business practice

Assessment expectation: Identify, evaluate and justify your position in relation to the question asked using theory and relevant examples to support your answer.
Write an essay on one of the following topics:
Question 1. A global manufacturing firm is using Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to ensure that the environmental impacts of its production sites are adequately managed, and that it maintains compliance with environmental legislation. How could a company use its EMS to promote other ‘beyond compliance’ initiatives to further improve its environmental performance? Illustrate your answer with reference to examples of business practice with which you are familiar.
Question 2. Write an essay on the advantages and disadvantages of coal-fired power generation and nuclear energy. Using a range of different Internet search engines, supported by academic references, propose at least two apparently viable alternative energy generation for New Zealand or your country of origin, and justify your views about the viability of these alternatives. Explain what you think would be the business, society, and government perspectives on each of these four energy sources: coal-fired power, nuclear energy, and the two alternatives you have identified.