An approach to measuring environmental performance of organizations

Abstract

Introduction of the integration of environmental thinking into every aspect of social, political, and economic activity has become central to the environmental debate. Therefore, societies and organizations need to make a drastic shift to a sustainable socioeconomic system with fewer environmental impacts. There is an increasing recognition that good environmental performance makes consequential good organization sense. Organizations that measure, manage and communicate their environmental performance are inherently well placed. They understand how to improve their processes, reduce their costs, comply with regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations and take advantage of new green market opportunities. This paper considers an approach in which organizations are now developing new "win-win " strategies in this area to simultaneously benefit organization, its customers, and the environment.