P.E.S.T.E.L/P.E.S.T.L.E. Analysis of a Company, Industry or Product
P.E.S.T.L.E./P.E.S.T.L.E. is a method to evaluate a company, industry or product based on Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental attributes.
Environmental
- Weather influences
- Climate change
- Laws regarding environmental pollution
- Recycling and use of recycled materials
- Waste management-costs, regulations, how is waste disposed of?
- Attitudes toward "green" or ecological products and raw materials
- Attitudes, support for and costs for renewable energy
- Consumer protection
- Is the company/industry environmentally conscious? How do we know?
- Greenwashing?
- Use of renewable energy
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). United StatesGovernment agency tasked with protection of the environment including air, land and water resources.
- CSRWirePress Releases are distributed to journalists at major media outlets, investment professionals, academics, analysts, activists and consumers, NGOs and nonprofits, sustainability and CSR organizations, corporate CSR officers and other professionals focused on Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability.
Company Sustainability/Social Responsibility Reports-go to the Company's home page if it is a publicly traded company and search under Investor Relations. You can then look at what the company says and compare/contrast to what the news, press says. Are they really doing what they say they are?
