Tag: business
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A Note on the Importance of Environmental Regulations
Regulations. Pointless? Necessary? Somewhere in between? At times, it may seem like all those ‘regulations’ are simply fancy jumbles of paper that tend to overcomplicate daily life more than it already is. This may have a shred of truth in it, but there is more to the story. Regulations are a necessary complication. Consider this:…
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A Note On Sustainability Part 2
The matter of sustainability is important for the survival of everything on Earth. Dramatic, but true. As mentioned in the previous post, the importance of sustainability rose greatly out of the growth of industry. To clarify, ‘industry’ refers to chemicals, factories, and production processes that take and use valuable natural resources for the creation of…
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A Note On Sustainability Part 1
Sustainability is, in short, the ability of something to continue and not cause harm. By now, I’m sure you’ve heard this word before (e.g. ‘sustainable living’). You may have even seen it as a concentration in a Business Administration degree program at a college. It’s a fancy word, arguably overused and overrated. Not so fast.…