The organization and execution of work environmental projects in a Norwegian industrial company

The major principles underlying the environmental work at STK may be summed up as follows Responsibility. (1) The environmental organization, with its sub-committees, is responsible for establishing a systematic environmental effort within the company. The environmental organization must therefore develop an action programme which includes the identification, establishment of economic resources, and control of the execution of environmental projects. (2) the company/departmental management is responsible For the physical execution of environmental projects in an active cooperation with the employees through the departmental committees and the environmental organization. (3) The company management is responsible for ensuring that physical and psychological factors in the work environment are considered at the planning stage of new production facilities. Democracy. The employees or their representatives on the joint committees must be involved in the identification and solution of their own problems, and pa...