responsible citizens‚ promoting to produce with organically grown cotton and used plastic bottles‚ shipping via the lowest mode of transportation‚ exploiting renewable energy through recycled materials and initiating or sponsoring a number of environmental projects. On the other hand‚ Patagonia has set its fame by providing high-quality outdoor clothing and equipment‚ developed a group of loyal customers and realized operating margins above the industry average. Moreover‚ being green is not always
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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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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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04 MANAGING FOR SUSTAINABILITY In today’s modern world doing research online may be the most accessible and convenient way to go. There are millions of websites with endless amounts of information on thousands of topics out there. However‚ one of the troubles facing information seekers is the accuracy of the information out there and how to go about narrowing down the thousands of results produced. During the meeting with Professor Livermore he provided some helpful tips on how to find reputable
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Various approaches to TQM Sustainability Introduction In current extremely competitive market‚ organization’s forced to adopt and implement a variety of innovation management techniques. One of the main tools that have been used widely is a management philosophy known as Total Quality management (TQM). However‚ TQM can only be successfully implemented if the organization’s top management are supported a life-long improvement process. The current goal for any organization that implements quality
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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 Nowadays one of the main challenges of the construction industry is to improve the image in terms of sustainability. Sustainability is defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Institutions have currently given sustainability more importance than it has ever received‚ mainly due to laws and regulations introduced by the governments of economically developed countries. In addition‚
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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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Sustainability is the idea that everything must have a healthy cycle that ensures its entity will remain alive. This can be applied to any aspect of life‚ from economics to cooking. Rugby requires the ideals of sustainability as well in order to become a prominent component in America’s high school sport field‚ as well as survive as a sport. A hindrance to the sustainability of rugby is student athletes’ perception of the sport and the
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enlightening and pointed to an area of sustainability which is rarely ever looked at. Most times when people look at sustainability it has to do with renewable energies and resources‚ this is why I wanted to look further into the area of birth control. Diving deeper into this topic I wanted to see if there were any other articles out there about this topic. I was fortunate enough to find another article from a reputable publication on the topic of overpopulation and sustainability. This article is in question
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