Critically evaluate how companies have responded to environmental issues over he last 10 years in at least two of the following / areas of commercial activity:

energy supply, waste control, electrical and electronic equipment manufacture, automobiles, insurance and finance. Over the last 20 years in particular exploitation of fossil fuels has created large economic benefits, but at what costs?! The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, June 1992, was a sign that people were realising the negative effects mankind was having on the environment, and the importance of moving towards sustainable development. In 1996 a group of the …

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