hotel performance: The moderating effects of external environmental factors Cheng-Hua Wang a ‚ Kuan-Yu Chen b ‚ Shiu-Chun Chen a‚∗ a b Graduate School of Business and Operations Management‚ Chang Jung Christian University‚ Taiwan‚ ROC Department of Recreation Sport and Health Promotion‚ National Pingtung University of Science and Technology‚ Taiwan‚ ROC a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t With the market competition of hotel industry being heated‚ it is critical that hotels have a breadth
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Engineers in Environmental Protection Introduction Industrialization has brought untold wealth and has transformed the way of life in the last century. Industrialization and urbanization have become a global phenomenon‚ resulting in serious environmental problems such as resource depletion‚ climate change‚ and pollution. Large scale use of natural recourses‚ their polluting processes and transport infrastructure have exacerbated the environmental problems. Since the beginning of industrialization
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Environmental justice is when all people‚ no discrimination‚ have meaningful involvement with physical environmental benefits and burdens‚ equal protection from environmental hazards‚ and decisions that affect environmental health. It also includes the fair treatment. This means no one group holds the most negative consequences from industrial‚ commercial‚ and government operations. Some examples of environmental justice issues are unequal sitting of landfills‚ disparate risks in safe food consumption
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES Contents Page Part 1: Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage. | Page Number | 1.1 Outline the government and regulatory bodies both internationally‚ nationally and in Victoria that have devised environmental laws. Explain what they do and what laws and regulations they have implemented and outline each law and regulation briefly. | 4‚5 | 1.2 Explain the role of the local government in devising environmental laws and regulations
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available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm IJCHM 18‚4 Hotels’ environmental management systems (ISO 14001): creative financing strategy Wilco W. Chan and Kenny Ho School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – Environmental concerns have been increasing in the travel industry. However‚ most hotels are unwilling to develop an international environmental management system (EMS) probably due to a lack of resources and knowledge
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CRH at a glance / Corporate Social Responsibility Environment & Climate Change Environmental Protection is a CRH priority in all operations CRH is committed to the highest standards of environmental management in all its activities and is proactively addressing the challenges of climate change. This section describes the Group’s Environmental Policy and how it is implemented. It also describes how environmental performance is systematically reviewed and reported each year. CRH’s responses to the
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Environmental Law and Wildlife Smuggling in Australia Hypothesis: That there have to be stricter laws and regulations about illegally importing and exporting Australian and foreign wildlife‚ and these laws have to be more strongly enforced. Additionally‚ there should be stronger penalties for those caught illegally smuggling animals across the Australian border. There should be more intense investigations into the black market and illegal smuggling. Are the fines enough compared to the amount the
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detection in industry has made it possible to quickly locate and fix the leak with little disruption to the industrial process. However‚ the release of the radioisotope to the working/natural environment through the leak creates the danger of radiation exposure - for this reason‚ radioisotopes with short half-lives (like Na-24‚ half-life = 15hours) is used so radioactivity quickly disappears and the water/oil becomes safe to use again and the surrounding environment unaffected. The two main problems associated
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Chapter 3: Methodology of EIA December 1997 EIA for Developing Countries 3.0 Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment Changes in the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and advances in information technology have greatly expanded the range of tools available to the EIA practitioner. For example‚ map overlay methods‚ originally pioneered by McHarg (1971)‚ have evolved into sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Expert systems‚ a branch of artificial intelligence
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What is environmental scanning? Environmental scanning is the communication of external information about facts that could influence an organization on its’ strategic decision-making process. It is a method of analyzing relevant gathered information and use to determine strategic and premeditated action on the business environment. The environmental scanning process seek obtain both realistic and subjective information on the business environments where a corporation is functioning or considering
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