environmental standards
Pollution control thresholds
Environmental standards are regulations or benchmarks that set acceptable levels for pollution, emissions, resource use, or ecological impact.
Governments and industries use them to limit harm: The factory failed to meet environmental standards for wastewater discharge.
Standards may be mandatory or voluntary, covering everything from air quality to chemical disposal to carbon footprints.
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- safety regulationsRules minimizing workplace hazards
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- emission controlsRestrictions on released pollutants
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
pollution control · compliance · EPA · clean · green · green building · sustainability · climate change · carbon · carbon footprint · waste · air quality · water quality · inspections · violations · limits · thresholds · permits
- standardsnorm, norms, criterion, criteria, specification
- climate policycarbon tax, emissions trading, cap and trade, net zero, carbon neutral
- workplace policiescode of conduct, ethics, policies, workplace policy, HR policies
- EUEuropean Commission, European Union, Austria, European Parliament, Belgium
- globalizationglobalization, free trade, global village, global trade, multinationals
- ethical shoppingfair trade coffee, ethical sourcing, sustainable sourcing, ethical shopping, buy local
environmental standardsenvironmental degradation
Decline of natural surroundings
toxic dumping · ecocide · resource exploitation · dirty industry · strip mining
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