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Table 3.1 Efforts to Promote Industry-Initiated Programs
Type of Effort
Intended Benefits
Environmental management standards
Provide a nonregulatory means to certify the approach that a company uses to pursue environmental goals.
Environmental labelling of products
Promote accurate environmental advertising. Encourage consumers to take environmental considerations into account. Provide a market-based incentive to manufacturers to achieve environmental goals.
Industrial consortia
Share environmental-management information among member companies and promote the use of effective tools for environmental management.
Partnerships between industry and other organizations
Help establish mutual environmental objectives and develop and implement consensus action plans.
Federal programs
Provide companies with technical support and information. Encourage flexible and cost-effective approaches to implementation of environmental activities.
tions through ways that are most cost-effective for them. Moreover, EPA provides assistance by conducting regional pollution-
