TO be a great marketer requires the ability to nudge a business forward, "particularly in mature or established industries," Strategy + Business reports, adding most marketers fall substantially short of being great.

A federal law called the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) requires facilities in certain industries, which manufacture, process, or use significant amounts of toxic chemicals, to report annually on their releases of these chemicals.

Last June, the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopted a rule requiring employers in industries that use asbestos to reduce the levels to no more than two-tenths of a fiber per cubic centimeter of air in the workplace.

These are required in manufacturing and in labour-intensive industries.