Define the areas for environmental responsibility.

Bennett and James areas for environmental responsibility:

• Production for example, minimising waste and toxic emissions.

• Environmental auditing for example, to comply along with legislation, but an issue also of integrity to take an additional proactive stance.

• Ecological approach for example, minimising waste throughout whole value or supply chain.

• Quality for example, set targets to decrease environment waste and emissions.

• Accounting for example account for social costs to third parties or for society, for investment appraisal conclusions.

• Economic as like internal economic charges for any ‘social cost’ made by divisions to promote its minimisation.

• Lean production techniques and tools

• Acquiring things right first time (whole quality management) for instant minimisation of internal/external failure cost.

• Minimising inventory for example, JIT stock control to enhance cash-flow management.

• Minimising waste for illustration zero wastage policy.

• Flexible workforce practices for illustration focus factories, teamwork, cell manufacturing, multi-skilled workers and empowerment to shorten lead times.

• High obligation to human resource policy cell manufacturing, investment during training and growth, quality circles and performance associated reward schemes

• Workforce and management culture of commitment to continuous development