Question

What are the effects of business on environment? List them
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Answer 1

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Social costs and the environment

Business activity has an impact on the natural environment:

resources such as timber, oil and metals are used to manufacture goods

manufacturing can have unintended spillover effects on others in the form of noise and pollution

land is lost to future generations when new houses or roads are built on greenfield sites

The unintended negative effects of business activity on people and places are called social costs and include:

noise

pollution

visual blight

congestion

Ethical businesses are careful to minimise the impact of their behaviour on the environment.

Government laws are used to protect the environment. For example, firms must apply for planning permission before building factories or offices on greenfield sites. Grants are available to encourage firms to locate on brownfield sites, run down areas in need of regeneration.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Business activity has an impact on the natural environment: manufacturing can have unintended spillover effects on others in the form of noise and pollution. land is lost to future generations when new houses or roads are built on greenfield sites.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, industrial and commercial energy use (from such sources as electricity use, product transportation, industrial processes, burning fossil fuels to power boilers and produce steam, and using gasoline to power vehicles) accounts for nearly 30 percent of total U.S