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Owner companies of major projects, whether they have obtained ISO14000 environmental certification (or passed equivalent environmental audit), they will, as normal practices, set up their own environmental guideline and objectives. Environmental guideline is the ultimate goal to achieve for a business, such as “to build a low-carbon green company,” environmental objectives are relatively more detailed and specific, such as “the company will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by twenty percent through technology innovation in the year of xxxx.”
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Yang, J. (2017). Environmental Guidelines and Objectives. In: Environmental Management in Mega Construction Projects. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3605-7_2
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