Circular Initiatives for Industrial Sustainability

Abstract

The industrial sector has been treated as the engine of economic growth contributing to GDP, job opportunities and business creation. However industrial activities also cause various environmental problems such as water, air pollution, also hazardous and non-hazardous waste generation. One approach to deal with this problem is by involving industries at Proper (business performance rating on environmental management). The industries that proactively managing its environmental impacts and resulting energy efficiency, reduce of water consumption and emission, reduce of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, improve bio-diversity, are awarded as green ranking. The gold ranking is awarded for industries which are able to create self-reliance communities through corporate social responsibility (CSR). To optimize environmental performance, the industries achieving beyond compliance level are obliged to adopt life cycle assessment (LCA).