What could the non sustainable business do to reduce its global footprint?

Non-sustainable business means a business that cannot
expect to continue to do business and grow for long because of the environmental damage
and other cost to the society caused by its manufacturing and other activities, and by
the consumption and disposal of its products.

There are no
clear criteria for qualifying a business as non-sustainable. For example, do we consider
the business cigarette manufacturing business as non-sustainable because of the harm
caused by smoking to the health of direct smokers as well as passive
smokers?

Different types of businesses may be considered
non-sustainable for many different reasons. Accordingly the the step they need to take
to reduce their global foot print - that is, adverse impact of their activity on global
environment - will also needs to be different. A company manufacturing newsprint paper
is non-sustainable because the wood it uses for making the paper is reducing the forest
cover. A company like this could undertake a tree plantation program to become
sustainable. A power utility may be considered non-sustainable because of high
environmental pollution created by its coal operated power plants. This company may have
to improve its coal combustion and power generation technology, and introduce equipment
to improve the quality of its exhaust. Such company may also benefit by adopting
generating electricity from renewable sources of energy and nuclear energy. A petroleum
company may find is advisable to go in for development of alternative bio fuels. Thus
each business must decide appropriate method of reducing global footprint suitable for
its business and its situation.