就在几年前，环境问题主要是以监管方式处理的。过去十年？尤其是过去几年？我们看到了向一个基于对话和协议而不是指挥和控制的系统的过渡。这导致许多公司积极处理环境问题，并拥有这一领域的所有权。如今，工业化国家的大多数公司都熟知环境管理、环境控制系统、绿色报告、绿色采购等领域。许多人多年来一直在实践这一点，事实上，他们正在推动变革，并将这些问题进一步融入公司的日常工作中。

Just a few years back, environmental issues were mainly dealt with in a regulatory manner. Through the last decade?and in particular the last few years?we have seen a transition towards a system based on dialogue and agreements rather than command and control. This had lead to many companies treating environmental issues proactively and taking ownership of this area. Today areas like environmental management, environmental control systems, green reporting, green purchasing etc. are well known to most companies in the industrialized world. Many have been practicing this for years and are in fact driving the evolution and further integrating these issues into the daily work in companies.