Letter of Advocacy of Promoting Sustainable Development - Essay Example

John Smith President, XYZ Company 123 Street, United s April 6, Dear Sir, I am writing you about our advocacy of promoting sustainable development. Our group is called Mother Nature and we are allied with Green Peace in advocating sustainable use of our resources with the end of reversing global warming. This advocacy is focused among businesses and industrial centers since they are the most potent agents of development that use most of our resources. Our advocacy is focused on promoting responsible stewardship of the resources that we have so that there will still be resources left for future generation through green practices in the operation of the business. We believe that making business operations green is also beneficial to the business because it enhances their corporate citizenship images that would translate to patronage and improved bottom line in the long run. Our objective is not to hamper development and business but to strike a healthy balance between, development, business and environment with the end of not only reversing climate change but also to make this planet more habitable without damaging business and environment. We believe that it can be done and there is a way to do it. We also have to act now because our previous irresponsible acts are now taking its toll on us. Our unabated pollution, including the excessive emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutants such as nitrous oxide and methane traps heat within our atmosphere that has caused the greenhouse gas to raise its temperature (Massawe). This resulted in global warming or climate change. Global warming or climate change melts glaciers and permafrost in the Antartics causing the sea level to rise and extreme shift of weather patterns. This explains why we now have fiercer hurricanes, stronger storms, excessive rains that cause frequent floods. This excessive shifting weather patterns is also responsible for the more frequent heat waves that causes droughts and poor harvests (Miller). So in effect, global warming destroys lives and properties as well as disrupts our food source that could threaten our very survival. We have seen the effect of the strongest storm in recent memory as Haiyan flattened an entire province in the Philippines (Larano). It is not yet too late to do something about it. Through our collective effort, there is still a chance that we could mitigate, stop or even reverse global warming. As a big business entity such as XYZ Company, your organization can certainly contribute to the improvement of our environment. As the President of the company, you also have the power to effect changes that would help mitigate the global warming and improve our environment that would benefit us all. Our sustainable advocacy have several proposal to your business that is doable, realistic and will not harm your business. This will center on making the operation of your business operation clean and green. Clean and green operations meant that we will use resources that will not cause pollution and are that they are renewable and therefore sustainable to use in the long run. There are several areas of operation that you can implement clean and green and these are a) replacing your plastic containers and other plastic wraps with paper cartons and paper cartons b) replacing your power source with solar energy and c) convert the vehicles of the company to LPG instead of gasoline or diesel. It is already a common knowledge that plastic is non-biodegradable. Being non-biodegradable, it meant that plastics will remain as a thrash until forever that would clog our environment. Replacing it with paper material such as cartons and paper bags will be a big favor to the environment because papers are not only recyclable, they are also biodegradable. Considering the magnitude of the operation of your business, the impact of plastic reduction (or removal) in your company’s operations would tremendously help the environment. The effect may not be immediate, but reducing non-biodegradable waste will certainly benefit the environment. My second proposal is to use solar energy in the operations of your business. Sunlight is free so we might as well use it. Using solar energy as a source of electricity in your plant is actually more cost effective and more beneficial in the long run. True, solar panels and its installation may cost a little more today, but its cost can be defrayed over the years of not having to pay your electric bills. You will also be spared from power interruptions of the power providers due to the factors that is beyond your control. Having your own solar panels as a source of energy will give you greater control on your source energy which is very beneficial to the operation of your business. Finally, we also suggest that you convert your diesel powered vehicles into a cleaner fuel of Liquid Petroleum Gas or LPG which has almost no carbon emission. Installing the converter in your vehicle will not cost you that much. In addition, the cost associated in the installation of LPG converters in your vehicle can easily be recoup in a year or two considering that LPG cost half than gasoline. But more than the saved cost, making your operation green will help the reduction of carbon dioxide emission in the atmosphere which is the main culprit of global warming. If you allow me to remind you, global warming does not only the rising and lowering of weather temperature at an unusual level but it in fact has an effect on weather patterns. Thus, changing its power source and fuel to a clean energy such as solar and LPG, would tremendously help in reducing carbon emission into the atmosphere. If all business will do this in the long run, there is a good chance that we may still reverse the effects of climate change. But we have to start somewhere and that somewhere is your business and others in the community. These proposals can be implemented within a month if your good person decides to make the operation of your business clean and green. Replacing your plastic containers with paper can even be implemented at your next supplier purchase by switching to different supplier that provides cartons as container. With regard to converting your power source to solar, we can help you scout for reputable providers. Converting your vehicles to LPG can also implemented as soon you decide because there are plenty of reputable LPG converters in your area. These proposals, just like any other investments would initially cost you but the dividends in the future are great. These dividends include better working condition, positive corporate image that could translate into customer patronage and above all, lower operational cost because your source of energy is free (sun) and cheap (LPG and recyclable paper). As inhabitants of the same planet, it would also be beneficial to all of us because it meant that we will have a better planet to live where nature is kind and not destructive. As a business entity, it would also ensure that your business will still have the resources to use in the operations of your business in the future. Truly yours, Your name President Mother Nature Foundation Contact Information Works Cited Massawe, Antipas T. S. "Global Warming Control To Mitigate Climate Change." Engineering 4.5 (2012): 252-255. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Apr. 2015. "Nick Miller Presents: An Inconvenient Truth." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 6 Apr. 2015. Larano, Cris. "Was Haiyan the Strongest Storm Ever?" Indonesia Real Time RSS. 13 Nov. 2013. 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