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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References: Allen L. White (1999)‚ ―Sustainability and the Accountable Corporation: Society‘s Rising Expectations of Business‖‚ Environment‚ Vol • Hillary‚ Ruth (ed.) (2000)‚ ―Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Environment‖‚ Successful Practicesof Environmental Management Systems in Small
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saying that “Earth provides us enough for our needs but not for our greed” is extremely apt today fast moving generation. Secondly his insistence on all inclusive growth of the society and hence his focus basically was on rural development. Sustainability is a vast concept born out of the environmental concern debate of the last decade. There is growing concern nationally and internationally about biodiversity and protection of plants and animals and community based activity. It is important to
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Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program The Philips Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program is built on five pillars: create commitment by setting out our requirements; getting suppliers to understand our requirements and monitoring identified risk suppliers through audits; working with suppliers to resolve issues; and engaging stakeholders. Building block 1: Create commitment In 2012 we updated the Philips Supplier sustainability declaration in accordance with the updated EICC
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Executive summary The Dutch society recognizes the need for sustainable production and use of biomass. This has been expressed by environmental groups and the Parliament. The Dutch government decided to seek solutions by developing sustainability criteria and certification of biomass by a commission sustainable production of biomass (duurzame productie van biomassa‚ DPB). Between January 2006 and July 2006 these criteria have been developed. Parallel to these developments‚ in February 2006 this
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BUSINESS‚ GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY Sustainability Framework For: Deryk Stec By: Shyam Maheshwari (3461529) 2/4/2013 This paper explains the sustainability strategies of Adidas and Nike and then compares itself with the sustainable value framework of Hart’s. What is Sustainability? As defined by Environment Canadai‚ Sustainable development is the process of developing land‚ cities‚ businesses and communities so that our current needs are met without compromising the ability of future
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04 MANAGING FOR SUSTAINABILITY In today’s modern world doing research online may be the most accessible and convenient way to go. There are millions of websites with endless amounts of information on thousands of topics out there. However‚ one of the troubles facing information seekers is the accuracy of the information out there and how to go about narrowing down the thousands of results produced. During the meeting with Professor Livermore he provided some helpful tips on how to find reputable
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The relevance of sustainability in marketing decision making What is marketing? What exactly is marketing? Is it just convincing people to buy products through various media? Billboards‚ TV commercials‚ junk mail and magazines filled with advertisements? From the consumer’s perspective‚ that is how it seems (Kotler et al. 2010‚ p. 5). But from a business’s standpoint‚ marketing is viewed very differently. Marketing is viewed as being based on an exchange relationship between a business and its
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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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------------------------------------------------- Business Sustainability Business sustainability is often defined as managing the triple bottom line - a process by which firms manage their financial‚ social and environmental risks‚ obligations and opportunities. These three impacts are sometimes referred to as profits‚ people and planet. However‚ this approach relies on an accounting based perspective and does not fully capture the time element that is inherent within business sustainability. A more robust definition is that
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