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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Sustainability‚ in a broad sense‚ is the capacity of maintaining a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems. In an ecological context‚ sustainability can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes‚ functions‚ biodiversity and productivity into the future. Sustainability has become a complex term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth‚ particularly the many different levels of biological
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problems lie in social and economic systems that are unsustainable awareness of the need for environmental and social sustainability has grown among citizens‚ governments and finally‚ mainstream businesses. Recently‚ that awareness appears to have reached a tipping point‚ which finally stimulated businesses and consumers to be more sustainable. What is sustainability? Sustainability is the ability of a system no maintains or renews itself perpetually. For example with nature‚ people and animals renew
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CORPORATION [pic] IN PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE Individual Assignment 2 WORD COUNT 3126 Executive Summary The aim of this report is to provide the CEO of Colourful Corporation with advice and recommendations on a future vision and strategy that CC could consider for a sunstainable corporation. Taking into consideration analysis on the impact of the six world foresight forum themes which are: a) ecology and sustainability‚ b) population and demographics‚ c) science
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Elder‚ J. L.‚ & MacGregor‚ J. (2008‚ December). The Sustainability Movement in Higher Education: An Overview. Retrieved November 16‚ 2016‚ from http://mobilizingstem.wceruw.org/documents/The sustainability Movement and Appendices.pdf James L. Elder is the director for the Campaign for Environmental Literacy. He is the author of A Field Guide to Environmental Literacy: Making Strategic Investments in Environmental Education. Jean MacGregor is the Senior Scholar at the Washington Center for Improving
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Valuing Walmart Author: Austin Bogus Jarrod Fenstermacher Remi Omisore For Review: Professor Gurdip S. Bakshi “We‚ the aforementioned team‚ pledge on our honor that we have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.” - University of Maryland Honor Pledge September 24‚ 2012 Case Three 3.1 Question One As of February 2010‚ what is your assessment of the worth of Walmarts stock? Utilize all of the methods discussed in the case to value the shares‚ including
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Sustainability and Food Table of Contents Page No 1. Introduction 2 2. Objectives 2 3. Ecological balance 3 4.1 Animal welfare 3 4.2 Vegetarianism 4 4.3 Over-fishing 5 4. Food miles 5 4.1 Carbon label 6 5. Future research 7 6. Conclusion 8 7. References 8 Sustainability and Food 1. Introduction The global food crisis is looming large and
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 1 Environmental Sustainability Kim Saia Baton Rouge Community College ENVS 201 Professor Deadra Mackie May 8‚ 2013 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Environmental Sustainability Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions needed to support us now and in future generations by working to ensure we continue to have the water‚ materials‚ and resources to protect us and the environment ("What is sustainability?‚" n.d.‚ para. 1). Environmental sustainability should be
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ITC and Sustainability 11/19/2012 Ramaiah Institute of Management Teena Lawrence PA1236 PGPM+MBA (UOM) Abstract: ITC is a major Indian heterogeneous market or business with a diversification in the fields such as paperboards‚ packaging‚ apparel‚ foods‚ hotels‚ Information technology and tobacco products. The triple bottom lines encompassing economic‚ social and environmental parameters have said to be achieved by the company. The sustainable initiatives taken by the company have been indeed
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Essay 1 Lumley and Armstrong discuss how the origins of sustainability concepts where theorized prior to and during the 19th century‚ and that the idea evolved through a combination of factors linked together (politics‚ economics‚ environmental and social policy). Thus making the concepts of sustainability not a ‘new beginning’ in human thought. Over the time of history human thought has changed depending on the environmental influences we as a species have had to encounter causing the changes
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