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Nestle Sustainability
Nestle's key sustainable environmental policies are broken down into several core areas: resources, packaging, products, climate change, natural capital, information, water efficiency, training, and product life-cycle. They wan Continue Reading...
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Eriksson, O, Carlsson Reich, M, Frostell, B, Bjorklund, a, Assefa, G, Sundqvist, JO & Thyselius, L. 2005, Municipal solid waste management from a systems perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 241-252.
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Vertical Farming-Opportunities and Challenges for Singapore
There has been much talk surrounding the environmental issues of food production, with many now suggesting the city is the ideal place for growing food to cater for rapidly expanding urban Continue Reading...
He offered me $1,000 to set an appointment with the candidate. I refused to accept the bride, and as such, behaved in an ethical manner.
From a teleological standpoint, my decision was a positive one since it was made in the sense and the sake of t Continue Reading...
popularity of foreign restaurant: consumer attitude and behavior toward foreign cuisines in Bangkok
Thailand as a tourist destination
Thailand has become a tourist destination hotspot for its scenic beauty, the humble nature of their people, and t Continue Reading...
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Marks & Spencer is currently met with a wide array of challenges, among which the emergence of the internationalized economic crisis which reduces the buying powers of the individuals, but also the incremental pressures for sustainable de Continue Reading...
Therefore, we have selected two individuals each from the accounts receivable, accounting, customer service, human resources and production departments and given them the duty of communicating the priorities regularly dictated by the Sustainability Continue Reading...
Function #1: Mitigation
At this stage, gradual and long-term steps are taken to ensure that disasters do not occur, or that, when they do, they cause minimal damage. Actions at this stage include the identification of hazards, the research of the Continue Reading...
I do that every day. But I've never done that with a car. I buy what I need to look successful. Besides, how would I ever calculate a payback when I have no idea what gasoline will cost in the future?" A few said with apparent certainty, "one year" Continue Reading...
Alternative Solutions
Clearly, developing alternative solutions to fossil fuels needs to seriously get started around the world. Many countries are simply ignoring the problem rather than developing programs to support development of alternatives. Continue Reading...
Finally, the project outcome will be measured according to its affect upon the participants in the long-term, the outcomes ultimately affect as a result of the project and the outcome's ultimate affect to the community in the long-term resulting fro Continue Reading...
Economics of Forestry
Timber is the major product currently harvested from forests. Timber is used in a variety of products ranging from houses to paper and paperboard products. Long ago it seemed as if the supply of wood from forests was abundant Continue Reading...
Designing a lesson plan for 5th graders requires careful consideration of the students' developmental stage, interests, and abilities. This sample lesson plan will focus on a science topic: the water cycle. The objective of this lesson is for student Continue Reading...
Salmonella Infection
The salmonella bacteria had been the twentieth century’s archetypical organism causing food poisoning, highly notorious for the 1988-89 crisis of salmonella in eggs. By that time, however, it had already been a topic of sci Continue Reading...
The Case Against Genetically Modified Foods
Being a farmer is probably one of the hardest professions in the world, largely because of the lack of control that farmers have over their results. They can work tirelessly and still have crops wiped out Continue Reading...
Introduction
Is utilitarianism an effective approach to environmental ethics? Behaviors that demonstrate personal and collective responsibility to the environment can lead to tangible short-term and long-term objectives that benefit a large number o Continue Reading...
Background
United Parcel Service (UPS) was founded in 1907 and is the world's largest package delivery company. As a provider of transportation and logistics services, UPS operates globally, using airplanes and trucks to move goods around the wor Continue Reading...
NYC Smart Growth
In 2007, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg initiated PlaNYC. Based on the principles of Smart Growth, the PlaNYC aims to prepare for and balance New York City's population growth, economy development, and environmental issues. By the yea Continue Reading...
New Expatriate Orientation Program Design
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After all, Socrates emphasized that, "Every action has its pleasures and its price." As the date when peak oil occurs, likely around mid-century, alternatives to this continuing dependence on fossil fuel resources will require a Manhattan Project-le Continue Reading...
Geological Model for Jackfield
Location of Jackfield
The Jackfield site is bounded by the River Severn to the north, the Jackfield Tile Museum to the west and the footbridge across the Severn near The Boat Inn to the east; the southern boundary run Continue Reading...
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice developed as a cohesive field in the late twentieth century, with the establishment of the Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Journal, in 1998. The theory therefore represents a culmination of scholarly thought and an Continue Reading...
d.). This can be accomplished in many ways including availability of fertilizers and storage techniques so that available resources are not wasted.
Of particular concern is the continued focus of donors on health and education projects rather than a Continue Reading...
They want to maintain that livelihood. And for 90% of the world, being sustainable is a matter of life and death (Agnew n.d.)." To that end in 2007 they Architecture for Humanity launched the Open Architecture Network "an online, open source communi Continue Reading...
The subject of the book is clearly applicable to the field of paleoanthropology because the same techniques can be applied to studies of human populations and their response to changes in the environment. In the contemporary world, the discussions 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...
Corporate Social Responsibility
Nike does not have a statement of corporate responsibility. On its website, the company has highlighted a number of issues that would traditionally fall into that category, but it does not specifically use the term. T Continue Reading...
International Business Across Chinese Border
Heightened global interdependence characterizes Today's economic world. Currently, the world is experiencing an unprecedented degree of cross-border economic and capital interdependence, both with develop Continue Reading...
start of the contemporary environmentalist movement has often been posited with the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring in 1962. Carson's book was about the environmental effects from pollution due to the agricultural pesticide DDT (an Continue Reading...
Sustainabiltiy in the Finance Industry
The objective of this study is to answer the question of what the Global Knights Top 100 list is and to examine sustainability initiatives in the banking industry, the insurance industry, the real estate indust Continue Reading...
Waste & Energy
Waste products and fossil fuel usage are in part byproducts of our civilization and in part they are drivers of our civilization. Disposing of waste and managing fossil fuels present tremendous challenges to our society. We know t Continue Reading...
Electromagnetic Induction in Action: Hybrid Electric Vehicles
The interest in electric cars is certainly not new, but rather dates back to the early 19th century when inventors were actively searching for ways to build cars that would run on battery Continue Reading...
Cultural Geography
give me a brief overview of what you are going to do concerning eco-tourism, sustainable development, and cultural ecology and how they apply to Costa Rica
Costa Rica is internationally recognized for its continuous efforts in pr Continue Reading...
Publishing opportunities in academic writing are usually going to be in journals. There are a couple of different approaches to this. The first is to get together a list of journals that either cover or might cover your topic. Usually, a good startin Continue Reading...
Individual Project: Project Outline
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The survey methodology selected for the proposed project is highly congruent with a number of social researchers who recommend surveys for a wide range of Continue Reading...
Allouche, J. (2010). The sustainability and resilience of global water and food systems: Political analysis of the interplay between security, resource scarcity, political systems and global trade. Journal of Food Policy.
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Environmental Ethics & United States Government
Environmental Ethics and United States
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Socially Innovative and Socially Responsible Commerce: Examination of Carbon Tax in Australia
In a November 8th 2011 report in the Australian Times it is reported that as the final hurdle to carbon emission tax was cleared by the Federal Government Continue Reading...