future where economic and environmental needs can coexist in harmony. Sustainability calls for protection of our natural world for generations to come – this has always been the challenge of environmental stewardship. It is the responsibility of our generation and community to right some of our wrongs against nature‚ to learn to work together to seek common solutions‚ and to move forward embracing a new brand of sustainability: that of the future. Some argue that we face the most significant financial
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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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“Without environmental sustainability‚ economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved.” There are 1 billion children living in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world)‚ 40 million live without adequate shelter‚ 400 million have no access to safe water. Every second 4 people die from hunger; around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. Even though in 2008‚ according to UN‚ the majority of the world population is living in the
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Sustainability at ^ Hewlett-Packard: FROMTHEORYTO PRACTICE Lynelle Preston "The Internet and related information technologies hold the promise of rapid‚ sustainable economic growth that directly benefits everyone on the planet. However‚ the same forces could also trigger traumatic social‚ environmental and economic disruption. . . . If technology firms simply follow strategies of maximizing short-term shareowner value by encouraging maximum consumption of products by customers‚ we exacerbate
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SUSTAINABILITY- INTRODUCTION Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability moves to the forefront of our corporate culture and global governments attempting to integrate decision making economic‚ environmental and social production. Sustainability is viewing the way our actions affect future generations and ensure that without depleting resources or cause pollution at a rate
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References: Crowther‚ D.‚ & Aras‚ G. (2010). Corporate Social Responsibility: Part I – Principles‚ Stakeholders & Sustainability‚ Ventus Publishing ApS‚ pp.27 Dudka‚ S. and Adriano‚ C.D. (1995)‚ Environmental Impact of Metal Ore Mining and processing: A Review. Journal of Environmental Quality‚ 26(3)‚ p.590-602. Retrieved from https://www.crops.org/publications/jeq/abstracts/26/3/JEQ0260030590
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THE CONSENTING REGIME FOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN SCOTTISH WATERS. ADAKU UFERE 1. INTRODUCTION Renewables are energy forms which are essentially inexhaustible‚ unlike fossil fuel sources‚ which are finite. Renewable energy sources include wind (onshore and offshore)‚ hydro‚ wave‚ tidal‚ biomass‚ solar‚ and geothermal. Renewable energy can be used for heating and transport as well as electricity generation. Generating energy from renewable sources continues to rise in profile
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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How can a company build a culture inclusive of renewable energy through responsible fiscal and policy practices?: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Introduction As the world populates‚ a logical thought of environmental sustainment becomes a factor as with a larger population‚ a larger amount of waste follows. Several years have passed since initiatives to clean up the earth such as Save Our Planet‚ Earth Day and organizations committed to planting trees across the nation. While people are
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Summary of a Book Chapter The Infrastructure of Qualitative Field Research This chapter is taken from a book “A Guide to Qualitative Field Research” written by Coral A. Bailey. In this chapter Bailey comprehensively discuss the three basics component of field research that are “paradigm‚ theory and tradition of inquiry”. He argues that while writing about field research and trying to make it more enhanced for learning‚ the qualitative researchers have to organize the presentation of all the interrelated
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