Designing a Sustainability Management System at BMW Group The Designworks/USA Case Study Kellie A. McElhaney and Michael W. Toffel Haas School of Business‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ USA Natalie Hill Human Rights Center‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ USA G Sustainable management system (SMS) G Industrial design G Triple bottom line G Sustainability G UN Global Compact G Case study This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management
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Linking Arms towards a Sustainable Future Ayala Land Sustainability Report 2008 Linking Arms towards a Sustainable Future The dream of a sustainable future begins with actions rooted in the present. At Ayala Land‚ we realize that to make a difference‚ the crucial strides towards a sustainable tomorrow must be made today as global warming and environmental problems loom over the horizon. Now is the time to act with utmost urgency and focus for the sake of our children and future generations
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to consider: Addressing sustainability initiatives through reference to standards‚ guidelines and approaches such as: Ecological foot printing Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005l Global Reporting Initiative Green office program Green purchasing Greenhouse Challenge Plus (Australian government initiative) ISO 14001:1996 Environmental management systems life cycle analyses Life cycle analyses Product stewardship Supply chain management Sustainability covenants/compacts Triple
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solidifies executive level sponsorship. Sustainable supply chains are typically viewed from a 3BL (3 bottom line) approach which includes People‚ Planet and Profit dimensions. Companies and their partners within the supply chain who fail to include sustainability as a strategic direction face significant risk to their bottom line and future viability. Building a Sustainable Supply Chain To build a sustainable business companies‚ along with their supply chain channel partners‚ must develop strategies
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corporations or industries to crave up and digest others in the traditional capitalist market. Elkington brought up an idea that forks could be an implement for these companies to switch toward to sustainability direction. As the form of a fork with three prongs‚ it is defined that ¡¥triple bottom line¡¦ of sustainability are economic prosperity‚ environmental quality‚ and social justice. In addition‚ Elkington believes that it is vital and necessary to make all businesses to operate more responsibly and with
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The Sustainability of Eco–city as a Model of Sustainable Urban Form: Framing and Selectivity Issues in Eco–city Projects in Stockholm‚ Sweden Simon Elias Bibri Abstract In this article‚ I investigate framing and discursive and material selectivity as important issues that need to be addressed in the planning of eco–city as a model of sustainable urban form. Focusing on the Stockholm region in Sweden‚ I discuss issues of the contribution of eco–city model to sustainability as well as some key themes
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Performance Measurement in the Mauritian context. PROBLEM STATEMENT We want to measure Sustainable Development (SD) Performance in the Mauritian context. Today we have reached a point where it not very clear if Mauritius has a weak sustainability or a strong sustainability. Due to the intensity of economic (boom in the Business Process Outsourcing sectors leading to construction of more buildings‚ industrial developments and increase in use of IT equipment)‚ social (change in lifestyle‚ unemployment
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study has also been included which will be examined based on Global Report Initiatives (GRI). Introduction Sustainability has been highly ranged for many decades as a more significant way to spend lives and for coming future generation‚ so Triple Bottom Line (TBL) was used to fulfil this demand. Triple Bottom Line has a very close relation with sustainability
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building to introduce the concept of sustainability to the field of supply chain management and demonstrate the relationships among environmental‚ social‚ and economic performance within a supply chain management context. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual theory building is used to develop a framework and propositions representing a middle theory of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Findings – The authors introduce the concept of sustainability – the integration of environmental‚ social
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Can a man truly redeem his own freedom after many years of reflection? In the novel More Joy in Heaven written by Morley Callaghan‚ Kip Caley plays a struggling ex-convict in search of redemption while trying to lead a simple life. We experience a thrilling nail biting story of the quest for redemption throughout the entire novel. Kip’s lover‚ Julie‚ a lower class citizen‚ has brought a positive outcome on Kip by making him believe in something‚ bringing him life and also built up his self-esteem
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