Sustainability: Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either

directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment. Complicity: The fact or condition of being involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.

Strategies for CSR: Business should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses Business should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining The elimination of all forms of forced labour Strategies for business: What companies can do In the workplace In the community of operation

Voluntary Hazard Elimination Companies involved with social responsibility often take action to voluntarily eliminate production practices that could cause harm for the public, regardless of whether they are required by law. For example, a business could institute a hazard control program that includes steps to protect the public from exposure to hazardous substances through education and awareness. A plant that uses chemicals could implement a safety inspection checklist to guide staff in best practices when handling potentially dangerous substances and materials. A business that makes excessive noise and vibration could analyze the effects its work has on the environment by surveying local residents. The information received could be used to adjust activities and develop soundproofing to lessen public exposure to noise pollution. Community Development Companies, businesses and corporations concerned with social responsibility align with appropriate institutions to create a better environment to live and work. For example, a

corporation or business may set up a foundation to assist in learning or education for the public. This action will be viewed as an asset to all of the communities that it serves, while developing a positive public profile. Philanthropy Businesses involved in philanthropy make monetary contributions that provide aid to local charitable, educational and health-related organizations to assist under-served or impoverished communities. This action can assist people in acquiring marketable skills to reduce poverty, provide education and help the environment. For example, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation focuses on global initiatives for education, agriculture and health issues, donating computers to schools and funding work on vaccines to prevent polio and HIV/AIDS. Creating Shared Value Corporate responsibility interests are often referred to as creating shared value or CSV, which is based upon the connection between corporate success and social well-being. Since a business needs a productive workforce to function, health and education are key components to that equation. Profitable and successful businesses must thrive so that society may develop and survive. An example of how CSV works could be a company-sponsored contest involving a project to improve the management and access of water used by a farming community, to foster public health. Social Education and Awareness Companies that engage in socially responsible investing use positioning to exert pressure on businesses to adopt socially responsible behavior themselves. To do this, they use media and Internet distribution to expose the potentially harmful activities of organizations. This creates an educational dialogue for the public by developing social community awareness. This kind of collective activism can be affective in reaching social education and awareness goals. Integrating a social awareness strategy into the business model can also aid companies in monitoring active compliance with ethical business standards and applicable laws.

Different categories of public policy: Substantive and procedural policies Distributive, regulatory self-regulatory and re-distributive policies Material and symbolic policies Policies involving public goods and private goods Liberal and conservative policies

The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface and the lower atmosphere, it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases. There are two common meanings of the term "greenhouse effect". There is a "natural" greenhouse effect that keeps the Earth's climate warm and habitable. There is also the "manmade" greenhouse effect, which is the enhancement of Earth's natural greenhouse effect by the addition of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels (mainly petroleum, coal, and natural gas). The greenhouse effect is essential to life on Earth; however, the intensification of its effect due to increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is considered to be the main contributing factor to global warming.

An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority to hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The functioning of the NEAA can be better appreciated when the rationale behind the creation of the NEAA is examined. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (EPA) was enacted to implement the decisions taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in June 1972, in which the Government of India participated. However, the EPA did not itself set up a special adjudicatory mechanism to decide cases involving environmental pollution. The decision to grant environmental clearance is invariably that of the State and Central Governments. A need was felt to create a forum for questioning these decisions. In the environment impact assessment (EIA) notification issued under the EPA a detailed procedure has been outlined whereby public hearings are25 National Environment Appellate Authority [NEAA] expected to be conducted for addressing the objections.