Sustainable Aviation The term ‘Sustainable’ was first introduced in 1972 from United Nations conference on Ecological Sustainable Development‚ whereby the spotlight was focused on reconciliation of environment and economic development. (Sustainable Development‚ 2012). This essay discusses how aviation industries efforts to a sustainable future are mere tokenism. Cited by Daley B. et al‚ ‘Sustainability means balancing economic‚ social and environmental benefits and costs of development‚ both for
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1. Introduction Insider dealing has been affecting the efficiency of stock markets in different places like United States‚ United Kingdom and Australia. Hong Kong is of no exception. Basically‚ insider dealing refers to the trading of a corporation’s stock or other securities by individual with potential access to non-public information of the company. The law of insider dealing in Hong Kong provides a much more detailed definition and is very comprehensive. However‚ when it comes to enforcement
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Structure of Shareholders：Introduced 10 state-owned enterprises and institutions as shareholders. They are also great stakeholders in ETS. Until the end of January 2012: SEEE has listed 465 projects Total amount 33.6 billion RMB Successfully trading 7.8 billion RMB Membership： SEEE has 115 membership companies，related with environmental technologies、energy saving、investment、consulting、new energy、the third entities、finance、media and so on. International cooperation： Durban Conference
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greater uncertainty for business investment decisions. It is also mentioned that a transparent carbon market with good regulation and access to emission and trading data for participants. In a word‚ carbon taxes focus on taxable regulation for firms and cap-and-trade system concentrate on the monitor of carbon usage and the emission trading. 1. Which of the two strategies do you think would have the most political support? Explain your thinking. It is preferred that the carbon taxes strategy
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Topic: Carbon (Emission) Taxes versus Tradeable Permits (Caps and trade) Question 2 Discuss the merits and demerits of each of these policies Carbon Taxes Merits Encourages alternatives. A higher price of carbon emissions will encourages firms and consumers to develop more efficient engines or alternatives to consuming carbon emissions. For example‚ with carbon taxes‚ it will be more efficient to develop hydrogen engines or solar power. It might encourage more people to cycle or walk to work
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not exceed their carbon emissions limits to sell the surplus to the countries which due to their industrial needs are beyond the allocated quotas. On the other hand‚ “carbon market” has plenty of opponents ready to state that even though the carbon trading is being constantly advertized as a key solution to coping with climate change‚ it is just a small part of the dilemma. Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes are sure that “today’s climate challenges require a paradigm shift in our thinking and approaches”
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Political factor is one of the factors of remote environment. Political factors are legal and regulatory parameters that firms must abide by. Since those factors can affect the whole business environment such as tax rate‚ minimum wage etc. When designing the strategy‚ political factors are the major considerations of managers. Cathay Pacific‚ one of the largest airlines in the world‚ has also been affected by political factors. The first political factors is export control. In the recent years‚
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Discuss the challenges that global warming presents to both governments and business Introduction (250 word approx.) This essay discusses the challenges that global warming presents to both the government and also how they affect businesses. Many people think global warming is just the weather becoming warmer‚ but in fact this is not the case. Global warming makes the weather more unpredictable as some places become colder‚ some hotter‚ some more drier‚ some more wetter and so on. Global warming
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Basic Introduction “Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment”
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emissions at altitude). If recent rates of growth continue‚ aviation emissions could account for more than 30% of the UK’s emissions by 2050. Our work involves ensuring that these emissions are included in the UK Climate Change Act‚ the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and other international frameworks. We do not support airport expansion as we think we can use existing capacity better while protecting UK climate targets. We aim to ensure that climate change is at the heart of aviation policy and
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