Not too long ago, corporations would engage in business practices with scant regard for social or environmental implications. Powerful multinationals operated with impunity and were only beholden to their shareholders. In recent years, the paradigm has shifted to one in which a type of corporate conscience has begun to emerge.
A principal driver for this change in direction has been greater consumer awareness. Increasingly, consumers are making well informed purchasing decisions and favouring products and services that meet high standards for fair trade, sustainability, and social responsibility. This increasing demand is spurring a voluntary reassessment of business goals and principles in boardrooms around the world.
The most forward-thinking companies are setting out to take advantage of cleaner, reusable sources of energy, produce less waste, and to deliver products and services that are environmentally sustainable before they are mandated by legislation to do so. Some companies are beginning to invest in environomental management software that track, monitor, and report on company-wide environmental data.
Intelex Technologies develops and deploys environmental management systems that enable companies to meet all EHS compliance requirements while addressing air quality management issues such as CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions enforced by the Kyoto Protocol.
