Do ecostandards and environmental requirements influence the technological renewal of the company?
Of course, they do, but not now in Russia. First of all, what do we mean by ecostandards? We should distinguish two levels of rate setting, which do not cross with each other. The first level is the quality of life environment (of individuals, animals, plans etc.) and the second level – rate setting of business activities of the individual, who all the time changes the life environment, including, first of all, himself. And while an individual needs the first level in order to survive as biological species then the second level is required in order not to die and survive in satisfactory conditions. An individual needs both.
Nowadays, the second level of rate setting has not almost been developed, uppermost by business and state. By business – because it is impossible to perform the maximum allowable concentration (MAC) and for what reason, if the state only pretends to be ready to punish, but does not punish. And the state does not want to and cannot penetrate into technological core of business activities and is satisfied with threats to business managers. Basically, large pollutants of the life environment are discussed, for which it is unreal to decrease the impact to MAC. Therefore we act among “do not want” and “cannot”. Although on a large scale we should do our best making progress in rate setting of business activities impact and in the control of this impact. For this aim we need political will, supported by financial mechanisms of efforts redistribution. The state does not do it and the business does not insist.
Could the introduction of best available technologies list and technological rates make business innovative?
Without inclusion of the “ecology” into the financial and economic resources of business, the best available technologies will not help! What is more, in that performance offered by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of The Russian Federation, the majority of rough enterprises will immediately prove that they have better technology for this rough material, in the certain place and for certain equipment. But in this case sanitary and fish and business MAC should not be valid! And if they are still in force then what does the adoption of MAC give?
In your opinion, how does science can become more effective and become an important component in corporate tasks solution?
Science should help business and state to solve the problem of control over the impact of business activities on the environment – help in design of simple and easily understandable administrative and financial business methods, the implementation of which saves the business from the necessity to “protect the nature” and brings to the understanding that it is, being “environmentally dirty”, in all senses inadmissible to operate.The science should provide adaptation of “green” economy. It is necessary for it to come to the slogan “all technological innovations should contribute to decrease and/or minimization of business activities impact on the environment”.
However it is easier to talk about it, than to perform it, but for this aim we gather on the forums, including one in Tomsk.
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