DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION “Mangroves live life on the edge” (Warne‚ 2007). Some parts of the mangrove roots are submerged on the water and the other parts are on the land. The mangroves serve as a support system to biodiversity. However‚ according to World Wild Fund or WWF (n.d.)‚ the world already lost more than 35% of its mangrove forest. Mangroves are also responsible for carbon sequestration. According to United States Environment and Protection Agency (n.d.)‚ carbon sequestration is capturing
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Journal of Cleaner Production 19 (2011) 1216e1223 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Cleaner Production journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jclepro Integrating carbon footprint into supply chain management: the case of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in the automobile industry Ki-Hoon Lee* Griffith Business School‚ Gold Coast Campus‚ G01_2.13‚ Griffith University‚ Queensland 4222‚ Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 25
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Give a brief description of the Nossal Institute for Global Health (Nossal) Nossal Institute of Global Health was established in 2006. Nossal is “actively involved in research‚ education and improving health practices” (Grimard‚ C 2009) in developing areas such as Asia Pacific and Southern Africa. The major countries include India‚ Indonesia‚ Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Papua New Guinea and Mozambique (The Nossal Institute For Global Health‚ 2009). Mike Sewell was a general manager and secretary for Nossal.
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In 2010‚ Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard decided to implement carbon tax in order to gain more support in response to the change in climate (http://isen.northwestern.edu/doc/pdf/URG-ISEN_ALloyd.Jun12_ProjectSummary.pdf) and on the 8th of November 2011‚ the ‘Clean Energy Legislative Package’ is then passed by the Senate which sets out the way that Australia will introduce the carbon tax to reduce carbon pollution (http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_AU/au/services/assurance/accountingtechnical/wha
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Let’s leave a better world for our children.... The Earth is a closed system. Its resources are defined‚ but there are huge demands on it. We can’t create another earth. What we can do is protect‚ manage and sustain the available‚ limited resources and reduce the impact on the environment to leave a better world for the coming generations. Businesses‚ however large or small‚ are accountable not only for their financial performance and profitability but also for the impact of their activities on
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Activity 1 Scope 1 emissions include emissions that released from a facility as a direct result of the activities of the facility‚ such as fuel combustion‚ fugitive emissions from fuel‚ industrial processes emissions‚ and waste emissions (NGER Technical Guidelines 2011). The NGER Technical Guidelines provide 4 methods for reporters to select for the estimation of emissions. Method 1‚ which is called the National Greenhouse Accounts default method‚ specifies the use of designed factors in the
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the country. Due to government decision to exclude fuel from the scheme‚ the number is halved from 1000 polluters‚ the tax came into effect on the 1st of July 2012 and in 2015‚ the tax will be replaced by a full market-driven system‚ an emissions trading scheme which will control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. Fuel suppliers and distributors emitting synthetic greenhouse gas‚ including air-conditioning and refrigeration industries
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transport Industry 11 3.1 Environmental sustainability and transport 14 Conclusion 17 LITERATURE AND REFERENCES 18 List of Abbreviations CO – Carbon Monoxide CO2 – Carbon Dioxide EETS – European Electronic Toll Service ETS – Emission Trading Scheme EU – European Union GH – Greenhouse GHG – Green House Gas HC – Hydrocarbons HC/VOC – Hydrocarbons and Volatile Organic Compounds ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization IMO – International Maritime Organization NO – Nitrogen
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Introduction Southern Company is one of the largest generators of electricity in American‚ serving the Southeastern United States for more than 100 years with clean‚ safe‚ reliable and affordable electricity. Its four subsidiaries: Georgia Power‚ Alabama Power‚ Mississippi Power and Florida Power‚ provide retail electric service to 4.4 million customers. This holding company’s operations cover all phases of the electric utility business capacity‚ as well as fiber optics and wireless communications
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