How can the EU influence business and industry for sustainable development?
Mike: there’s only so much an individual can do; the rest has to be picked up by governments and corporations. For example, recycling is difficult because packaging is difficult to recycle – so we need a standardised product for packagingMike: there’s only so much an individual can do; the rest has to be picked up by governments and corporations. For example, recycling is difficult because packaging is difficult to recycle – so we need a standardised product for packaging which can easily be recycled, and which has to be used across the whole of Europe. It would need to be imposed and enforced across the EU to be effective. Another example is the motor industry and how much oil is being used to fuel cars across the whole of Europe; we could use electric cars which can run for 250 miles instead of 30 miles for one gallon of petrol. This would also require a centralised initiative to create the right infrastructure across the EU.
Harsheek: I think it’s good that there’s a lot of emphasis on personal responsibility to live in a sustainable way, but at the same time businesses should be more accountable for their actions; the majority of carbon emissions come from industry and I don’t know how much governments are pressurising them to reduce their carbon emissions.(more)(less)
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Role of the EU in the World, Sustainable Development, Future of Europe
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