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I Prioritization and Decision Making in Environmental Technology Development at DuPont
I Prioritization and Decision Making in Environmental Technology Development at DuPont
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DUPONT CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN Major steps in DuPont's annual planning cycle are described here. Top-Level Goals Imposed on Business Units A corporate environmental improvement plan was drafted by top-level executives, due to concerns about potential regulatory penalties, a potential negative public image of the company, and the desire to be competitive in a global economy, all of which dictate sound environmental stewardship.
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in the subcategory of"spill containment diking," with the implication that a coordinated technology development project in this area could have multiple applications across the DuPont complex (Martin, 1994~. The next step was to identify and remove from further consideration any initiatives that did not contribute to corporate environmental goals.
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(b) Reduction in amount of waste generated as a function of cumulative implementation cost for all Initiatives designed to reduce air emissions of toxic substances.
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The prioritization of environmental initiatives according to cost and cost per unit effluent saved was a convenient way for DuPont business units to achieve top-level goals of upper-level corporate management, such as the 60 percent reduction of air toxics. The businesslike approach was convenient to the efficient implementation of the requisite activity to meet these goals (at minimal cost)
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Appendix ~ DuPont Technology Development as a Business Venture ~9 A separate DuPont business unit was engaged in environmental remediation technology as a business opportunity, but this business unit was sold off in the mid to late ~990s due to the lack of a global market for such services. As a result, DuPont's environmental technology development is directed toward internal improvements only.
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