North America increase‚ farms have moved away from integration and instead to specialization‚ also known as “the industrial food system.” The deep divide between these two systems is a clear display of the rapid change in today’s demand-driven market‚ which begs us to question the sustainability of our new system. As large industrial farms maximize their land and resources for profit we stray farther and farther from the natural balanced process and in turn throw the ecosystem wildly out of harmony
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shareholder value: I do not believe that shareholder value is sustainable if you are not creating value for the people who are doing the work and then for customers. Quintessentially we are a people-based company. You couldn’t find another customer brand that is as dependent on human behavior as we are. We build Starbucks not through traditional marketing or advertising but through the experience. And that experience can come to life only if people are proud‚ if they respect and trust the green
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Samsung for the past 3 years has been sharing their sustainable accomplishments through a sustainability report. This report demonstrates the impact Samsung had on people‚ society‚ and the environment. The structure for their sustainable report closely resembles that of an annual report. It is divided into three parts: Sustainability overview‚ Material issues‚ and Facts and figures. They monitor their accomplishments by setting benchmarks for each year. An example of these benchmarks: in 2011 they
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Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions 1. Introduction It is a fact that about 4 billion people worldwide live on less than US$2 per day (Microfinance Bulletin‚ 2008a‚ 7) and poverty is one of the major problems that is still prevailing in today’s world. Surprisingly more than 3 billion poor people seek access to basic financial services worldwide (Helms‚ 2006‚ ix) and were ignored by commercial banks for a very long time. For commercial banks the poor were seen as “unbankable” for decades
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Statement of Purpose Msc in Global Brand Management (Griffith College Dublin) My name is Thomas Pincon. As a student of the ISG‚ PATIS‚ France‚ I would like to inform you concerning my desire to integrate your prestigious institution and especially the course of Global Brand Management. As I could read about the subject‚ the Griffith College is highly recommended for globally oriented students looking for a high quality training and for a strong professional and personal experience. My
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Sustainability challenge * Introduction The world’s cities are growing quickly in terms of urbanisation‚ and they will be even more densely populated in the next few decades. The growth of population in cities brings sustainability problems‚ including environmental‚ social and economic problems. This report will focus specifically on the Parramatta City Council’s efforts to encourage ‘active travel’ in Parramatta‚ a suburb of Sydney‚ New South Wales (NSW). Although the literature on active
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The Sustainability Lab introduced what defines sustainability and how important it is in any environment through the simulation of a fictional island environment. It showcased what steps and requirements are needed to maintain an environment without it plunging into deterioration‚ plagued with barely a few to none resources to unlimited desires. Subsequently‚ both the data table and the graph display a direct correlation between the number of people in the island environment and the number of water
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Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program The Philips Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program is built on five pillars: create commitment by setting out our requirements; getting suppliers to understand our requirements and monitoring identified risk suppliers through audits; working with suppliers to resolve issues; and engaging stakeholders. Building block 1: Create commitment In 2012 we updated the Philips Supplier sustainability declaration in accordance with the updated EICC
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Lenovo: Building a Global Brand Case Analysis Case Summary Lenovo‚ the leading PC (Personal Computer) manufacturer in China‚ acquired IBM PC division in December 2004 for $1.75 Billion. The acquisition was a marriage of 2 great companies with complementary strengths and the operations effectiveness was expected to benefit both companies. IBM at that stage wanted to shed its PC business and concentrate on the service industry while Lenovo wanted to expand its market presence. Growth of the PC market:
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1. Introduction Sustainability reporting is an annual report of a company which indicates non-financial information including environment‚ economy and society to the public and shareholders. Companies increasingly put more emphasis on sustainability reporting at present and face the problem of how to make effective reports of sustainability. Then in order to find and solve the problem of companies’ sustainability reporting‚ several standards such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are used to
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