Das Projekt "Developing the Right Response: How a Consumer Goods Company Attempts to integrate the EU Proposal for a Framework Directive on Water into the Formulation, Production and Use of Detergents" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften Brüssel / Procter and Gamble, European Technical Center. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität Trier, European Association for Environmental Management Education - Focal Point Trier -, Europäisches Diplom in Umweltwissenschaften.A new proposal for legislation, a proposed framework directive on water, has recently been developed by the European Commission. If implemented in its current state, one of its provisions will change the way users will be charged for water, both for its provision and its treatment. This could have an impact on the production of detergents at the company, but more likely could have greater impact on consumers using the detergents. This it important to the company because, at a consumer goods company, it needs to anticipate and satisfy the needs and desires of consumers. Therefore the key question it how the company can best anticipate and respond to upcoming legislation using a combination of tools within its environmental management system. Thus the project begins with an analysis of the Commission proposal and its likely impact on detergents. It then evaluates the environmental goals and various decision-making tools the company hat in place in its environmental management system. Finally it recommends a combination of tools the company could optimally deploy to develop an appropriate internal response to the proposed directive.
