Business Paper 3 - Environmental (309)

Environmental problems caused by businesses

• air pollution e.g cars, factories

• water pollution e.g businesses who produce textiles (dye goes into the water), oil leaks

• noise pollution - lorries, motorway (if you live nearby)

Government Intervention

signed up to a range of EU limits and controls designed to restrict the negative impact of business activity such as green taxes like the climate change levy and the landfill tax

Pressure Groups

organisations formed with the objective of influencing the government or business policy such as WWF - this can be done through lobbying, direct actions against businesses, legal action

Education

campaigns to inform consumers of environmental damage can impact the choice of purchases made