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Santo Domingo.- The head of the National Business Environmental Protection Support Network (RENAEPA) on Sunday said a company can be both competitive and achieve substantial economic efficiency, while respecting the environment.
Roberto Herrera urged business and industry to change attitudes, and consider opportunities to reduce or eliminate waste before it’s generated, and evaluate technology options to develop responsible environmental management.
He said there’s evidence of boosted productivity and economic efficiency when industries implement environmental strategies for cleaner production processes, products and services, in addition to low production costs and helps reduce waste and emissions.
Herrera, speaking in the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainability Dialogue "Cleaner Production, the Path to Competitiveness and Sustainable Development," stressed the incorporation of tools which allow industries to compete on equal footing with their counterparts in the DR-CAFTA trade pace and noted that Dominican Republic undertook commitments with the United States as a signatory of free trade agreements, to comply with regulations and environmental production standards.
The business leader added that while industrial development has caused serious environmental damage, more than 50% of industrial waste can be prevented.
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How about a plan for Political Waste!
Holy crap!
I can't decide which is more ridiculous.
The fact that he said it or that there are morons who believe it.
Dr AC.. apart from your BS as per usual, one never adds in the cost to all of the clean up after, look back to last week to see the story " Protests erupt near one of the world’s most polluted sites "
The cost to the tax payers that will fit the bill of the clean up, relocate the people and long term health care for them...
The battery factory was a Dominican Government Franchise Cronyism at it most pure form. The PRD gave one of their major backers the exclusive license to "recycle" the batteries in State owned land.
It had nothing to do with free enterprise.
It make no matter if it's government or "free enterprise" the extra cost of post clean up from businesses using toxic chemicals or dumping waste falls back on tax payer to have to clean it up after the damage is done.
So you cost of "free enterprise" without being environmentally friendly is far more expensive in the long run.... but it all about profits NOW.... right DR AC???