Woolworths’ Limited – Strategic and Operational Approaches to Corporate Sustainability Executive Summary Woolworths Limited is one of Australia’s largest retailers with a presence in food‚ liquor‚ hotels‚ gaming‚ general merchandise‚ hardware‚ consumer finance and electronics. The company has a 90 year history of growth and innovation and has had a record of social responsibility along the way demonstrated with its support of community and charity organisations. Further to this the company
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environment is treasured for a multitude of reasons and its future relies on each one of us acting in a more environmentally sustainable manner. Education for sustainability can be used as a catalyst for positive change in children’s thoughts and actions towards the world in which we live (Davis & Elliot‚ 2003). By incorporating education for sustainability with Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education‚ 1996) across a range of curriculum areas‚ we aim to encourage in children a range of values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes
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2 / Samsung Electronics Sustainability Report 2012 / Green Management Activities and Performance The scope of global data in this section is all operation sites include Korea as well as overseas. 02 08 16 24 35 Green Management Framework Climate Change Response Eco-Products Green Operation Sites Green Communication / Samsung Electronics Sustainability Report 2012 / 1 Green Management Framework Green Management Strategy Establishing a Green Management Strategy Samsung Electronics is
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ver BAT Social Report www.bat.com 4/7/02 2:13 pm Page 2 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO SOCIAL REPORT 2001/2002 01 BAT Social Report 4/7/02 1:51 pm Page 1 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Foreword Martin Broughton‚ Chairman‚ British American Tobacco p.l.c. Paul Adams‚ Managing Director‚ British American Tobacco p.l.c. British American Tobacco at a glance Our approach to social reporting Stakeholder dialogue Seeking best practice: independent standards‚ verification
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Ethic and Sustainability Issues New Balance had faced many new challenges in terms of ethical and sustainability issues. The challenge for the company was to recognize how to incorporate an effective Corporate Social Responsibility program for stimulating a successful global business‚ while increasing the contribution of New Balance to developing an upright and sustainable world. New Balance is enduring a commitment to environmental principles in its business operations to have the least minimal
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Global and Regional Sustainability Over-population or Overconsumption: Which is the bigger of two vices to the progress of sustainability today? In the age‚ where the collective value of goods and commodities‚ the strength of economic markets and the accumulated wealth of individuals dictate the ease of life and the standards of living within society; it is imperative that we as a species reiterate to ourselves that the natural resources that enable us to fulfil all our basic needs‚ fashion
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Social Aspects on Marketing The market economy is a faceless system that is run by competition‚ and the means to achieve and succeed may not always be ethical or acceptable. Marketers have been accused for deceptive practices‚ such as deceptive pricing‚ promotion and packaging. Deceptive practices lead the consumer to believe they get more value to their money than they actually do. Marketers have also been accused for creating needs that would not exist without heavy advertising. For example‚ people
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Research Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rabr20 Does sustainability reporting improve corporate behaviour?: Wrong question? Right time? Rob Gray a a University of St Andrews Published online: 28 Feb 2012. To cite this article: Rob Gray (2006) Does sustainability reporting improve corporate behaviour?: Wrong question? Right time?‚ Accounting and Business Research‚ 36:sup1‚ 65-88‚ DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2006
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widely adopted as EIA in formal planning systems‚ often playing a minor role in combined environmental and social assessments. As to standard definition "Social impact assessment includes the processes of analysing‚ monitoring and managing the intended and unintended social consequences‚ both positive and negative‚ of planned interventions (policies‚ programs‚ plans‚ projects) and any social change processes invoked by those interventions. Its primary purpose is to bring about a more sustainable
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Environmental Problems‚ Their Causes‚ and Sustainability Chapter 1 Case Study Living in an Exponential Age • Exponential growth – concept in which a quantity increases at a constant rate per unit of time • Global economic output is a rough measure of the human use of the earth’s resources • Poverty affects environmental quality‚ from the poor depleting and degrading forests‚ grasslands‚ and wildlife • Exponential growth plays a key role in five important and interconnected environmental issues:
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