Corporate environmental responsibility in the context of ensuring good environmental status
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Environmental protection has become a very important topic in recent years, not only in politics but also in the world economy. Companies are individuals that have a very significant impact on the environment. Entrepreneurs are aware of this and new concepts are emerging that change and change thinking about production. There is no doubt that the ecological aspects must be taken into account in the management of the company of the future. Drawing the company’s attention to the ecological dimension of its business is justified not only in ethics but also in economics. The literature review points to the many benefits for businesses of introducing responsible environmental practices. The article discusses the concept and essence of environmental responsibility for future generations. The aim of the article is to analyze and asses the environmental responsibility of enterprises from the WIG-ESG index on the basis of informations contained on official websites (environmental activities carried out by enterprises, types of pro-environmental practices, analysis of declarations of responsibility for the natural environment through the prism of care for future generations, an attempt to answer the question why industries that can significantly affect the natural environment are more interested in environmental issues? The results of the study showed that WIG-ESG companies are mainly interested to saving energy, waste management, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Pro-environmental practices are related to processes and products and 40% of them declare responsibility for environment in terms of responsibility for future generations. Industries that pollute the environment more have many incentives to reduce non-ecological activities.
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