A New Era of Sustainability UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010 A New Era of Sustainability CEO reflections on progress to date‚ challenges ahead and the impact of the journey toward a sustainable economy. Peter Lacy Tim Cooper Rob Hayward Lisa Neuberger June 2010 Contents Foreword ...........................................................................02 Introduction .....................................................................03 Acknowledgement of CEO participants
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applied to any urban academic campus. In today’s highly politicized world‚ there are many misconceptions about sustainability. For example‚ many believe that sustainability doesn’t consider human comfort or high cost for application. However‚ sustainability is a conservative idea that not only saves the environment‚ but much too many administrations’ pleasure saves money. Sustainability also is based on the idea that by saving resources and decreasing the amount waste will increase not only current
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sustainable development means? I will also discuss weak and strong approaches to sustainability and how this is related to sustainable development. Finally I will discuss how Isaac Construction in Christchurch has adopted sustainable development practices. In order to somewhat understand what sustainable development means‚ you must first separate the two words and view them both individually. Development and sustainability discussion: Firstly‚ development can be seen as progress and growth
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analyses Sustainability in the Travel and Tourism Industry‚ measures and indicators used to monitor performance. Also some examples of tour operators and airlines environmental projects have been discussed to understand the tourism organizations measures implement for the development of sustainable tourism. Strategies used to overcome limitations and benefits of sustainable tourism are also explained with a number of significant points in order to highlight the importance of sustainability in the Travel
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critical evaluation of organisations’ Sustainability Report Subject: Organisational Planning and Control Tutor: Kath Prepared by: Stella Kwok (41786971) Wen Kai Dong (42004217) Margarita Korina (42416884) Quoc Nguyen (42544483) Table of Contents Part 1 - An analysis of a published academic paper 3 Introduction 3 Theoretical Concepts 3 Comparison 5 Implications & Conclusion 6 Part 2 – A Critical Evaluation of an Organisations’ Sustainability Report 7 Introduction 7 Vision
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Corporate Sustainability is Attainable: NIKE Case Study SUS 500 A1 - Principles of Sustainability October 17‚ 2010 Abstract Nike‚ Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and brands of athletic apparel‚ shoes‚ and equipment. The company has undergone a revolution in the past decade. They have gone from a risk management‚ philanthropic and compliance model to a long-term strategy focused on innovation‚ collaboration‚ transparency‚ and advocacy. This paper discusses the goals of Nike’s
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Sustainability and sustainable development United Nations (1987) defined sustainable development as that development “that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. In order to include all the different aspects‚ sustainability has been defined by considering several dimensions: environmental‚ social and economic which are called
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The bibliographical information’s of the article. Peter White (2009). Building a sustainability strategy into the business. Emerald Group Publishing Limited‚ Vol. 9‚ 386-394. Synopsis Peter White is the Director of Global Sustainability‚ Procter & Gamble (P&G)‚ Newcastle‚ UK. In his article is about building a sustainability strategy into the business. He describes efforts to implement sustainability at P&G‚ a global consumer goods company with over 300 brands marketed in over 180
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Performance Measurement in the Mauritian context. PROBLEM STATEMENT We want to measure Sustainable Development (SD) Performance in the Mauritian context. Today we have reached a point where it not very clear if Mauritius has a weak sustainability or a strong sustainability. Due to the intensity of economic (boom in the Business Process Outsourcing sectors leading to construction of more buildings‚ industrial developments and increase in use of IT equipment)‚ social (change in lifestyle‚ unemployment
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integrating sustainability into their strategy- not just only to minimize potential loses but to access the opportunities that are arising from the sustainable agenda. Sustainability can provide many benefits to institutions and corporation‚ from cost savings and increase efficiency to positive reputation and revenue growth. According to a recent McKinsey survey over 70% of CEOs view sustainability as a priority on their agendas and 57% percent say their companies have integrated sustainability into
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