Sustainability Initiatives of Intel Commitment to Clean Energy. Intel has made a commitment to purchase REC Certificates for all its US Energy Use. REC represents economic rights to the production of renewable electricity generation. REC helps buyers in procuring renewable power across a diverse region. Since 2013‚ Intel has been purchasing REC’s to hedge 100% of all its United States Electricity Usage. Intel has also committed to reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) by 10% per unit from its 2010 levels
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To: Finance Director Subject: Short report of review on sustainability disclosure There is a growing trend among companies to disclose and report their social and environmental impacts not only concerned with the financial performance of a company but its impact on society and environment. Thus‚ sustainability becomes an important issue. Sustainability is the capacity to endure and is the long-term maintenance of responsibility‚ which included environmental‚ economic‚ and social dimensions. It
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Assignment 07 Sustainability and Development by Tz09m77 Step 1 Sustainability. “Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs” Step 2 My Ecological Footprint. My ecological footprint is 3.73 per capita of which‚ i will need 3.73 planets if everyone lived my lifestyle. According to Brundtland’s definition of sustainable development I am not really meeting the present needs
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November 13‚ 2014 Building Sustainability in Ireland’s Countryside Ireland historically had a large rural population‚ which was for the most part self-sustaining through the agricultural industry and the inheritance of the family agricultural trade from one generation to the next. As Ireland evolved into its new role as an independent nation a number of pivotal changes to the demographics of society occurred that resulted in a declining rural population which has in the intervening period resulted
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anything (G.B. Shaw)”. Change is demanding‚ unsettling and often appears insurmountable- but I’m a firm believer that constant progress is the key to perpetual happiness. This is certainly true in reflecting on the past two weeks here at the Niagara Sustainability Initiative‚ where I have completed my first sprint as the new Executive Director. Through the wonderful mentorship of outgoing ED Katrina Kroeze‚ I have been challenged‚ trained and geared up to get growing. It has certainly been a whirlwind of
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1.6 DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING A business cannot succeed in isolation. There are various stakeholders involved in the success of a business. Sustainability Report though is a form environmental reporting can be effectively designed only with the support of various stakeholders. Following diagram depicts various stakeholders who drive the company in the preparation of the sustainability report. Figure 1.2 Drivers of Sustainability Reporting Source: www.globalreporting.org Gist of G4
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Practices of Leadership contribute to managing sustainability in the post-bureaucratic era. In this essay I will undergo a critical argument that expresses there are practices of leadership which contribute to managing sustainability of a business in the post-bureaucratic era. ‘…The process of directing‚ controlling‚ motivating‚ and inspiring staff toward the realization of stated organizational goals…’ (Cleg‚ Kornberger & Pitsis 2011). The decisions that are made by management or leadership
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Name: Jiaoyang Zhang Course NO.: BUSML 4252 Assignment 1 1) Discuss your thoughts on what makes something “good” for society? Before we define something whether they are good for society or not‚ we should consider what a good society is. In thinking about the characteristics of a good society‚ different people tend to emphasize different things that they consider to be important. However‚ there might be some characteristics of a good society that nearly everyone would agree on and what factors
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Keller Graduate School of Management GREEN ACRES /A LEAN PLAN Prepared by: Group B Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements for Sustainability Project Management PROJ 591-68026 12/16/2012 A LEAN PLAN Green Acres will identify a Lean Operations Plan and ways to reduce or the wastes produced in our production or project and service development. To be lean: • Identify customers and specify value‚ recognize that even
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to all .To provide more public hospitals and clinics and also to built them and put professional staff ‚also to educate citizen on the importance of hygiene ‚to prevent diseases for example Diarrhea‚cholera and malaria 4 Ensure Environmental Sustainability Targets:In Zimbabwe I want also to see integrate the principles of sustainable developments into county policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. to see proportion of land area covered by forest and total water
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