Sustainability is a word that we have been hearing a lot in the recent years‚ but do we actually know what does it mean? More importantly‚ do we know how to achieve sustainability or be sustainable? And what are the consequences of being or not being sustainable? These are all questions we have to know their answers in order to preserve what we already have for future generations. Sustainability has many definitions and it depend on how the person defines it. To me‚ sustainability is the action
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PROJECT BRIEF 2013 Successful individuals and organisations do things better‚ smarter and more productively while reducing their everyday environmental impacts. To bring a global perspective to your learning in 2012 we will focus on sustainable practices in Norway and or Mongolia and compare the sustainable practices in those countries to Australian practices. Choose ONE (1) of the following topics and write NO MORE than 2000 words EXCLUDING in text referencing‚ bibliography and appendices
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British Petroleum In Russia Introduction BP International Oil and Gas Company is one of the world’s leading international oil and gas companies. Provide customers with fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ lubricants to keep engines moving‚ and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items as diverse as paints‚ clothes and packaging. Key facts Around 80 countries of operation Employees 90.000 The Economic value $403.3 billion Operating cash flow $21.1 billion Barrells
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Chris Intro to Business 9/22/10 BP and Ethics This case is about the safety problems faced by BP‚ the third-largest oil and gas producer in the world. On March 23‚ 2005‚ an explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery resulted in one of the most serious workplace accidents in the US. An investigation by The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) uncovered many safety lapses at the Texas City refinery. BP was accused of endangering its workers by compromising on process safety due
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Sustainability Describe six different features of the natural environment that must be considered at the planning stage of a project. Water Quality: Water for human consumption is extracted from our local reservoirs‚ rivers and boreholes. It needs to be treated to be made potable water. It is then distributed from a system of pipes across the UK. Water cannot contain any form of bacteria as this would affect people health. This is why it’s important to protect local reservoirs‚ rivers and boleshole
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thinking of the topics like teenage pregnancy‚ this is not helping us as a country to be sustainable and developed as the resources are less than the population. My comment: “It’s all in the outcome - Consequentialism” – utilitarianism and the sustainability problem “We living in a failed world but I believe child poverty can be controllable. We can use the country’s resources to good use than investing in unnecessary things like child grants misused by parents to buy themselves the latest clothes
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BP Crises Law/531 October 1‚ 2012 The Deepwater Horizon disaster attributed to BP‚ a multinational oil and gas company‚ occurred in 2010 dumping massive amounts of oil in the waters on the gulf coast. The BP is headquartered in London with operations in 80 countries with the largest being in the United States. Team B participated in a simulation that presented a similar scenario as the oil spill mentioned. The company in the
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Sustainability When the industrial revolution first came‚ people did not pay much attention to its effects on the environment‚ for in the early stages‚ the damages were not apparent. The fact that industrial activity immensely benefited people resulted in worldwide rapid growth of industries. However‚ the more the industries spread‚ the more nature suffered. People eventually became aware that not only did manufacturing factories cause air‚ water‚ and land pollution‚ but they also destroyed natural
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strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst employees‚ peers
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William Voisin Professor Mazpule Psyc. 2001 June 5th‚ 2013 BP (Beyond Petroleum) focuses on sustainability 1) Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? The reason why BP got involved in so much questionable conducts is because at first they didn’t want to spend the money on fixing the stuff. They have been ignoring all these red flags and at the end they ended up spending much money. They could of saved a lot of money if they had fixed
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