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Environmental compliance should be the starting point for smart companies, say experts. Developing an environmental management system to proactively identify and manage environmental risks isn't just good for the environment, it's good for business.
By Jennifer McPhee I
n these green-focused times, corporations must be vigi- lant about complying with a growing thicket of legal obli- gations in the environmental arena. But many savvy com- panies are also moving beyond compliance and making the environment part of their overall business strategy. A real challenge facing corporations is that there are many
different environmental compliance issues that must be ad- dressed all at once. Companies can't pick and choose where to put their effort, or forget about these fundamentals as they seek to make the environment a broader element of strategy, says Daniel Esty, professor of environmental law and policy at Yale
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