiatives and their actual implementation across five different polluting industries from a large developing country’s perspective. Ten sample plants (two from each industry group) were chosen from five different polluting industry groups (iron and steel, cement, pulp and paper, leather and pharmaceuticals) of a large developing economy like India. This study reveals that environmental concerns have increasingly spread among the selected polluting industries. Addressing pollution prevention practices into their business functions these industries have become more responsive to modify production process and improve the quality of the environment. However, there is a huge potential to improve it further.

Keywords: Corporate greening; Pollution prevention measures; Developing economy; Potential–actual gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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