held in Rio De Janerio‚ Brazil was attended by 178 country leaders (including Malaysia) on June 1992. The Earth Summit provides world’s action plan towards sustainable development. This action plan was known as Agenda 21 - an agenda to achieve sustainable development in the 21st century. Agenda 21 is designed as a bridge v between environment and development v between the public and private sectors v between governments and civil society v between global and national goals v between current
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Sustainable material －POROUS PAVEMENT -- OPEN-JOINED PAVING BLOCKS Introduction: This essay will focus on the application of open-joined paving blocks to minimize the impact of urban development on natural drainage system-capturing‚ slowing and absorbing storm water in the urban condition. In the natural system‚ 10% surface flow‚30% evapotranspiration‚ 40% infiltration‚ 20% interflow‚ while in an urban condition‚ 75% surface flow to pipes‚ 15% evapotranspiration
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information modeling for sustainable design and LEED® rating analysis Salman Azhar a‚⁎‚ Wade A. Carlton a‚ Darren Olsen a‚ Irtishad Ahmad b a b McWhorter School of Building Science‚ Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ AL‚ USA Department of Construction Management‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ FL‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Today‚ there is a high level of demand for sustainable buildings. The most important decisions regarding a building ’s sustainable features are made during
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Green computing or green IT‚ refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. It is "the study and practice of designing‚ manufacturing‚ using‚ and disposing of computers‚ servers‚ and associated subsystems—such as monitors‚ printers‚ storage devices‚ and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment. Green IT also strives to achieve economic viability and improved system performance and use‚ while abiding by our social and ethical
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Business Strategy and the Environment Bus. Strat. Env. 17‚ 260–271 (2008) Published online 20 July 2006 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/bse.527 Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Tourism Xavier Font‚* Richard Tapper‚ Karen Schwartz and Marianna Kornilaki Leeds Metropolitan University‚ UK ABSTRACT Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination
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1257/jel.49.2.326 What Determines Productivity? C S * Economists have shown that large and persistent differences in productivity levels across businesses are ubiquitous. This nding has shaped research agendas in a number of elds‚ including (but not limited to) macroeconomics‚ industrial organization‚ labor‚ and trade. This paper surveys and evaluates recent empirical work addressing the question of why businesses differ in their measured productivity levels. The causes are manifold‚ and
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How to improve Productivity? Introduction The topic of the essay reminds me of the 1924 Charlie Chaplin classic “Modern Times” which showcased the insane attempts made by the capitalists to improve productivity and hence rake in maximum profits. The attempt of organisations towards increasing productivity still continues but in a more subtle fashion. Most organisations irrespective of their constitution‚ are finding ways to improve the productivity of their employees. It is especially relevant
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Hemp as a Sustainable Resource: Why is it Illegal to Grow in the United States The global population continues to grow at an exceedingly rapid rate. Therefore‚ use for versatile and sustainable resources is becoming imperative in order to retain the capacity to support humanity. More important is the ability to adapt to a system that can do it all while minimizing any negative effects on the environment. In ecology‚ sustainability can be described as the ability for a system to maintain balance
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and advocate for smarter ways to design‚ build and live. Her firm‚ Michelle Kaufmann Studio‚ specializes in sustainable lifestyle design including single-family homes‚ eco-luxury resorts and multi-family communities. Her goal is to make it easier for people to build green and live a more sustainable lifestyle. She also shares this vision in the book Prefab Green. CD245 Sustainable Construction and Design Final Project Michelle Kaufmann is an architect‚ designer and advocate for smarter
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at propelling the organization into a sustainable corporation. Among the strategic issues affecting sustainability are identified as obesity‚ advertisements targeting children‚ environmental pollution and treatments of animals. These and others factors have pressured McDonald’s to shift to a more socially responsible position‚ as evident in its current corporate social responsibility practices. The study ends with recommendations geared towards a sustainable corporation. 2. Introduction
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