firms

• explain

  Play a pivotal role in devising technical solutions to tackle environmental challenges from stemming their operations
• examples

  • Eg. Peru, foreign companies have spurred the adoption of greener technologies and driven a technological shift in the country’s mining sector 
  • Eg. In African nations, foreign firms in metal mining industries have prompted the adoption of environmentally friendly approaches and raised the standards of environmental protection
• However,

  • These may not always result in improved environmental conditions 
  • Eg. in Ghana, even though there are adoptions of greener technologies facilitated by Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), water pollution remains a significant concern, largely due to traditional mining activities