environmental compliance

environmental compliance
environmental compliance UK US noun [U] ENVIRONMENT, LAW
a situation in which a company or organization is obeying all the laws relating to the environment: »

We pride ourselves in being an environmentally responsible company, and we take our environmental compliance obligations very seriously.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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