Case Name :      Mearl Oil Co.: Environmental Impact Targets (A)

Authors :           Tima Bansal, Tom Ewart

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            905M18

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    10 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Mearl Canada Ltd. does not want to implement Mearl Oil Co.’s environmental impact targets because, in Mearl Canada’s opinion, the targets create an extra layer of regulation for considerable cost and negligible benefit. Mearl’s position is that all Mearl worldwide operations must adopt these performance standards to allow the company to make operational its stated environmental policy. Each party has an opportunity to make its case at the International Environmental Group meeting, which will decide whether Mearl Canada may deviate from the environmental impact target and continue with its own homegrown environmental management system and standards. Written from the perspective of the manager of Mearl Oil’s Support System, Environmental.