Sustainability Issue As an archaeologist‚ one will often be asked what the use of studying the past is—surely‚ it does not matter so much; it’s over and done with. It is true that many people fail to grasp the importance of knowing our past‚ of knowing how people used to live and survive in a world that was not always safe or stable. The importance is there though‚ and it is more than a little useful‚ contrary to popular belief. We can learn from the mistakes‚ trials and tribulations of former
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Tourism And Sustainability THE WHOLE PICTURE TOURISM Lying on beaches with blue waters; indulging in a delightful package of fiesta and fun; enjoying delicious cuisine and accompany of the local. Probably the pictures that spring to mind when you hear ‘tourism’. Indeed‚ most people long for these when they consider going on a tour. Tourism is travel for recreational and leisure purposes. Apart from this‚ there are also ecotourism‚ educational‚ medical tourism. Sustainable tourism will be zoomed
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corporation fully owned by the Malaysian Government. The nature of its business itself is causing sustainability issues because while oil is a key resource to generate power‚ it is also a great environment polluter and is not renewable natural resource. Although there are various stakeholders for PETRONAS‚ the Malaysian government and local governments where PETRONAS operates have the greatest impact on its strategies and actions. Whenever there is a conflict between governments and local community/environment
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OIL CONSERVATION In view of the need to reduce the ever-increasing gap between demand and indigenous supply of crude oil and petroleum products the Government has accorded top priority to conservation of petroleum products. Towards this end various steps to promote conservation of petroleum products in the transport‚ industrial‚ agricultural and domestic sectors have been initiated. These include adoption of measures and practices which are conducive to increase fuel efficiency and training
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On the one hand‚ Patagonia has a social conscious - encouraging employees to be 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
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Environmental Sustainability at REI I. Stated sustainability goals and aspirations versus corporate mission and stated stewardship objectives. First‚ let us describe the overall idea about REI’s; Sustainability Goals Aggressive and simultaneously striving for no trade-offs (All Triple Bottom Line taken into consideration) Sustainability Aspirations In another word – vision. GHG emissions‚ energy use and waste to landfill are currently covered. More to come. Corporate Mission
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• What is the name of your company? • The company I have chosen for my sustainability report is PepsiCo‚ Inc. The most current information can be found at the following link below http://static.globalreporting.org/report-pdfs/2013/7ef863b63dfed3abda0e54c9f63008b8.pdf • What are the company’s products? • PepsiCo is a global leader in the food and beverage industry. Their main businesses include; Quaker‚ Tropicana‚ Gatorade‚ Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola — each line makes large variety of
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Sustainability Action Plan 5/8/13 Sustainability Action Plan Introduction As businesses continue to meet the increasing demand of consumers‚ their impact on the environment and production of waste is amplified significantly. Carbon footprint and CO2 emissions become an even greater concern when the product must be transported to customers across the globe. In fact‚ CO2 emissions from transporting products alone accounted for 1.2 billion tons of CO2‚ or 4.5 percent of global emissions in 2012
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The Action of Tiger Conservation As the population of tiger in the world dwindles nowadays‚ everyone has the responsibility for the conservation of tiger especially tiger range countries. Over the past 100 years‚ tiger numbers have declined by 95 percent which leave only 3‚200 and three sub-species have become extinct – with a fourth not seen in the wild for over 25 years (World Wild Fund for Nature [WWF] International‚ 2008). Since it is estimated that wild tiger number halved to 3‚200‚ we
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Objective: The main objective is to demonstrate the law of Conservation of Mass. Use Vinegar and baking soda to demonstrate the law of Conservation of Mass. Introduction: The law of Conservation of Mass states that mass is neither created nor destroyed during ordinary chemical reactions or physical changes‚ which means that no matter how dramatic of a change that a substance goes through‚ it will not lose mass. It may seem like it lost mass‚ and usually‚ if you weighed the result‚ it will have
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