November 13‚ 2014 Building Sustainability in Ireland’s Countryside Ireland historically had a large rural population‚ which was for the most part self-sustaining through the agricultural industry and the inheritance of the family agricultural trade from one generation to the next. As Ireland evolved into its new role as an independent nation a number of pivotal changes to the demographics of society occurred that resulted in a declining rural population which has in the intervening period resulted
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Sustainability Initiatives of Intel Commitment to Clean Energy. Intel has made a commitment to purchase REC Certificates for all its US Energy Use. REC represents economic rights to the production of renewable electricity generation. REC helps buyers in procuring renewable power across a diverse region. Since 2013‚ Intel has been purchasing REC’s to hedge 100% of all its United States Electricity Usage. Intel has also committed to reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) by 10% per unit from its 2010 levels
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University College of Northern Denmark CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENTATION FOR MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS A management case assignment by Kelly Hrupa 5th semester IHM E 20112013 submitted to the Department of International Hospitality Management in accordance with the requirements for the PBA degree No. of characters (excl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 11883 No. of characters (incl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 14472 Signature:
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Bradley Stoke is an English suburban town located in the South West of the United Kingdom. It’s situated in South Gloucestershire and is in the north of Bristol. I will be evaluating it’s sustainability as a westernised‚ suburban settlement. It also is one of the biggest housing estates in Europe. Sustainability means that something is long lasting and produces little or no environmental impact. It also means that by living a sustainable life‚ you are leaving the planet in the same state you found
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------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Strategic Sustainability Reinvention TELUS was named as one of 2013’s Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World by Corporate Knights. Telus believes that this achievement was because of their future friendly workplace strategy‚ efforts in reducing carbon foot print‚ energy conservation though LEED certified buildings‚ and charitable contributions. The Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) 2011 explains the sustainability objective of Telus as “Integrate
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Sustainability Reporting in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector: An application of New Institutional Theory Abstract This paper explores sustainability reporting in the Australian Commonwealth public sector through the focus on departments with a primary responsibility for social and environmental issues. The research moves beyond existing theorisation for social and environmental reporting and adopts new institutional theory in order to assess the extent to which coercive‚ mimetic and
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Sustainability and Environmental Issues in the Design Business For this assignment I am required to compile a report on the sustainable and environmental values held by a well-known company. The company I will be reporting on is Chanel. Chanel is one of the fashion leaders of the world specializing in both hand made couture and off the rack’ ready to wear fashions. Their target audiences are the wealthy members of society. Their logo and distinctive fashion styles since the 1920’s have moulded
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Hilton Hotels: Building Sustainability with a greener world. STREAM 1 - GROUP 4 Date: - 29.11.2010 Executive Summary The report examines sustainability in hotel industry‚ as how important it has become‚ for a firm or organisation to become environmentally sustainable in today’s world. After global warming‚ everyone has become more cautious about environment‚ more organisations have realised responsibility towards environment. Since‚ hotel industry and tourism industry are inter-linked
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Literature Review on Sustainability of Malaysian Architecture I) Abstract In Summary of the below‚ review on sustainability of Malaysian Architecture is been understood and analysed. The literature review prescribes the re-examining on the methodologies and architectural experimentation that had been directed by the Malaysian architectural calling towards the quest for a national personality in structural engineering towards a sustainable group. The main part is examined on the endeavour and
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companies will try to achieve cost reductions and quality improvements at the expense of their supply chain partners‚ but a further dimension has been added sustainability. The aim of this essay is to examine IKEA’s sustainability report and evaluate its sustainability principles. It will explore how IKEA has incorporated its sustainability principles with its suppliers whilst maintaining and improving its strategic competitive advantage in the home furnishing industry. About IKEA IKEA is a multinational
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