Many Of The World Large Indusial Companies In Foreign Countries

Multinational Corporation - business enterprise with manufacturing, sales, or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries, also known as a transnational or international corporation. These corporations originated early in the 20th century and proliferated after World War II.

Impacts on the health and well-being of Canadians are displayed beyond monetary costs and frequently involve displacement, injuries and loss of life (Lemmen & Warren, 2008). For instance, health effects from an extreme weather event (e.g., ice storm) can appear in the form of hypothermia, food-borne disease, and stress disorders from loss of loved ones, property and livelihoods (CAP, 2011). These impacts are placing more pressure on city infrastructure, utilities, health and social services (Feltmate & Thistlethwaite,

The importance of government regulation on the destruction and industrialization of the environment in immense. If companies could develop as they please, we would be in a very different world compared to where we are now. These strict,

Global warming and climate change could possibly have a known link to psychological disorders, which are an increasing problem in America. Global warming and climate change can cause natural disasters that can cause a person to ultimately suffer from an anxiety or depression disorder by altering their brain chemistry. It would be unnatural if the World didn’t natural warm up over time and cause natural disasters; however, this research discusses the main points of how human activity is expediting the Worlds’ natural processes. This in turn, causes the statistics of persons with a psychological disorder/illness, to rise. It may be probable to theorize the idea that as the rate of natural disasters increases, so does the number of people diagnosed with a psychological disorder, such as anxiety and depression. It is highly-likely that the environment Americans live in, is causing mental heath issues.

Naturally the capitalistic world that we live in breeds competition, in turn leading to powerful private interests. This has resulted in powerful industrial partnerships with political figures. In order to bring our society forward we must act for change, to encourage modernization, overcoming the stacked odds. The only way to influence our country’s dependency on carbon-based energy is to make way for environmental advocates at all levels of policy. The Paris Climate Change efforts have us headed in the right direction, even though they hold no legal international clout. Individual countries are held responsible through the social pressures created by groups like the UNFCC, along with renewable industrial interests, has led to country social responsibility. Country social responsibility has been promoted by voluntary climate efforts, which resulted in ambitious goal allowing countries to claim leadership on a global issue. Our efforts would ideally result in net-zero emissions in developed and developing countries alike by 2050. The technology is available, but modernization has a social aspect as well. This is essential to promote environmental policy, in order to pressure industrial powers. We can only be successful if we change our current social patterns into virtuous environmental forms.

The 2016 Louisiana floods were a reminder of the never ending fight to prevent floods in the State. The risk of flooding will further be elevated as climatic related events, like sea level rise and storms, continue to occur. After reviewing the literature, it seems as if the region is not and has never been fit for human development, and no effort will eliminate the risk of flooding. However, this does not change the fact that Louisiana is home to over 4 million people, a large portion of which are poor. The State’s public health infrastructure is not adequately prepared to meet needs of the most vulnerable populations during such disasters. Therefore, adaptation measures must be

Natural disasters can have a significant impact on the health of a countries population. A disaster is defined as “any occurrence that causes damage, ecological destruction, loss of human lives, or deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response.” 1 Several factors play into how severly a country will be impacted following a natural disaster such as their economic status, access to healthcare services, infrastructure, political economies, etc. As the world is currently dealing with climate change affecting weather patterns countries in the Caribbean and Latin America are more at risk now than ever to face natural disasters. Latin America and the Caribbean faced a year of disaster in

Over the past few decades, a major concern is the threat climate change possess for today’s economy. Millions of people are affected each and every day by climate change but this is just the beginning of the worst. One thing that seems to go unharmed by climate change is social status; how long will money last as a barrier to the effects of Mother Nature? How does poverty increase the risks associated the devastating powers of climate change? When speaking in terms of poverty many different categories arise. Poverty in America is different than poverty in Asia or Africa. Every country has faced poverty. It is inevitable; some countries however, face a disproportionately high percentage of poverty.

Our planet faces serious problems, ranging from high emission rates, to extreme waste, we are using the equivalent of approximately 1.6 planets to provide us the resources we require to produce and absorb our waste (“World’). The result of this radical overuse of resources is less forest cover, global warming, air pollution, depletion of fresh water and the overall buildup of pollutants. "Nearly two-thirds, 63%, of all industrial carbon dioxide and methane released into the atmosphere since 1854 can be traced to fossil fuel and cement production by just 90 entities" (‘Largest Producers”). All 90 of those entities are big businesses with even bigger data. Many companies have started using big

The economy today runs on an antiquated ritual of exploiting, plundering, devastation, and manipulation of land for material wealth, profiting the wealthy and condemning the poor. This mindset is no more sophisticated than feudalism, a system so bad it had to be outlawed along with witchcraft. The idea that exploitation of land is justified has brought plastics to the ocean and leveled rainforests. Large corporations have grown larger by manufacturing and production, depleting the planet’s resources in the process. Now, companies must make a combined effort to put the environment first, before profit. Because of their harmful practices, consumers have the right to know where products come from, how they’re made, and the impact on the environment. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the large corporations to change their harmful practices, to make strides towards ending climate change and use clean, sustainable methods.

Ethical implications of pollution created by businesses in the third world countries are grave. From ecology destruction and environmental abuse to issues such as deterioration of water and air quality, the business ethics principles based on stakeholder theory of ethics apply on environmental issues as well. The MNCs establish business operations in third world countries to reduce their cost of doing business and earn greater profits. This shall not be achieved at the cost citizens of host countries. The host country population shall also have a 'moral right' to live in a clean environment where health and safety hazards from environmental deterioration are prevented by their governments. The wealthier nations only have the responsibility to ensure that the MNCs that establish manufacturing operations abroad comply with a self-regulated environmental protection standard as is adopted by the companies in their host countries. Primary responsibility of pollution control lies on governments of third world countries. A corporate body of pollution control under the guidance of UN named as Pollution Control Authority (PCA) shall be formed.

The Earth’s climate has been rapidly warming for the past several decades due to the burning of fossil fuels, with the subsequent release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG). Global climate change has already caused glaciers and sea ice to melt, plant and animal ranges to shift, sea level rise to accelerate, oceans to acidify, and droughts and heat waves to intensify. Indeed, climate change can be considered to be the main threat to the future well-being of humanity and our planet. The involvement of corporations is critical to address climate change since they are one of the main producers of greenhouse gases, with the 2,500 largest global corporations accounting for more than 20% of global GHG emissions. Hence, corporations are key players in combating global climate change.

Extreme weather phenomena result in numerous instances of property damage, human displacement, and loss of human life in the United States and globally each year. In recent years, there seems to have been an increase in anomalous weather conditions, such as floods, droughts, severe storms, and high temperatures, among other types of events. Extreme weather episodes affect a range of sectors including agriculture, and food security, water, health, and tourism (Cooney, 2012). Some areas, such as developing countries, are more vulnerable than others due to lack of funds, planning, and infrastructure (Cooney, 2012). However, more needs to be done in all areas in order to prepare for the rising number of these

A business plays a heavy and critical role in the contribution to global climate change. Suzanne Goldberg (2013) reports that only 90 companies worldwide caused two-thirds of the man-made global warming emissions. Oil, coal and gas companies are the major players in the global climate change crisis of the 21st century (Goldberg 2013). Companies such as Chevron, Exxon and BP are three of the highest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. A staggering statistic from Suzanne Goldberg (2013) states that half of the total global emissions were produced in the past twenty-five years; which is a long time before governments and corporations became aware that the burning of coal and oil were causing dangerous green house gas emissions. Businesses can now choose to run their companies sustainably and this in turn, will help reduce the effects of climate change.

The impact of local pollution, often energy-related, on air quality is a matter of rising social and political concern in many countries. How can governments act to tackle this problem – and what would these actions mean for the energy sector?