Reducing Carbon Footprint: Steps for Sustainable Business Operations

Individual Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Weather is the air condition known with the factors wind, precipitation or temperature at
a specific time. Climate is the conditions of water at a particular region for a time period of
longer duration. Shifts in the weather determinant factors for long period is termed as climate
change. Climate change is a matter of great concern all over the world especially for the
businesses as the supply chains get affected and complexities relating to environmental laws
increases. The report will evaluate the reasons that are results of climate change and proves to be
problematic for the businesses across the world. The steps will be highlighted which on
implementation reduce the carbon footprint of the businesses.
MAIN BODY
The changes in the weather pattern over a period time in long run is called climate
change. The problems that the businesses face as a result of climate change are numerous.
Governments restricts the companies from emitting too much pollution into the environment by
laying down regulations. Businesses entities failing to comply with these regulations have face
consequences. Government or the regulatory authorities of the nation all over the world
mandates for the businesses to install system in order to have control over the emission that is a
resultant of the operations of the business (Povitkina, 2018). Thus it requires firm to incur capital
expenditures over such system.
Another problem that the businesses face is high price of goods and services. The high
price of goods and services that the business as as input for the goods or services that they
produce is the problem that is caused for the businesses because of the regulations for
environment protection. The regulations for protection of environment are mainly imposed on
the companies that operate in energy industry. Excess costs incurred by the energy firms over
such regulations makes them to sell their products at high price. This is correlated with the
increase in the transportation costs for the companies that operate in other sectors or industries.
The burden of increased transportation costs is further shifted to the end customers for the goods
and services.
Further constant changes in the weather patterns is threat for the companies that deals in
the business of shipping at international level. The shipment becomes dangerous. There is treat
for the insurance companies. In addition the demand or the goods changes as a consequence of
climate change (Swim and Zawadzki, 2018). As mentioned earlier climate change is liked with