Question

"Our continued existence as a leading manufacturers request that we excel in Environmental performance." Justify it with the textual support.

Class 11 || English Hornbill 

Chapter - The Ailing Planet : The Green Movement

Answer 1

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Products impact the environment throughout their entire life cycle – from the extraction of
raw materials and manufacturing to use and final disposal. Recognizing the responsibilities in this
phenomenon, companies are increasingly working to reduce the environmental impact of their
activities. Product development is an activity with an important influence on environmental impacts,
since it defines, for instance, which materials and technologies will be used during product’s life cycle.
Ecodesign is a proactive environmental management approach which aims to improve the
environmental performance1
of products throughout their whole life cycle. Considering the
environmental issue in product development leads to competitive advantages, legal compliance,
image improvement and cost reduction. The application of ecodesign also promotes product
innovation and new business opportunities.
Several ecodesign practices have been developed in the last decade in order to address
environmental issues in product development. In order to support companies in the implementation
of these ecodesign practices, a framework called Ecodesign Maturity Model (EcoM2)2
has been
developed. EcoM2 is a framework with an evolutionary approach that aims to support companies in
the implementation of ecodesign by diagnosing the maturity profile of the company and establishing a
roadmap for ecodesign practice implementation, based on the current maturity profile and strategic
objectives and drivers of this company.
A common assumption in ecodesign is to develop easy to use and consolidated methods which
can be used in the earliest phases of the PDP. However, what is observed is that many of the analytical
tools and methods that measure the environmental performance of products are too complex. The
selection and use of environmental performance indicators as a quantitative tool, however, is a
simpler and rapid approach to quantify and improve the environmental performance of products.

Answer 2

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"Our continued existence as a leading manufacturers request that we excel in Environmental performance."

This statement is from the chapter "The Ailing planet : The Green Movement " written by Nani Palkhiwala.

This chapter mainly focuses on the adverse effect on the natural environment because of the world's most dangerous animal i.e., us means human.

We are leading to disturbance in the natural vegetation and habitats because of our excessive use.

The line given above signifies that human beings should use resources in a suitable way in order to maintain the natural balance between the organisms.

This shows that even though we are becoming the most leading manufacturers we should take care of the environment.  By our continued use of resources we are letting the environment getting damaged and also leading towards the depletion of the resources.

The mass use of some resources have resulted to the depletion and some more in the way. Our existence is often creating problems for the future generation i.e., our demands shouldn't affect the existence of future generation and therefore the resources should be used in a more efficient way or sustainable way.