Question

what changes would you recommend to better enable Tata to meet future environmental conditions?

• Bateman, Thomas S. and Snell, Scott A.KonopaskeRobert (2019). Management: Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World 13^th Edition.   Boston McGraw-Hill Irwin, ISBN:9781259927645.    

Answer 1

Tata needs to go for a betterment process for its future environmental conditions to improve the external environment to satisfy its corporate social responsibilities. The recommended actions should be as follows:
• Reduction in carbon dioxide intensity: Tata should take the initiative to reduce the carbon intensity emission. It is helpful for Tata to better its external environment.
• Reduction in energy consumption: Tata needs to reduce its energy consumption from its steel and motor services. Thus, it should look for alternative energy to satisfy the energy requirement for its steel and motor services.
• Reduction in water consumption: Water consumption should be reduced with the highest priority to improve the environmental condition. Tata should plan to reduce excessive water consumption by 23.9% in the next financial year which is currently 22.1%.
• Reduction in dust emission: Dust emission should be reduced urgently to improve the external environment. As per the current environment report, Tata has successfully reduced 6.5% of dust emission. Thus, it must aim to reduce it to 7.1% by the end of the current financial year.
• Elimination in the use of paper plates and plastics: Tata should take initiative to eliminate the use of paper plates and plastics from all of its sections. Plastic utensils and paper plates contain toxic chemicals which pollute water and promote soil erosion. Thus, the company needs to start to use alternative sources.
Implementation of all these recommended actions can be helpful to enhance the environmental improvement of Tata.