Compile a four page report to answer the following five questions. Any sources used, including your textbook, should be cited appropriately. Upload as one word document.
1. In a report to your client, discuss the current status of Chinese environmental programs: (air, rivers, groundwater, wastewater, drinking water, soils, solid wastes, regulations, and enforcement).
2. Your client is going to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients for the generic pharmaceutical markets. Using the 15 research areas, discuss in your report what you would expect the key changes to the Chinese environmental regulations to be that the U.S. company can anticipate when entering into force in the next five years. Project how this may impact Chinese suppliers and the manufacturing operations of the U.S. company that will be relocated to China.
3. Under research program number 13, it is clear that China plans to develop programs and regulatory requirements that will regulate the production and use of hazardous and toxic chemicals in commerce. Up to now, China has traditionally lagged behind other countries in the development of world class environmental programs. They watch western countries (U.S. and Europe) to learn from their experiences with the intent to pick out program elements that work and can be adapted to China. In your report, discuss what you see to be the benefits and penalties to Chinese environmental programs for taking this approach
– where does this approach help them, where does this approach hurt them?
4. The U.S. has an adversarial approach with industry to managing and enforcing their environmental programs. The U.S. uses a heavy hand when dealing with non-compliant industries and they are experts in the use of permits and fines to drive behavior and the structure of compliance programs of manufacturing operations. The Chinese have an enforcement division, but it is lightly used unless it aversely impacts reputation or the brand of China itself. For example, during the Olympics, some companies had to shut down their operations for two months without government compensation. The air was breathable, the haze was gone, and workers were not paid during the shutdown. In your report, discuss for your client how the Chinese enforcement strategy may impact his manufacturing operations. Include a discussion on how workers at the site will view EHS and the programs in place that are designed to protect workers and the environment from harm.
5. In conclusion, based on your assessment here of environmental factors, present in your report your recommendation. Should the U.S. company relocate to China or remain in the U.S.? State your top three reasons for making your recommendation.
Course Text:
Kutz, M. (2009).
Environmentally conscious materials handling. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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