Topic > Sustainable Manufacturing Case Study - 1002

Large corporations have always used sustainability as a tool to protect their private interests. It is clear that economic and business issues are the main drivers for the adoption of sustainable business plans (Dornfield, 2012). Big businesses have enormous power globally and often have influence over governments and nonprofit organizations. This creates conflict, as this power often allows them to influence state regulations, as well as international codes and standards (Dauvergne & Lister, 2013). Opinions on the advantages of eco-business strategies are varied. Some argue that it is little more than an economic tool, while others point out that the increased focus on sustainability in the business world is an important factor that will encourage the “mainstreaming and expansion” of the issue needed to bring about change global. . Dauvergne and Lister (2013) express concern that companies use the term sustainability in their policies to “confuse and falsely reassure” governments and consumers that they are taking effective action to reduce consumption and waste. Natanski and Baglione (2014) express concern that the private sector has a habit of narrowly interpreting the concept of sustainability as “responsible management of the environment” instead of seeing it as an effective way to improve “alignment with its stakeholders” (pp.1). Sustainability