{"id":32,"date":"2025-09-05T06:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/chapter\/2-2the-environmental-pillar-planet\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:47:42","slug":"2-2the-environmental-pillar-planet","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/chapter\/2-2the-environmental-pillar-planet\/","title":{"raw":"2.2 The Environmental Pillar (Planet)","rendered":"2.2 The Environmental Pillar (Planet)"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"2.2the-environmental-pillar-(planet)\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>environmental pillar<\/strong> of the [pb_glossary id=\"362\"]triple bottom line[\/pb_glossary] focuses on a business's efforts to minimize harm to the environment. This includes strategies like managing resource use, reducing waste, and protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n \t<li><strong>Environmental Management Systems:<\/strong> Standards such as <strong>ISO 14001<\/strong> help companies effectively control [pb_glossary id=\"283\"]environmental impact[\/pb_glossary]s.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Life Cycle Assessment (LCA):<\/strong> A measure or an evaluation of a product from its [pb_glossary id=\"299\"]environmental performance[\/pb_glossary] from raw material extraction to disposal.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Carbon Neutrality &amp; Renewable Energy:<\/strong> Both consumers and corporations are spending money on developing solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Biodiversity Conservation:<\/strong> Ethical businesses help reforest and protect habitat.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Examples of Innovation:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tesla<\/strong> revolutionized e-vehicles and battery technology in transportation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IKEA<\/strong> invests in solar energy, sustainable sourcing, and higher energy efficient designs of products<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"2.2the-environmental-pillar-(planet)\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>environmental pillar<\/strong> of the <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_32_362\">triple bottom line<\/a> focuses on a business&#8217;s efforts to minimize harm to the environment. This includes strategies like managing resource use, reducing waste, and protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Environmental Management Systems:<\/strong> Standards such as <strong>ISO 14001<\/strong> help companies effectively control <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_32_283\">environmental impact<\/a>s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Life Cycle Assessment (LCA):<\/strong> A measure or an evaluation of a product from its <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_32_299\">environmental performance<\/a> from raw material extraction to disposal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carbon Neutrality &amp; Renewable Energy:<\/strong> Both consumers and corporations are spending money on developing solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiversity Conservation:<\/strong> Ethical businesses help reforest and protect habitat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Examples of Innovation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tesla<\/strong> revolutionized e-vehicles and battery technology in transportation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IKEA<\/strong> invests in solar energy, sustainable sourcing, and higher energy efficient designs of products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_32_362\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_32_362\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>An accounting framework that expands the traditional focus on financial profit to include two additional dimensions: people (social performance) and planet (environmental performance).<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_32_283\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_32_283\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>The effect a business\u2019s operations have on the natural world.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_32_299\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_32_299\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>A measure of a company's success in reducing its ecological footprint<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":167,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-32","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions\/364"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}