Guru Shree Shanti Vijay Jain Vidyalaya: Name - M.Drishat Class - Xii-A2
Guru Shree Shanti Vijay Jain Vidyalaya: Name - M.Drishat Class - Xii-A2
Guru Shree Shanti Vijay Jain Vidyalaya: Name - M.Drishat Class - Xii-A2
VIDYALAYA
NAME - M.Drishat
CLASS - XII-A2
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Definition of Business Environment is sum or
collection of all internal and external factors
such as employees, customers needs and
expectations, supply and demand, management,
clients, suppliers, owners, activities by
government, innovation in technology, social
trends, market trends, economic changes, etc.
These factors affect the function of the
company and how a company works directly or
indirectly. Sum of these factors influences the
companies or business organisations
environment and situation.
ASDA
McDonald’s
Costa Coffee
Evian
Tottenham
Hotspur’s
ASDA
It’s an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic
waste being dumped in the world’s
oceans each year, and we are all
responsible.
There must be something else also
causing the seeming avalanche of
announcements from all sections of
society to combat this level of waste.
Many commentators have attributed the
pace of action to the Blue Planet II nature
series, released last year, which
documented to such large audiences the
damaging impacts of single-use plastics.
As the mood has changed, small
companies to large corporates
(and governments), have acted quickly to
ensure they remain on the right side of
public opinion.
We have spent time wading through the
press releases, policy documents and
sustainability targets to see who is being
the most bold. In doing so, we have come
up with a top 5 list of companies which are
really testing themselves, and could have
the most impact.
Even before ASDA’s planned merger with
Sainsbury’s was announced, the UK food
retailer had made bold commitments on
plastic pollution.
Earlier this year, it set out plans to
immediately reduce plastic use by 10
percent in 2018, which will require the
replacement of 2.4 million drinking straws.
All of its stores will also remove single-use
cups and cutlery by 2019.
In the long-term, it set out ambitions to
make all its branded packaging recyclable
by the mid-2020s. As the company
currently serves 18 million people a week,
the potential for changing consumer
behaviour is high
McDonald’s
With over 36,000 restaurants in 122
locations, it’s clear when McDonald’s
commits to doing something “across the
globe”, it means it.
The fast food chain hasn’t received a
good press for its business practices over
the years, and recent environmental
commitments are perhaps designed to
counteract this negative image.
“As the world’s largest restaurant
company, we have a responsibility to use
our scale for good to make changes that
will have a meaningful impact across the
globe,” Francesca DeBiase said recently,
McDonald’s Chief Sustainability Officer.
She was commenting on the company’s
landmark decision to ensure 100 percent
of its packaging comes from renewable,
recycled or certified sustainable
sources within the next eight years.
The move has been backed by leading
environmental organisations and
McDonald’s has pledged to work with
local governments to help achieve the
goal.
If successful, it would mean a huge
amount of plastic diverted from the world’s
oceans, and an unprecedented number of
people engaged along the way.
Costa Coffee
It may surprise some that Costa Coffee is,
in fact, one of the world’s largest coffee
companies.
Operating over 3,000 stores around the
world, it gets through a lot of disposable
cups, but the company has decided to
take its sustainable responsibilities
seriously.
New commitments have been made
including discounts on reusable cups and
the planned removal of all plastic straws
from cafes.
However, it is the decision to pay waste
collectors £70 for every tonne of used
cups which is a real game changer.
By 2020, the company is targeting an
astonishing half a billion recycled cups,
the equivalent of its current annual sales
in the UK.
The factories involved are bracing
themselves for a seven-fold increase in
work.
Evian
Evian is going carbon neutral and plastic
free.
Last year saw the introduction of a new
zero-carbon bottling plant, the first step
towards major change across the whole
business.
As a world-famous brand of bottled water
it stands on the frontline in the battle to
reduce plastic waste.
By 2025, the French company has made
the pledge to only produce bottles which
are 100 percent recycled.
To do so, it is working to create a truly
“circular model” across the business, with
the help of the Ellen MaCarthur
Foundation.
A partnership with Veolia will also rapidly
scale-up recycling rates and ensure
discarded bottles don’t end up in the
ocean.
Tottenham Hotspur
Sport has a unique ability to reach millions
of people around the world. And football
as one of the few truly global sports is
able to engage people from all
backgrounds on social and environmental
issues.
That’s why Tottenham Hotspur’s move to
eliminate plastics from its new stadium
could elevate the plastic-free campaign to
a new level.
The North London football club is currently
constructing an estimated £850 million
ground to support its growing fan base
and recent success.
Once the new 62,000 seated venue opens
at the end of 2018, it will ban all single-
use plastics across the whole club,
including VIP areas. Fans will be sold
disposable cutlery, straws and stirrers
from day one.
What’s more, the club will replace plastic
bags with biodegradable ones and all
contracts with suppliers will contain a
requirement to reduce plastic usage. New
members will receive a Bag for Life
when the next season starts.
MERITS OF ANTI-
PLASTIC CAMPAIGN
Plastic bags bans enhance the
economy: Bans on plastic bags cause an
uptick in business for reusable bag
manufacturers and lead to increased
employment opportunities.
Eliminating plastic bags reduces cost
of goods: Stores have to factor in the cost of
disposable bags into their prices. By
eliminating plastic bags, stores can lower
prices, helping shoppers save $18 to $30
annually.
Plastic bags are not biodegradable:
When plastics bags become litter, they pollute
oceans, rivers, farmlands, cities, and
neighborhoods. Bans eliminate bags, which
equals less litter and less pollution.
Picking up litter costs tax money:
Banning plastic bags will reduce litter and
allow for tax money to be redirected to more
important areas.
Marine life will improve: Marine animals
often mistake plastic bags as jellyfish or
plankton, leading them to consume the litter
and become ill or die.
Drainage infrastructures run more
efficiently: Plastic litter often clogs drainage
systems, causing unnecessary flooding.
Plastic bag bans reduce the need to
petroleum: Banning plastic bags will minimize
the dependency on the limited non-renewable
resource.
Decrease the mosquito population:
Discarded plastic bags collect rainwater and
creates a breeding ground for mosquitos,
some of which could carry the West Nile Virus
or Triple E Virus.
DEMERITS OF ANTI-PLASTICS
CAMPAIGN