What Is Green Waste Management?

Green Management is the integration of the concept of environmental protection into the operation and management of an enterprise. It involves all levels, areas, aspects and processes of enterprise management. .

Green management

Compared with other traditional management concepts, green management has the following basic characteristics:

(1) Comprehensive. Green management is the overall development of ecological and social concepts.

(2) The premise of green management is the "green" consciousness of consumer awakening.

(3) The foundation of green management lies in

(I) The implementation of green management by enterprises is an urgent requirement for the sustainable development of our national economy

According to World Bank estimates, China s economic growth contributed 14% of world GDP in the 20 years from 1980 to 2000, but China also paid a huge price for resource consumption, high energy consumption, and environmental damage. The 2007 Green Paper on the Environment states that about 75% of the waters in China s lakes are significantly polluted, and the pollution rate in urban waters is as high as 90% or more, and more than 300 cities in the country are short of water. China is now the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases. The economic damage caused by environmental pollution accounts for about 10% of GDP each year. China's cultivated land area is decreasing at an average annual rate of about 1.6 million hectares, and land degradation and soil erosion are very serious. According to a statistical report, in 2004 China s GDP accounted for about 4% of the world s total, but its primary energy consumption accounted for about 12% of the world s total, fresh water for 15%, alumina for 25%, steel for 28%, and cement for 50 %, This kind of extensive economic growth has caused China to face a serious resource and energy crisis.

"China's General Outline for Sustainable Development (National Volume)" states: China's energy and resources have been used in an unusual way; China's ecological and environmental problems are very serious. At the beginning of 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao in the government work report, for the first time, compared the constraint indicators of energy conservation and consumption reduction with economic growth indicators, that is, the average GDP growth during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period was 7.5%, and energy consumption per unit of GDP was reduced by 20 The total emissions of major pollutants will be reduced by about 10%. The outline of the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" requires that the "extensive growth mode compatible with the traditional socialist economic and social system" must be changed to the "intensive growth mode". The "Outline" also proposes the strategic goal of China's sustainable development: by 2050, it will fully reach the level of sustainable development of the world's middle developed countries.

(II) Enterprise's implementation of green management strategy is the basic guarantee for creating a good living environment for the people and improving the quality of life

According to the 2007 Environmental Green Paper, more than 80% of the waste water produced by China's industry is directly discharged into the Jianghe Lake Reservoir, the drinking water safety of 800 million farmers is threatened, and the drinking water of at least 320 million people nationwide is unsafe, close to One quarter of the river cannot meet the requirements of irrigation water due to pollution. Western countries predict that China will become the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter in 2009. At present, two-thirds of domestic urban air quality does not reach the second-level standard, and about 25% of urban air s sulfur dioxide has exceeded the standard, mainly from industrial smoke and dust emissions. the amount.

(Three) the implementation of green management is also an urgent requirement for the survival and development of the company itself

China has joined the WTO. It is only a matter of time to break tariff barriers, but non-tariff barriers, especially international standards, have high requirements for environmental standards. In the WTO framework, almost all industries are permeated with pollution levels and permitted resource development methods, The requirement to limit the number, that is, "green barriers." Many of our products have been impacted on the international market. For example, in 2003, 39% of China's export products were restricted by foreign technical barriers, causing losses of about 17 billion U.S. dollars, including hundreds of product varieties such as refrigerators, air conditioners, Exports of more than $ 5 billion have been restricted due to the use of Freon refrigerants and violations of relevant international conventions for the protection of the ozone layer. Therefore, we must pay attention to the grim reality facing after joining the WTO: in a country with low environmental protection standards, it is not possible to develop competitive products with high environmental protection standards, and environmental protection issues may also evolve into trade disputes. Enterprises must implement clean production, implement the ISO14000 international environmental management standards, substantially increase the proportion of green products, enhance their competitiveness in the international market, and minimize the losses caused by "green barriers" to Chinese enterprises.

(4) Green management is an inevitable choice to adapt to the wave of green consumption

Consumers tend to green consumption mainly due to two reasons: First, while social and economic development seeks benefits for society and consumers, it has caused a harsh natural environment and social environment, which has directly threatened people's physical health. Therefore, people are urgently required to control environmental pollution, and companies are required to stop producing products that are harmful to the environment and people s health. Second, social and economic development has caused the personal income of residents to rise rapidly. They urgently demand a high-quality living environment and Consumption means green consumption.

(V) Enterprises participating in international competition must implement green management

Since the 1990s, a "green revolution" has emerged worldwide. Environmental and development issues have become the center of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, the "green round." Since the WTO allows member states to take corresponding measures to strengthen environmental protection, green barriers will inevitably exist and will become the most important "disguised trade barriers." In order to follow these green trade rules, break through green barriers and avoid trade sanctions, companies must implement a green brand strategy in order to achieve rapid and healthy development.

(VI) The social environment requires companies to implement green management strategies

The production and operation activities of enterprises face a series of challenges. The first is the pressure of the macro environment, such as the pressure of protecting consumer interests and protecting the ecological balance, and the pressure of the government's standardized legislation, which drives companies to establish environmental protection concepts, implement green brand strategies, and meet the requirements of the times; second is the general consumer The demand for green consumption has increased sharply. Enterprises must comply with consumers' green consumption needs and carry out green operations to win customers. Finally, the role of market competition in the survival of the fittest rule forces companies to change their business concepts and shape green brands in order to deal effectively with competition. Rivals, constantly increasing market share.