997 Search Results for Environmental Policy
The other 48 have their own standards and only 2/3 of them require, according to the 2010 report of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. This report said that almost 2/3 of high school students do not get enough exercise and mo Continue Reading...
Compare and Contrast ArticlesThe United States has long been a leading nation in energy consumption, with demand only increasing as the years go on. As such, energy policy is a hotly contested topic, with there being a wide range of opinions on the b Continue Reading...
The Right to Clean WaterIntroductionWhen making assertions and declarations like everyone has a right to clean water, one should understand the underlying causes for the declaration. In 2010, the United Nations issued Resolution 64/292, which explici Continue Reading...
Sustainability Initiatives in Global Supply ChainsThe PlanetSustainability efforts addressing the \\\"planet\\\" aspect would tend to focus on reducing the environmental impact. This would involve having policies that reduce waste, and energy usage. Continue Reading...
Access to Healthy FoodIntroductionWhy is access to healthy food without preservatives, additives, or toxic ingredients more expensive than fast food? This question is one that anybody concerned about healthy food has found himself asking over and ove Continue Reading...
The Effect of Climate Change on International BusinessClimate change is currently a critical issue sparking heated debates in society because of its effects on international business. The definition of climate change is quite complex as it refers to Continue Reading...
Housing Crisis vs. Climate CrisisIntroductionThis paper focuses on London, UK, as a case study in its imminent conflict between addressing the housing crisis vs. the climate crisis. The city is increasingly giving developers the green light to constr Continue Reading...
SCUBA and the Environment: A Paradox
The relationship between SCUBA diving and environmental and marine health is a strange, tenuous, and paradoxical one. On the one hand, diving activities and the ancillary effects of diving-related tourism have thr Continue Reading...
A) Write a summary of an article on the environment that was published in The New York Times between 1/22 and 1/28. This assignment is for 150 words.
ANCHORAGE — The people of Alaska, spurred by the threat of a massive underwater earthquake whi Continue Reading...
Indigenous Environmental Studies
The Link
For this assignment, we choose the problem of deforestation in Africa and it potential link to the outbreak of the Ebola virus. There have been scientific discussions and debates about whether deforestation Continue Reading...
Neo-Liberalism1. "Neo-liberalism is an ideology that serves the interests of the wealthy only, while sending the poor into even greater poverty. In fact, it could be argued that rather than representing an ideology, it is a euphemism for the sheer se Continue Reading...
Population growth is emerging as on the most contentious issues facing society today. What makes the issue so contentious is its overall impact on human behavior and its implications for worldwide economic develop. Until now, economic development was Continue Reading...
Assessment of Seattle Climate Action Plan
The Seattle Climate Action Plan, which was espoused in 2003, purposes to offer a synchronized and organized strategy for action that encompasses the functions of the City, and lays emphasis on actions of the Continue Reading...
Politics Behind Climate Change and What Can and Should Be Done
Climate change has been a major problem experienced by various countries globally. Many factors contribute to climate change problems experienced including manmade and natural factors. M Continue Reading...
Welfare in Captive Wild Animals
The Holy Bible gets the relationship between humankind and wild animals out of the way early on in Genesis 1:26 when God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish i Continue Reading...
Deforestation in the AmazonOutlineI. The problema. Amazon is one of the world\\\'s most important ecosystems, home to an estimated 10% of the world\\\'s biodiversity. However, the Amazon is under threat from deforestationb. This problem impacts the A Continue Reading...
The COVID Lockdowns and Air QualityThe study by Elshorbany et al. (2021) found that CO and NO2 pollution was reduced during the COVID lockdowns in states where the main source of pollution was from traffic pollution, as in New York City and Florida. Continue Reading...
Dead Zones: Causes and Effects
Dead zones are areas that can no longer sustain life. Usually referring to oceanic dead zones, the term could just as well apply to agricultural dead zones. The dead zones that impact the food supplies in North America Continue Reading...
Climate change and its impact
Introduction
Climate is a part of our everyday lives. The change in temperature, swift winds blowing by and rainfall are all because of climate. The United Nation Framework Convention on climate defines climate change as Continue Reading...
Future of Renewable Energies
While the reliance of the United States on natural resources and fossil fuels must give way to renewable and sustainable resources at some point, the ability to change to new technologies is not yet here and further effo Continue Reading...
Air Pollution
Many Americans cities, however, are doing little to combat air pollution. There are many steps that can be taken to combat air pollution, and many cities are failing in this regard. There is underinvestment in transit, a focus on carbon Continue Reading...
Safety in Mining in Australia
The mining industry in Australia is traditionally renowned for establishing best practices that are geared towards promoting the health and safety of miners as they engage in their various activities towards improved pr Continue Reading...
1349). In that last case, the lesson learned should be clear -- don't build wind turbines too close to residences, or don't build homes too close to a wind turbine.
When it comes to nuisance suits based on aesthetic issues, Butler explains that "th Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
An Exploratory Study
Outlook of CSR in India
History of CSR in India
Philanthropy in Indian Society
Modern Form of CSR in Indian Society
Profile of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Continue Reading...
Sustainable Development - a Global Challenge
Need for Change
State Sovereignty
Sustainable Development
Challenges for Businesses
The Role of MNCs in Sustainable Development
The Global Compact
Initiatives outside the Global Compact
What is Int Continue Reading...
Organization Behavior
Sustainability Report for Lufthansa Airlines
Sustainability Report
Sustainability Report for Lufthansa Airlines
The purpose of this report is to analyze and discuss the sustainability practices and efforts of one of the lead Continue Reading...
For instance the World Trade Organization reports having "allowed First World countries to raise trade barriers protecting their companies, even as we have served as their forum for insisting that Third World countries lower their trade barriers mor Continue Reading...
Pharmaceutical industries have to operate in an environment that is highly competitive and subject to a wide variety of internal and external constraints. In recent times, there has been an increasing trend to reduce the cost of operation while compe Continue Reading...
Monitoring System of Starbucks
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
Monitoring consists of everyday assessment of activities and projects, while evaluation entails the routine assessment of attained undertakings. Monitoring oversees the amount of work Continue Reading...
Starbucks
2010 MOST ETHICAL RESTAURANT
Starbucks Coffee Company was chosen Most Ethical Restaurant for 2010, according to strict screening methods and criteria (Ethisphere, 2010). These criteria were corporate citizenship and responsibility, corpor Continue Reading...
Part of the problem is governmental intransigence. For the past eight years in particular, energy policy has been driven by the oil companies (Environmental News Service, 2008), resulting in clean energy having been sidelined. Another reason is that Continue Reading...
Failure-to-Disclose
Disclosure & Financial Accounting
Environmental and Financial Factors in the Petroleum Industry
The petroleum industry has a unique responsibility in the initiative to practice environmental safeguarding while producing th Continue Reading...
In other respects, however, the evidence does not readily conform to theoretical predictions. For example, if gross job turnover is taken as a rough proxy for labor market flexibility -- and since stringent EPL reduces both hiring and firing -- it i Continue Reading...
.....men and women behind everything from public infrastructure to consumer product design, engineers have a distinct ethical obligation to uphold standards of safety. However, there is more to engineering ethics than the assurance that safety standa Continue Reading...
Value of Ecologising Education and Teaching Sustainable Perspectives
Undoubtedly, for some people, the future teems with choices, great, exciting opportunities, and enhanced comfort. But the children of today, even those hailing from affluent homes, Continue Reading...
Food Served in Public Schools
The school nutrition environment, consisting of school meals and competitive meals, has actually properly gotten terrific attention due to the fact that kids eat, usually, one-third of their everyday calorie consumption Continue Reading...
Green provides some clear guidelines to assist health education and promotion specialists in the identification and design of health promotion techniques for implementation in health promotion and disease prevention programs. Discuss how five of the Continue Reading...