Corporate Sustainability Report January 2009 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY GROUP Table of Contents Statement from Costco’s Jim Sinegal‚ President and CEO Statement from Dick DiCerchio‚ Senior Executive VP‚ COO Company Overview Business Model Code of Ethics Vendor Code of Conduct Community Commitment Corporate Sustainability and Energy Group Mission Statement Environmental Policy Social & Ethical Sustainability Objectives Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program Greenhouse Gas Reporting
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Blood Wedding Social‚ cultural‚ historical context Federico Garcia Lorca wrote “Blood Wedding” in 1933 during the social turmoil that was taking place in Spain. His plays were viewed as controversial and opposed to traditional Spanish values and traditions. As a result of this‚ he was executed by a firing squad on 16th August 1936‚ following the outbreak of Spanish civil war. At the time that Lorca was writing “Blood Wedding” Spain had a non-pluralist society. All aspects of political and domestic
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Audi is launching the new A6 in the United States in late 2012. This marketing plan is designed to create awareness and impact around the A6 launch also to increase the market share by selling new cars. With this campaign‚ Audi will focus on affecting the target audience‚ driving quality user generated content‚ leveraging social media platforms and having a high impact launch that will generate buzz around “Audi Envy” The creative and media strategy is designed to position A6
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ref=ATGVSG0020111108e7b80003n&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=> [Accessed 2 September 2012] IRAS‚ 2007. IRAS: For GST-registered businesses (9 July 2012). [online] Available at: <http://iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page01.aspx?id=768> [Accessed 24 September 2012] ACRA‚ 2009. Registering a Sole-Proprietorship / Partnership [online] Available at: <http://www.acra.gov.sg/SoleProprietorship_Partnership/Starting_SoleProprietorship/Registering+a+Sole-Proprietorship+Partnership.htm> [Accessed 28 September 2012] IRAS‚ 2007. Goods
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known as S. typhimurium‚ is a Gram-negative‚ rod-shaped‚ flagellated‚ facultative anaerobe microorganism. S. typhimurium can be found in animal feces and raw contaminated foods such as poultry‚ beefs‚ sea foods‚ tainted fruits and vegetables (3‚ 5). Some of the vectors of S .typhimurium are birds‚ reptiles‚ and aquatic vertebrates (5). After the consumption of the bacterium‚ S. typhimurium is found living and growing in the mammalian GI tract. People who are more likely to be infected with S. typhimurium
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Productivity standards are then the basis for developing a staffing guide. The staffing guide is combined with a business forecast to create employee work schedules. Productivity is then continuously enhanced by revising performance standards (Jones‚ 2012) Productivity and performance standards provide a way in which managers and supervisors can evaluate and measure the performance of staff and ultimately align the outcomes with the interests of the hotel’s owners and operators (Butler & Braun‚
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Cybercrime Law in the Philippines The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012‚ signed by President Benigno Aquino III on Sep. 12‚ aims to fight online pornography‚ hacking‚ identity theft and spamming following local law enforcement agencies’ complaints over the lack of legal tools to combat cybercrime. However‚ the law came with tougher legal penalties for Internet defamation‚ compared to traditional media. It also allows authorities to collect data from personal user accounts on social media and listen
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Matric No: _________________ EDINBURGH Napier university School of Accounting‚ financial services & law BA (HONS) HRM with Financial Management mODULE: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACC10707 Academic session: 2012/13 Diet: 2nd Exam duration: 3 hours Reading time: 10 minutes (excluding reading time) Total exam time: 3 hours & 10 minutes Please read full instructions before commencing writing Exam paper information Total number of pages: 2 (including front page) Number of questions:
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Financial Analysis of Vodafone Group Plc 2012 AC4907 Assignment This is a financial analysis of Vodafone Group Plc based on the group’s annual report for the financial year ended 31st March 2012. Shane Gaughan 11/25/2012 Student ID 0173061 Lecturer: Orla Lenihan Introduction Vodafone Group Plc who in 1985 made its first mobile telephone call is today a global communications company serving over 404 million customers in more than 30 countries across 5 continents in which they operate
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ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES (KAP) END-LINE ASSESSMENT On Water‚ Sanitation and Hygiene LOLKUACH Village‚ IDPs of Akobo September-2012 DRC-Gambella WASH Team Conducted in the frame of an ECHO funded project “Improving access to short-term food security‚ safe drinking water‚ hygiene and basic household items in Ethiopia” Wanthowa Worda‚ Gambella‚ Ethiopia September 30‚ 2012 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 3 3.1 INTRODUCTION SUMMARY OF FINDINGS METHODOLOGY Objectives of the Survey 1 2 3 3 4
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